belgrade
/ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.32 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
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The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.
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The Serbian or Yugoslav government.
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Example Sentences
- "To me a day in Belgrade is incomplete without a walk through the dark shade of Kelmegdan park's big chestnuts to the ramparts of the mighty fortress overlooking the strategic confluence of the Sava and the Danube."
- "Prosecution witness Osman Selak claimed that the Bosnian Serb army was under the de facto control of Belgrade, as the Prosecution alleged, but under cross-examination could not produce a single example of an order issued by the Yugoslav army to the Bosnian Serb army."
Etymology
From French Belgrade, from Medieval Latin Belgradum and Belogradum, ultimately from South Slavic forms of Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”) and *gȏrdъ (“fortress, city”), after the white walls of its medieval fortress. Doublet of Beograd, Berat, and Belgorod.
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: Belgrade, Belgradum, *bělъ