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Belgrade
[ bel-greyd, -grahd, -grad, bel-greyd, -grahd, -grad ]
noun
- a city in and the capital of Serbia, at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
Belgrade
/ bɛlˈɡreɪd; ˈbɛlɡreɪd /
noun
- the capital of Serbia, in the E part at the confluence of the Danube and Sava Rivers: became the capital of Serbia in 1878, of Yugoslavia in 1929, and later of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). Pop: 1 280 639 (2002) Serbian nameBeograd
Belgrade
- Capital of the former Yugoslavia and of the Yugoslavian republic of Serbia, located on the Danube River ; a commercial, industrial, political, and cultural center. The city was bombed during the Kosovo War .
Example Sentences
The station was part of the government's flagship infrastructure project - the high-speed railway linking the capital, Belgrade, to Budapest in Hungary.
Last Friday, many Serbians stayed off work in response to a call for a general strike, while in December an estimated 100,000 people attended a demonstration in Belgrade.
At the high court in Belgrade on Monday, Vladimir was found guilty of endangering public safety by teaching his son to shoot and failing to secure his gun.
It is a key stop on the government’s flagship infrastructure project – the high-speed line from Belgrade to Budapest.
A 14-year-old boy who killed nine children and a security guard in a mass shooting at a school in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, last year has given evidence at his parents' trial behind closed doors.
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