Belgrade
a city in and the capital of Serbia, at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.
- Serbian Be·o·grad [be-aw-grahd] /ˈbɛ ɔ grɑd/ .
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How to use Belgrade in a sentence
According to the Serbian Ministry of Interior nearly 6,000 uniformed police in riot gear and accompanied by plainclothes security personnel cordoned off the march area around the Constitutional Court in downtown Belgrade.
EuroPride march takes place in Serbia capital | Brody Levesque | September 19, 2022 | Washington BladeKurti said the obstruction of roads and gunfire “has everything to do with a tendency to destabilize Kosovo and to threaten the peace and security of our citizens and country,” blaming Belgrade authorities for “multiple aggressive acts.”
A Dispute Over License Plates Is a Reminder of Deep, Ongoing Kosovo-Serbia Tensions | Sanya Mansoor | August 2, 2022 | TimeRobyn Dixon in Belgrade, Serbia, contributed to this report.
With Novak Djokovic deported, Australian Open begins under omicron cloud | Michael E. Miller | January 17, 2022 | Washington PostDjokovic arrived in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, on Monday, according to Serbian news agencies.
With Novak Djokovic deported, Australian Open begins under omicron cloud | Michael E. Miller | January 17, 2022 | Washington PostHis father, Zufer Avdija, is a Gorani Muslim from southern Serbia who was a pro basketball star in Belgrade and a power forward for the Yugoslav national teams of the 1980s.
Deni Avdija is ‘the greatest talent in Israeli basketball history.’ But is he ready for the NBA? | Steve Hendrix | November 30, 2020 | Washington Post
We got away with it greatly on the streets of Belgrade, Serbia, and Montenegro.
Pierce Brosnan’s Life After Bond: From Action Hero to Losing His Daughter to Cancer | Tim Teeman | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI saw this leverage first hand several years ago, when I covered the first successful gay pride parade in Belgrade, Serbia.
The Closeted Revolution: Kiev’s Gays Keep Quiet to Deny Putin a Propaganda Win | James Kirchick | April 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWhat are they meant to do—bomb Damascus like NATO bombed Belgrade in 1999?
For years, he lived openly in Belgrade with the shelter of top-ranking Serbian officials.
You spent the first years of your life in Belgrade, but now live in Ithaca, New York.
There were trees by the roadside,—indeed, we were on the outskirts of the Belgrade forest.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion CrawfordRenwick had been in Sarajevo and Belgrade, for he had told her so.
The Secret Witness | George GibbsA gal in a garage, her brother the marketing guy, her husband overseeing manufacturing in Belgrade.
Makers | Cory DoctorowBut for that timely repulse, the battles of Belgrade and Lepanto might not have been fought in subsequent ages.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordValievo lies at the terminus of a narrow-gauge railway which joins the Belgrade-Salonika line at Mladinovatz.
British Dictionary definitions for Belgrade
/ (bɛlˈɡreɪd, ˈbɛlɡreɪd) /
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 name: Beograd
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Cultural definitions for Belgrade
[ (bel-grayd, bel-grahd, bel-grad) ]
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.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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