Belgrade

[ bel-greyd, -grahd, -grad, bel-greyd, -grahd, -grad ]

noun

1. a city in and the capital of Serbia, at the confluence of the Danube and Sava rivers.

Belgrade

/ ˈbɛlɡreɪd; bɛlˈɡreɪd /

noun

1. 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

1. 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

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.

From Washington Blade

Kurti 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.”

From Time

Robyn Dixon in Belgrade, Serbia, contributed to this report.

From Washington Post

Djokovic arrived in the Serbian capital, Belgrade, on Monday, according to Serbian news agencies.

From Washington Post

His 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.

From Washington Post

We got away with it greatly on the streets of Belgrade, Serbia, and Montenegro.

From The Daily Beast

I saw this leverage first hand several years ago, when I covered the first successful gay pride parade in Belgrade, Serbia.

From The Daily Beast

What are they meant to do—bomb Damascus like NATO bombed Belgrade in 1999?

From The Daily Beast

For years, he lived openly in Belgrade with the shelter of top-ranking Serbian officials.

From The Daily Beast

You spent the first years of your life in Belgrade, but now live in Ithaca, New York.

From The Daily Beast

There were trees by the roadside,—indeed, we were on the outskirts of the Belgrade forest.

From Project Gutenberg

Renwick had been in Sarajevo and Belgrade, for he had told her so.

From Project Gutenberg

A gal in a garage, her brother the marketing guy, her husband overseeing manufacturing in Belgrade.

From Project Gutenberg

But for that timely repulse, the battles of Belgrade and Lepanto might not have been fought in subsequent ages.

From Project Gutenberg

Valievo lies at the terminus of a narrow-gauge railway which joins the Belgrade-Salonika line at Mladinovatz.

From Project Gutenberg