The story
- Russian · borrowed fromБе́лгород
- English todayBelgorod
From Russian Бе́лгород (Bélgorod, literally “white city”), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white, light”) + го́род (górod, “town, city”). Doublet of Belgrade, Beograd, and Berat.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.