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- Serbo-Croatian · derived fromPodgorica
- English todayPodgorica
From Serbo-Croatian Podgorica / Подгорица (literally “under the Gorica”), from pod / под (“under”) + Gorica / Горица (“little mountain”), the name of a hill which overlooks the city, from gora / гора (“mountain”) + -ica / -ица (diminutive suffix).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.