Meanings
- The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.
To me a day in Belgrade is incomplete without a walk through the dark shade of Kelmegdan park's big chestnuts to the ramparts of the mighty fortress overlooking the strategic confluence of the Sava and the Danube.
1990 August, Kenneth C. Danforth, “Yugoslavia: A House Much Divided”, in National Geographic, volume 178, number 2, page 110Synonyms: Beograd
- metonymicallygovernmentThe Serbian or Yugoslav government.
Prosecution witness Osman Selak claimed that the Bosnian Serb army was under the de facto control of Belgrade, as the Prosecution alleged, but under cross-examination could not produce a single example of an order issued by the Yugoslav army to the Bosnian Serb army.
2007, John Laughland, chapter 8, in Travesty: The Trial of Slobodan Milošević and the Corruption of International Justice, London: Pluto Press, →ISBN, page 170 - A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Kennebec County, Maine.
- A township in Nicollet County, Minnesota.
- A minor city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
- A city in Gallatin County, Montana.
- A village in Nance County, Nebraska.
- A ghost town in Newton County, Texas.
- A town in Zululand district municipality, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.
Origin
- Proto-Slavic*bělъ“white”
- Medieval LatinBelgradum
- FrenchBelgrade
- EnglishBelgrade
From French Belgrade, from Medieval Latin Belgradum and Belogradum, ultimately from South Slavic forms of Proto-Slavic *bělъ (“white”) and *gȏrdъ (“fortress, city”), after the white walls of its medieval fortress. Doublet of Beograd, Berat, and Belgorod.
More words from French, Medieval Latin, Proto-Slavic
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans Belgrado
- Belgradocapital of Serbia
Arabic بِلْغْرَاد, بِلْجْرَاد
- بِلْغْرَاد (bilḡrād)capital of Serbia
- بِلْجْرَاد (bilgrād)capital of Serbia
Bengali বেল্গ্রেড
- বেল্গ্রেড (belgreḍ)capital of Serbia
Bulgarian Бе́лград
- Бе́лград (Bélgrad)capital of Serbia
Catalan Belgrad
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
Chinese Cantonese 貝爾格萊德 /贝尔格莱德
- 貝爾格萊德 /贝尔格莱德 (bui³ ji⁵ gaak³ loi⁴ dak¹)capital of Serbia
Chinese Mandarin 貝爾格萊德 /贝尔格莱德
- 貝爾格萊德 /贝尔格莱德 (Bèi'ěrgéláidé)capital of Serbia
Czech Bělehrad
- Bělehradcapital of Serbia
Danish Beograd, Belgrad
- Beogradcapital of Serbia
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
Dutch Belgrado
- Belgradocapital of Serbia
Esperanto Beogrado
- Beogradocapital of Serbia
Estonian Belgrad
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
Finnish Belgrad
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
French Belgrade
- Belgradecapital of Serbia
German Belgrad, Weißenburg
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
- Weißenburgcapital of Serbia
Greek Βελιγράδι
- Βελιγράδι (Veligrádi)capital of Serbia
Hebrew בֶּלְגְּרָד
- בֶּלְגְּרָד (belgrad)capital of Serbia
Hindi बेलग्रेड, बैलग्रेड
- बेलग्रेड (belagreḍ)capital of Serbia
- बैलग्रेड (bailagreḍ)capital of Serbia
- बॅलग्रेड (bĕlagreḍ)capital of Serbia
- बॅलग्राद (bĕlagrād)capital of Serbia
Hungarian Belgrád, Nándorfehérvár
- Belgrádcapital of Serbia
- Nándorfehérvárcapital of Serbia
- Landorfehérvárcapital of Serbia
Icelandic Belgrad, Belgrað
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
- Belgraðcapital of Serbia
Indonesian Beograd
- Beogradcapital of Serbia
Irish Béalgrád
- Béalgrádcapital of Serbia
Italian Belgrado
- Belgradocapital of Serbia
Japanese ベオグラード
- ベオグラード (Beogurādo)capital of Serbia
Korean 베오그라드
- 베오그라드 (Be'ogeuradeu)capital of Serbia
Latin Belgradum, Belogradum
- Belgradumcapital of Serbia
- Belogradumcapital of Serbia
- Alba Bulgaricacapital of Serbia
- Alba Graecacapital of Serbia
- Singidunumcapital of Serbia
Latvian Belgrada
- Belgradacapital of Serbia
Lithuanian Belgradas
- Belgradascapital of Serbia
Norwegian Bokmål Beograd, Belgrad
- Beogradcapital of Serbia
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
Persian بلگراد
- بلگراد (belgerâd)capital of Serbia
Polish Belgrad, Białygród
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
- Białygródcapital of Serbia
Portuguese Belgrado
- Belgradocapital of Serbia
Punjabi ਬੀਲਗਰਾਡ
- ਬੀਲਗਰਾਡ (bīlgarāḍ)capital of Serbia
Romanian Belgrad
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
Russian Белгра́д
- Белгра́д (Belgrád)capital of Serbia
Slovak Belehrad
- Belehradcapital of Serbia
Spanish Belgrado
- Belgradocapital of Serbia
Swedish Belgrad
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
Tagalog Belgrado
- Belgradocapital of Serbia
Tamil பெல்கிரேடு
- பெல்கிரேடு (pelkirēṭu)capital of Serbia
Thai เบลเกรด
- เบลเกรด (bel-grèet)capital of Serbia
Turkish Belgrad, Belgrat
- Belgradcapital of Serbia
- Belgratcapital of Serbia
Ukrainian Белгра́д, Бєлгра́д
- Белгра́д (Belhrád)capital of Serbia
- Бєлгра́д (Bjelhrád)capital of Serbia
- Белґра́д (Belgrád)capital of Serbia
- Бєлґра́д (Bjelgrád)capital of Serbia
- Білгра́д (Bilhrád)capital of Serbia
- Білґра́д (Bilgrád)capital of Serbia
Urdu بلغراد, بلگراد
- بلغراد (belġrād)capital of Serbia
- بلگراد (belgrād)capital of Serbia
Vietnamese Bê-ô-grát
- Bê-ô-grátcapital of Serbia
Yiddish בעלגראַד
- בעלגראַד (belgrad)capital of Serbia
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Cite this entry
Belgrade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Belgrade
“Belgrade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Belgrade. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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