Belgrade

Belgrade (Serbian, ???????, Beograd {{Audio|sr-Beograd.ogg|listen}}), is the capital of Serbia since 1404, Serbia and Montenegro (2003–Present) and Yugoslavia (1918–2003). The city lies on the outfall of the Sava river to the Danube river in northern central Serbia, at 44.83° N 20.50° E. The population of the Belgrade region 1,711,800 (2002 census.)

Names

Following is a list of names of Belgrade through history:

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• Singid?n(on) - Named by the Celtic tribe of the Scordisci; d?n(on) means 'lodgement, enclosure', Singi is still unexplained but there are some theories; 279 BC
• Singid?num - Romans conquered the city and romanized the Celtic name
• Beograd - Slavic name first mentioning in 878 in the letter of Pope John VIII to Boris of Bulgaria
• Alba Graeca - translation in Latin
• Fehérvár - Hungarian translation
• Weißenburg - German translation
• Castelbianco - Italian translation
• Nandoralba - In medieval Hungary up to the 14th century
• Nandorfehérvár - In medieval Hungary
• Landorfehérvár - In medieval Hungary
• Veligradon - Byzantine name
• Veligradi, ????????? - Greek translation
• Dar Ul Jihad (The House of War) - Turkish translation
• Veligrada - Ottoman name
• Belogrados poleos