# Belgrade

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɛlɡɹeɪd/ · frequency rank #19,023

## Definitions
1. The capital city of Serbia; the former capital of Yugoslavia; the former capital of Serbia and Montenegro.
2. The Serbian or Yugoslav government.

## Etymology
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.

## Common misspellings (12)
`bbelgrade`, `beglrade`, `belgarde`, `belggrade`, `belgradde`, `belgraed`, `belgrdae`, `belgrrade`, `bellgrade`, `belrgade`, `blegrade`, `eblgrade`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/belgrade