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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • The capital and largest city of Montenegro, in the southern part of the country near the Albanian border. From 1946 to 1992, it was known as Titograd.

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  • proper noun the capital city of Montenegro

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From Serbo-Croatian Pòdgorica / По̀дгорица, literally “under the Gorica”, from pȍd / по̏д ("under") + Gorica / Горица ("little mountain") the name of a hill which overlooks the city, from gòra / го̀ра ("mountain").

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