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Pod⋅go⋅ri⋅ca

[Serbo-Croatian. pawd-gaw-ree-tsah]
–noun
the capital of Montenegro, in SW Yugoslavia. 132,290.
Formerly (1945–92), Titograd.

Mon⋅te⋅ne⋅gro

[mon-tuh-nee-groh, -neg-roh]
–noun
a constituent republic of Yugoslavia, in the SW part: an independent kingdom 1878–1918. 615,000; 6333 sq. mi. (13,812 sq. km). Capital: Podgorica.
Serbo-Croatian, Crna Gora.


Mon⋅te⋅ne⋅grin [mon-tuh-nee-grin, neg-rin] , adjective, noun
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Pod·go·ri·ca   (pŏd'gə-rēt'sə)   
The capital and largest city of Montenegro, in the southern part of the country near the Albanian border. From 1946-1992 it was known as Titograd. Population: 136,000.
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Word Origin & History

Montenegro 
from Venetian It. (Tuscan monte nero), lit. "black mountain," a loan-transl. of the local Slavonic name, Crnagora.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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