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Porţile de Fier

(Encyclopedia)Porţile de Fier: see Iron Gate, gorge, Romania and Serbia. ...

Passarowitz, Treaty of

(Encyclopedia)Passarowitz, Treaty of päsäˈrōvĭts [key], 1718, peace treaty signed at Požarevac (Ger. Passarowitz), E Serbia. It was concluded between the Ottoman Empire (Turkey) on the one side and Austria an...

Niš

(Encyclopedia)Niš or Nish both: nēsh [key], city (1991 pop. 175,391), SE Serbia, on the Nišava River. An important railway and industrial center, it has industries that textiles, cigarettes, electronics, and spi...

Beograd

(Encyclopedia)Beograd: see Belgrade, Serbia.

Petrovgrad

(Encyclopedia)Petrovgrad: see Zrenjanin, Serbia. ...

Scutari, Lake

(Encyclopedia)Scutari, Lake sko͞oˈtərē [key], Albanian Ligeni i Shkodrës, Serbo-Croatian Skadarsko Jezero, c.25 mi (40 km) long and from 4 to 8 mi (6.4–12.9 km) wide, SE Europe, on the Montenegro-Albania bor...

Novibazar

(Encyclopedia)Novibazar: see Novi Pazar, Serbia. ...

Neusatz

(Encyclopedia)Neusatz: see Novi Sad, Serbia.

Veliki Bečkerek

(Encyclopedia)Veliki Bečkerek: see Zrenjanin, Serbia. ...

Berchtold, Leopold, Graf von

(Encyclopedia)Berchtold, Leopold, Graf von lāˈōpôlt gräf fən bĕrkhˈtôlt [key], 1863–1942, Austro-Hungarian foreign minister (1912–15). During the Balkan Wars he successfully worked for the creation of ...