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Beograd

(Encyclopedia)Beograd: see Belgrade, Serbia.

Petrovgrad

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

Karadjordjević

(Encyclopedia)Karadjordjević or Karageorgevich both: kărəjôrˈjəvĭch [key], Serbian dynasty, descended from Karageorge (Karadjordje). Its ruling members were Alexander, prince of Serbia, and kings Peter I, Al...

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.

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 ...

Ahmed II

(Encyclopedia)Ahmed II, 1642–95, Ottoman sultan (1691–95), brother and successor of Sulayman II to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Soon after his reign began, the Turkish defeat at Slankamen, Serbia ...

Alexander Karadjordjević

(Encyclopedia)Alexander Karadjordjević or Karageorgevich: see Alexander, prince of Serbia; Alexander, king of Yugoslavia. ...

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