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Novi Sad
Novi Sad, Serbia/Serbia and Montenegro Petrovaradinski Šanac, Neoplanta, Neusatz/Neue Stadt, Újvidék The original name, referring to a massive Austrian fortress built in 1694, means ‘Petrovaradin's Entrenchment’ from šanac ‘trench’ or ‘ditch’. In 1748 it was renamed as ‘New Plantation’ or ‘Orchard’ from plantaža ‘plantation’, or, more realistically, ‘New Settlement’ as the two most recent former names, the last one Hungarian, indicate. The present name is merely a Serbian rendering of the previous names, literally ‘New Plantation’ from novi ‘new’ and sad ‘plantation’. Petrovaradin, on the south bank of the Danube, was called Cusum in Roman times.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Novi Sad." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Novi Sad." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-NoviSad.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Novi Sad." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-NoviSad.html |
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Novi Sad
Novi Sad , Ger. Neusatz, Hung. Újvidék, city (1991 pop. 179,626), N Serbia, on the Danube River. The capital of the Vojvodina region and an industrial center and port, its industries produce processed foods, textiles, electrical equipment, and munitions. It is the site of a major oil refinery. Known in the 16th cent., it rapidly developed as a commercial center, became an Orthodox episcopal see, and was made (1748) a royal free city of Austria-Hungary. In the 18th and early 19th cent. Novi Sad was the center of the Serbian literary revival. It was incorporated into the former Yugoslavia in 1918. The city has Serbian Orthodox churches, a university, and numerous cultural facilities. |
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"Novi Sad." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Novi Sad." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-NoviSad.html "Novi Sad." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-NoviSad.html |
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"Novi Sad." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Novi Sad." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-NoviSad.html "Novi Sad." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-NoviSad.html |
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