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Podgorica
Podgorica, Montenegro/Serbia and Montenegro Alata, Ribnica, Titograd A Roman staging post at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača Rivers known as Alata, it had been renamed after the Ribnica River by the 11th century. Certainly from 1326 it was known as Podgorica ‘Under the Mountain’ from pod ‘under’ and gora, although this name was interchangeable with Ribnica until use of the latter declined in the 15th century. Between 1474 and 1879 it was held by the Ottoman Turks. In 1946 it became the Montenegrin capital and was renamed ‘Tito's Town’ after Marshal Josip Broz Tito†. Podgorica was readopted in 1992.
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JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Podgorica." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Podgorica." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Podgorica.html JOHN EVERETT-HEATH. "Podgorica." Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names. 2005. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O209-Podgorica.html |
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Podgorica
Podgorica , city (1991 pop. 117,875), capital and largest city of Montenegro, SE Montenegro, at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers. A commercial center, it has industries producing aluminum, furniture, tobacco, and foodstuffs. An ancient town, it was the capital of Serbia in the 11th cent. and was known as Ribnica until the 13th cent. It was ruled by the Turks from the mid-15th cent. until 1878, when it was transferred to Montenegro. The old city was almost entirely destroyed in World War II. From 1946 to 1992 the city was called Titograd. |
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"Podgorica." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Podgorica." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 26, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Podgoric.html "Podgorica." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 26, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Podgoric.html |
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