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We have Belgorod city in Russia and Belgrade in Serbia. Both names mean WHITE CITY. But let’s see what we are offered to believe in.
Toponymal of Belgorod is supposed to arise from 1/ “White city” because the walls of the fort here could be of white stone. 2/ “White mountain” because of the white lime mountains in this place. 3/ Bela Vezha that I won’t even comment. All 3 explanations are for the insane because 1/ there are no white stones in the region and no evidence that anything was built of white stones here. 2/ there are only small lime hills here and none of them is closer than 20. Besides there’s an evident difference between Bela Gora and Bel Gorod/Grad.
Same toponymal is Belgrade (in Karadzic’s version - Beograd or Kale-i Megdan in the Turkish) and nobody denies the evident meaning – WHITE CITY. But was it built of white stone? I guess not. Then what does the name mean?
In both cases WHITE/BEL has nothing to do with the color of the walls or the nearby hills. Word “BEL” like Balbek in Crimea, Baalbek in Lebanon, Bal Shamin and Bel Gora in Palmira, Bel Khan (Balkan), Belomorie, Belfast, Belgium, Baltimore ect. meant only the White Horde later called Golden. People of the White Horde were Albanians/Whites who ruled the world in 14-16 centuries. So Belgrade means Albanian Grad while Serbs (like Russians) were Albanians. Balkans was a stronghold of the “Mongols” while non-Slavic peoples here could quite be Albanians too.
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