Visegrad
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Visegrad is a name of Slavic
origin meaning "the upper castle" or "the upper settlement/town/fortification".
There are several places that may be spelt Visegrad in English:
Slavic languages
The Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia.-Branches:Scholars traditionally divide Slavic...
origin meaning "the upper castle" or "the upper settlement/town/fortification".
There are several places that may be spelt Visegrad in English:
Places
- VišegradVišegradVišegrad is a town and municipality in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is part of the Republika Srpska entity. It is on the river Drina, located on the road from Goražde and Ustiprača towards Užice, Serbia.-History:...
, a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina - Vishegrad, BulgariaVishegrad, BulgariaVishegrad is a village in the southern Bulgaria. It is located in the municipality of Kardzhali in the Kardzhali Province. Its population as of 2005 was 469.Vishegrad Knoll on Graham Land in Antarctica is named after Vishegrad....
, a village in Bulgaria - Vishegrad, the highest peak of Sakar Mountain in Bulgaria
- VyšehradVyšehradVyšehrad is a castle located in the city of Prague, Czech Republic. It was probably built in the 10th century, on a hill over the Vltava River...
, a castle in Prague, Czech Republic- Vyšehrad (Prague metro)Vyšehrad (Prague metro)Vyšehrad is a Prague Metro station on Line C.The station was opened on 9 May 1974. The station serves Vyšehrad and was formerly known as Gottwaldova....
, the subway station that serves it
- Vyšehrad (Prague metro)
- VisegrádVisegrádVisegrád is a small castle town in Pest County, Hungary.Situated north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube in the Danube Bend, Visegrád has a population 1,654 as of 2001...
, a town in Hungary - VyshhorodVyshhorodVyshhorod is a city in the Kiev Oblast , in central Ukraine. It is the administrative centre of the Vyshhorodskyi Raion , and is located along the Dnieper River upstream from the national capital, Kiev...
, a town in Ukraine
Other uses
- The Visegrád GroupVisegrád GroupThe Visegrád Group, also called the Visegrád Four or V4, is an alliance of four Central European states – Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia – for the purposes of cooperation and furthering their European integration...
, a political grouping of central European countries, the first movement of , a cycle of six symphonic poems by Bedřich Smetana