Titograd

[ tee-toh-grad, -grahd ]

noun

1. former name (1945–92) of Podgorica.

Titograd

/ ˈtitɔɡraːd /

noun

1. the former name (1946–92) of Podgorica

Example Sentences

The monument in Podgorica - named Titograd between 1946-1992 in his honor - was placed in a park on the initiative of the city hall and a group of World War Two communist veterans.

From Reuters

My connecting flight from Paris touched down on a sunny afternoon last fall at the Aerodrom Podgorica, code TGD, a reminder of Yugoslavia’s Communist days when the city was known as Titograd.

From New York Times

A key step in this direction came earlier this year when the Albanian stretch of a 40-mile rail link, for freight trains only, was opened between the town of Shkoder and the Yugoslav city of Titograd.

From Time Magazine Archive

After two days of giant street protests by as many as 100,000 workers and students in the city of Titograd last week, the entire state and Communist Party leadership of the Republic of Montenegro tendered its resignation.

From Time Magazine Archive

Since 1948, about 500 Albanians have escaped into Yugoslavia, many of whom have found haven in Titograd, the new provincial capital the Montenegrins are building on the ruins of Podgorica, which was razed by British bombers in World War II.

From Time Magazine Archive