Belgrade (/bɛlˈɡreɪd/ bel-GRAYD, /ˈbɛlɡreɪd/ BEL-grayd;^{[note 1]} Serbian: Београд / Beograd, lit. 'White City', pronounced [beǒɡrad] (listen); names in other languages, original Hungarian name at least in the XIVth century is: Fehérvár, Nándorfehérvár) is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula.^[10] Nearly 1.7 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade.^[4] It is the third-largest of all cities on Danube river.