a city in the north-west of Turkey in Europe, the capital of a province of the same name in the ancient Servia. It is built on the western branch of the river Morava, where it falls into the Danube. It is fortified and defended by an ancient castle, and contains the cathedral of a Greek bishop, several mosques, and about 8000 inhabitants, who subsist by trading and fishing on the rivers. Long. 21. 23. E. Lat. 44. 37. N.