Montenegro means "Black Mountain".
 The aforementioned region became known as Stara Crna Gora 'Old Montenegro' by the 19th century to distinguish the independent region from the neighbouring Ottoman-occupied Montenegrin territory of Brda '(The) Highlands'
 In the late 14th century, southern Montenegro (Zeta) came under the rule of the Bali noble family, then the Crnojevi noble family, and by the 15th century, Zeta was more often referred to as Crna Gora

