Kaliningrad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An oblast or federal subject of Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania.
  2. A city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, formerly called Königsberg.

Pronunciation

/kəˈlɪnɪŋˌɡɹæd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Kaliningrad.wav

Word forms

Kaliningrad

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Калинингра́д (Kaliningrád); named for Mikhail Ivanovich Kalinin.

Synonyms

Königsberg Królewiec
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