English Explanatory Dictionary

Leningrad

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Former name of Saint Petersburg: a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.
  2. An oblast of Russia, which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡræd/ /ˈlɛn.ənˌɡræd/ /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡrɑd/ /ˈlɛn.ənˌɡrɑd/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Leningrad.wav

Word forms

Leningrad

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ленингра́д (Leningrád), from Ле́нин (Lénin, “Lenin”) + град (grad, “city”). Named in honour of Vladimir Lenin.

Synonyms

Petrograd Saint Petersburg

Translations

Afrikaans: Leningrad Albanian: Leningrad Amharic: ሌኒንግራድ Arabic: لِينِينْغْرَاد Armenian: Լենինգրադ Azerbaijani: Leninqrad Basque: Leningrad Belarusian: Ленінгра́д Bengali: লেনিনগ্রাদ Breton: Leningrad Bulgarian: Ленингра́д Catalan: Leningrad Chinese Mandarin: 列寧格勒 /列宁格勒 Czech: Leningrad Danish: Leningrad Dutch: Leningrad Esperanto: Leningrado Estonian: Leningrad Faroese: Leningrad Finnish: Leningrad French: Léningrad Galician: Leningrado Georgian: ლენინგრადი German: Leningrad Greek: Λένινγκραντ Hebrew: לנינגרד Hindi: लेनिनग्राद Hungarian: Leningrád Icelandic: Leníngrað Icelandic: Leníngrad Ido: Leningrad Indonesian: Leningrad Ingrian: Leningrad Irish: Leningrad Italian: Leningrado Japanese: レニングラード Kannada: ಲೆನಿನ್ಗ್ರಾಡ್ Kazakh: Ленинград Korean: 레닌그라드 Kyrgyz: Ленинград Latvian: Ļeņingrada
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