Ulyanovsk

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An oblast of Russia.
  2. A city, the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast, Russia, on the Volga river. Birthplace of Vladimir Lenin (born Ulyanov).

Pronunciation

/ʊlˈjɑːnɒfsk/

Word forms

Ulyanovsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Улья́новск (Ulʹjánovsk), named (1924) after Vladimir Ulyanov, better known as Lenin.

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