Kaliningrad

Location of Kaliningrad (Kaliningrad Oblast)

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kəˈliːnɪnɡrad/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kəˈlinɪnɡræd/

Proper noun

Kaliningrad

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

Synonyms

Translations

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Калинингра́д (Kaliningrád).

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Proper noun

Kaliningrad n (proper noun, genitive Kaliningrads or (optionally with an article) Kaliningrad)

  1. An oblast of Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania
  2. A city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia; formerly located in East Prussia and called Königsberg

Declension

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

Kaliningrad

  1. Kaliningrad (an oblast of Russia)
  2. Kaliningrad (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Kaliningrad

  1. Kaliningrad (an oblast of Russia)
  2. Kaliningrad (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Калинингра́д (Kaliningrád).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.liˈɲiŋ.ɡrat/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iŋɡrat
  • Syllabification: Ka‧li‧nin‧grad

Proper noun

Kaliningrad m inan

  1. Kaliningrad (an oblast of Russia)
  2. Kaliningrad, Königsberg (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)
    Synonym: Królewiec

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • kaliningradzki
nouns
  • kaliningradczyk
  • kaliningradka

Further reading

Turkish

Etymology

From Russian Калинингра́д (Kaliningrád).

Proper noun

Kaliningrad

  1. Kaliningrad (an oblast of Russia)
  2. Kaliningrad (a city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia)

Declension

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