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Leningrad
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Léningrad Leningrád
English
Saint Petersburg
+ Oblast
Etymology
Borrowed from en ru Ленингра́д, from ru Ле́нин Lenin + ru град city. Named in honour of en Vladimir Lenin.
Pronunciation
en /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡræd/ /ˈlɛn.ənˌɡræd/ /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡrɑd/ /ˈlɛn.ənˌɡrɑd/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Leningrad.wav GA /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡrɑd/
Proper noun
en Q656 en historical en @former name of:Saint Petersburg major city c/Russia from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.
en w:National Geographic 1989 May 175 5 The Baltic: Arena of Power Priit J. Vesilind 604 In Leningrad I met a lady. She was sitting at the hard-currency bar of the Hotel Moscow, sipping gin.
en Q2191 en oblast/and/federal subject c/Russia which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre.
en figurative metonymic The Soviet government, authorities, or secret service.
en 1953 1955 w:Ian Fleming Casino Royale (novel) Casino Royale London Pan Books Dossier for M 19 Assassination is pointless. Leningrad would quickly cover up his defalcations and make him into a martyr.
Synonyms
en Petrograd
en Saint Petersburg
Derived terms
en Leningrader Leningradite leningradite
Translations
name of Saint Petersburg, 1924-1991
Afrikaans: af Leningrad
Albanian: sq Leningrad
Amharic: am ሌኒንግራድ
Arabic: ar لِينِينْغْرَاد m lininḡrād
Armenian: hy Լենինգրադ
Azerbaijani: az Leninqrad
Basque: eu Leningrad
Belarusian: be Ленінгра́д m
Bengali: bn লেনিনগ্রাদ
Breton: br Leningrad
Bulgarian: bg Ленингра́д m
Catalan: ca Leningrad f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 列寧格勒 Liènìnggélè
Czech: cs Leningrad m
Danish: da Leningrad
Dutch: nl Leningrad
Esperanto: eo Leningrado
Estonian: et Leningrad
Faroese: fo Leningrad m
Finnish: fi Leningrad
French: fr Léningrad
Galician: gl Leningrado
Georgian: ka ლენინგრადი
German: de Leningrad n
Greek: el Λένινγκραντ n
Hebrew: he לנינגרד m leningrád
Hindi: hi लेनिनग्राद
Hungarian: hu Leningrád
Icelandic: is Leníngrað, is Leníngrad
Ido: io Leningrad
Indonesian: id Leningrad
Ingrian: izh Leningrad
Irish: ga Leningrad
Italian: it Leningrado
Japanese: ja レニングラード Reningurādo
Kannada: kn ಲೆನಿನ್ಗ್ರಾಡ್
Kazakh: kk Ленинград
Korean: ko ^레닌그라드
Kyrgyz: ky Ленинград
Latvian: lv Ļeņingrada f
Lithuanian: lt Leningradas m
Macedonian: mk Ленингра́д m
Malay: ms Leningrad
Malayalam: ml ലെനിൻഗ്രാഡ്
Maltese: mt Leningrad m
Marathi: mr लेनिनग्राड
Mongolian: mn Ленинград
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Leningrad
Nynorsk: nn Leningrad
Persian: fa لنینگراد
Polish: pl Leningrad m
Portuguese: pt Leningrado f
Punjabi: pa ਲੇਨਿਨਗ੍ਰਾਦ
Romanian: ro Leningrad
Russian: ru Ленингра́д m
Scottish Gaelic: gd Leningrad
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Лењинград m
Latin: sh Lenjingrad m
Slovak: sk Leningrad
Slovene: sl Leningrad
Somali: so Leningrad
Spanish: es Leningrado
Swedish: sv Leningrad n
Tamil: ta இலெனின்கிராது
Thai: th เลนินกราด lee-nin-gràat
Turkish: tr Leningrad
Ukrainian: uk Ленінгра́д m
Vietnamese: vi Leningrad
Welsh: cy Leningrad
Yiddish: yi לענינגראַד
Leningrad oblast
Belarusian: be Ленінгра́дская во́бласць f
Bulgarian: bg Ленингра́дска о́бласт f
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 列寧格勒州 Liènínggélèzhōu
Czech: cs Leningradská oblast f
Estonian: et Leningradi oblast
Finnish: fi Leningradin alue
German: de Oblast Leningrad f
Ingrian: izh Leningradan oblasti
Macedonian: mk Ленингра́дска о́бласт f
Polish: pl Obwód leningradzki m
Portuguese: pt Leningrado m
Russian: ru Ленингра́дская о́бласть f
Serbo-Croatian: sh Лењинградска област f, sh Lenjingradska oblast f
Slovak: sk Leningradská oblasť f
Slovene: sl Leningrajska oblast f
Spanish: es óblast de Leningrado m
Ukrainian: uk Ленінгра́дська о́бласть f
Anagrams
en adegilnnr Ingerland enlarding relanding
en eponyms
Catalan
Proper noun
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ca historical ca major city c/Russia Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg
ca oblast c/Russia Leningrad
Czech
Pronunciation
Proper noun
m-in leningradský Leningraďan,Leningradec Leningraďanka
cs historical cs the former name, 1924-1991, of Saint Petersburg, a <<federal city>> in northern <<c/Russia>> Leningrad
cs Petrohrad Sankt Petěrburg
Declension
m.sg.locě
Further reading
Danish
Proper noun
da historical da major city c/Russia Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg
Synonyms
da Sankt Petersborg
da Petrograd
Finnish
Etymology
From fi ru Ленингра́д.
Pronunciation
lenin.grad
Proper noun
fi historical fi major city c/Russia Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg
Declension
0 sg Leningrad a
German
Etymology
de ru Ленингра́д
Pronunciation
de /ˈleːniŋˌɡʁaːt/
de De-Leningrad.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
toponym
de historical de major city c/Russia Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg
Related terms
de Lenin
de Stalingrad
Ingrian
thumb|Leningrad.
Etymology
Borrowed from izh ru Ленинград.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
izh proper noun
izh historical izh major city c/Russia Leningrad
Genadin papa mäni Leningradaa. Genadi's dad went to Leningrad. 44
Declension
d d sg
d d sg
Synonyms
izh Petteri Saint-Petersburg
Derived terms
izh Leningradan oblasti
References
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Polish
Etymology
pl ru Ленингра́д, from ru Ле́нин Lenin + ru град city.
Pronunciation
Pl-Leningrad.ogg
Proper noun
m-in
pl historical pl major city c/Russia Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg
Declension
s
Derived terms
pl nouns leningradczyk leningradka
Further reading
pl exonyms