Etymology

Kaliningrad

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Today it means: An oblast or federal subject of Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania. Full definition →

Russian Калинингра́д
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromКалинингра́д
  2. English todayKaliningrad

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

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