Etymology

Stalinabad

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Today it means: Former name of Dushanbe from 1929 to 1961; a city in Tajikistan, Soviet Union. Full definition →

Russian Сталинабад
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  1. Russian · borrowed fromСталинабад
  2. English todayStalinabad

From Russian Сталинабад (Stalinabad). Named after Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. Equivalent to Stalin + -abad.

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