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- Russian · borrowed fromатомгра́д
- English todayatomgrad
Borrowed from Russian атомгра́д (atomgrád), from а́том (átom, “atom”) + град (grad, “city”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A planned city built to facilitate the construction and operation of a nuclear power plant or other nuclear facility in the Soviet Union. Full definition →
Borrowed from Russian атомгра́д (atomgrád), from а́том (átom, “atom”) + град (grad, “city”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.