Etymology

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Today it means: A type of Soviet artillery multiple rocket launcher, or a rocket fired by this. Full definition →

Russian Град
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  1. Russian · derived fromград“hail”
  2. Russian · borrowed fromГрад“codename for a type of multiple rocket launcher”
  3. English todayGrad

From Russian Град (Grad, “codename for a type of multiple rocket launcher”), from Russian град (grad, “hail”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.