Kaliningrad

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/kəˈlɪnɪŋˌɡɹæd/

proper noun

An oblast or federal subject of Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania.

Similar
KönigsbergKrólewiec
OriginRussian Калинингра́д →
Less commonScrabble 17
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An oblast or federal subject of Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania.

    Synonyms: Königsberg, Królewiec

  2. A city, the administrative center of Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia, formerly called Königsberg.

    As a second-year student at Kharkiv University, I took a summer job as a conductor of the train that ran from Novorossiysk on the Russian Black Sea coast to Kaliningrad in the Baltics - a 48-hour journey via Kharkiv, from where the train originated.

    2024 September 4, Vitali Vitaliev, “A salute to Ukraine's 'Second Army'”, in RAIL, number 1017, page 47

Synonyms & antonyms

proper nounAn oblast or federal subject of Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania.

Similar
KönigsbergKrólewiec

Origin

  1. RussianКалинингра́д
  2. EnglishKaliningrad

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

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Translations

Arabic كَالِينِينْغْرَاد, كَالِينِينْغْرَاد
  • كَالِينِينْغْرَاد (kaliningrād)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • كَالِينِينْغْرَاد (kalininḡrād)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Bengali কালিনিনগ্রাদ
  • কালিনিনগ্রাদ (kaliningrad)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Bulgarian Кали́нинград
  • Кали́нинград (Kalíningrad)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Chinese Mandarin 加里寧格勒 /加里宁格勒
  • 加里寧格勒 /加里宁格勒 (Jiālǐnínggélè)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Czech Kaliningrad, Královec
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • KrálovecKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Danish Kaliningrad, Königsberg
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • KönigsbergKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Dutch Kaliningrad
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Esperanto Kaliningrado
  • KaliningradoKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Estonian Kaliningrad
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Finnish Kaliningrad
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
French Kaliningrad
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
German Kaliningrad, Königsberg
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • KönigsbergKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Greek Καλίνινγκραντ
  • Καλίνινγκραντ (Kalíningkrant)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Hebrew קלינינגרד
  • קלינינגרד (kaliningrád)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Hindi कालिनिनग्राद
  • कालिनिनग्राद (kālininagrād)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Hungarian Kalinyingrád
  • KalinyingrádKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Icelandic Kalíníngrad
  • KalíníngradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Italian Kaliningrad
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Japanese カリーニングラード
  • カリーニングラード (Kariningurādo)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Korean 칼리닌그라드
  • 칼리닌그라드 (Kallinin'geuradeu)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Latvian Kaļiņingrada, Karaļauči
  • KaļiņingradaKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • KaraļaučiKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • KēnigsbergaKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Lithuanian Kaliningradas, Karaliaučius
  • KaliningradasKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • KaraliaučiusKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Norwegian Bokmål Kaliningrad
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Persian کالینینگراد
  • کالینینگراد (kâliningrâd)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Polish Królewiec, Kaliningrad
  • KrólewiecKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Portuguese Kaliningrado
  • KaliningradoKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Romanian Kaliningrad
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Russian Калинингра́д
  • Калинингра́д (Kaliningrád)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Slovak Kaliningrad, Kráľovec
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • KráľovecKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Spanish Kaliningrado
  • KaliningradoKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Swedish Kaliningrad, Königsberg
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • KönigsbergKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Tamil கலினின்கிராத்
  • கலினின்கிராத் (kaliṉiṉkirāt)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Thai คาลินินกราด
  • คาลินินกราด (kaa-lí-nin-gràat)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Turkish Kaliningrad
  • KaliningradKaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Ukrainian Калінінгра́д, Королевець
  • Калінінгра́д (Kalininhrád)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
  • Королевець (Korolevecʹ)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Urdu کیلننگراڈ
  • کیلننگراڈ (keliningrāḍ)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Yiddish קאַלינינגראַד
  • קאַלינינגראַד (kaliningrad)Kaliningrad — see also Königsberg
Cite this entry
APA

Kaliningrad. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaliningrad

MLA

“Kaliningrad.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaliningrad. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Kaliningrad,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kaliningrad.

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