Meanings
proper noun
- A municipal town near Saint Petersburg, Russia. Located on Kotlin Island (also known as Retusaari or Reitskär).
The proletariat, however, began to display anger and discontent, most forcefully in the Kronstadt rising of March 1921, which was suppressed with heavy bloodshed.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 488
Origin
- GermanKronstadt
- EnglishKronstadt
From German Kronstadt.
More words from German
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 喀琅施塔得
- 喀琅施塔得 (Kālángshītǎdé)a city in Russia
Estonian Kroonlinn
- Kroonlinna city in Russia
French Cronstadt
- Cronstadta city in Russia
German Kronstadt
- Kronstadta city in Russia
Polish Kronsztad
- Kronsztada city in Russia
Russian Кроншта́дт
- Кроншта́дт (Kronštádt)a city in Russia
Spanish Kronstadt
- Kronstadta city in Russia
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Kronstadt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kronstadt
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“Kronstadt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Kronstadt. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
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