Kaliningrad

/kəˈlɪnɪŋˌɡɹæd/

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

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Proper noun

Kaliningrad

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

Synonyms:

Königsberg, Królewiec
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

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

What does Kaliningrad mean?: Kaliningrad means an oblast or federal subject of Russia; an exclave on the Baltic Sea, between Poland and Lithuania.
What is Kaliningrad in Hindi?: Kaliningrad in Hindi is कालिनिनग्राद (kālininagrād). See Kaliningrad meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is Kaliningrad?: Kaliningrad is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Kaliningrad?: Kaliningrad is pronounced /kəˈlɪnɪŋˌɡɹæd/.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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