Kaliningrad

American  

[kuh-lee-nin-grad, -grahd, kah-, kuh-lyi-nyin-graht] / kəˈli nɪnˌgræd, -ˌgrɑd, kɑ-, kə lyɪ nyɪnˈgrɑt /

noun

1. a seaport in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the Bay of Danzig.

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Kaliningrad British  

/ kəlininˈɡrat /

noun

1. Former name (until 1946): Königsberg.  a port in W Russia, on the Pregolya River: severely damaged in World War II as the chief German naval base on the Baltic; ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945 and is now Russia's chief Baltic naval base. Pop: 436 000 (2005 est)

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Example Sentences

This is all that separates Russian ally Belarus from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad on the Baltic coast.

From BBC

Passenger trains running between Belarus and the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad through Lithuania will not be affected by the decision, the government said.

From Barron's

"It's for my mum, she lives in Kaliningrad," he told AFP.

From Barron's

Lithuania earlier this month issued a diplomatic protest at Moscow over an alleged brief incursion into its airspace by two military planes stationed in Kaliningrad.

From Barron's

As the Yantar pulled into its final stop in Kaliningrad, and the doors unsealed for the final time, he puffed up: "We fear nothing. We are brave."

From Barron's