Kaliningrad

[ kuh-lee-nin-grad, -grahd, kah-; Russian kuh-lyi-nyin-graht ]

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

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Kaliningrad

/ (Russian kəlininˈɡrat) /


noun
  1. 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): Former name (until 1946): Königsberg

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