Stalingrad

[stah-lin-grad; Russian stuh-lyin-graht]

noun

former name of Volgograd.

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Contemporary Examples of stalingrad

The Third Reich met its nemesis as much here as it had—albeit in far greater numbers—at Stalingrad.
The Deadly Trap Behind D-Day’s Beaches
Clive Irving
June 5, 2014
Stalingrad, of course, was the epic battle of World War II which the Soviets finally won.
Ukraine’s Billionaire Bounty-Hunting Club
Oleg Shynkarenko
April 19, 2014
It would be unfunny, for different reasons, if set at Verdun or Gettysburg or Stalingrad.
A Rather Misguided Catch-22 Reaction
David Frum
January 2, 2013
His Stalingrad and The Fall of Berlin 1945 are filled with vivid details.
Antony Beevor: How I Write
Noah Charney
June 13, 2012

Historical Examples of stalingrad

This had to be the greatest sockdolager since Goebbels explained Stalingrad.
Telempathy
Vance Simonds
Tobolsk doesn't appear on any of the maps, but it is a tiny village situated about eighty miles west of Stalingrad on the Volga.
Dave Dawson on the Russian Front
R. Sidney Bowen
When the German troops reached Stalingrad they picked you up and other Russian people?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
Let me see, in 1943, in time war; Germans come and taken over Stalingrad and pick me up and send to Germany.
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
And, you actually went to Siberia before you came to Stalingrad?
Warren Commission (9 of 26): Hearings Vol. IX (of 15)
The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

British Dictionary definitions for stalingrad

Stalingrad

noun

the former name (1925–61) of Volgograd

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Word Origin and History for stalingrad

Stalingrad

name of southern Russian city from 1925-1961, from Stalin (q.v.) + -grad (see yard (n.1)). Now Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589), from Turkish sarisin "yellowish," in reference to the river water, but associated in Russian with Tsar.