Stalingrad

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English

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Etymology

From Russian Сталингра́д (Stalingrád). Named after Soviet supreme leader Joseph Stalin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstɑːlɪnɡræd/

Proper noun

Stalingrad

  1. (historical) Volgograd (from 1925 to 1961).

Translations

Czech

Proper noun

Stalingrad m inan (related adjective stalingradský, demonym Stalingradec)

  1. (historical) Stalingrad (the former name, 1925-1961, of Volgograd, the largest city and administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia, and site of a major World War II battle)

Declension

Declension of Stalingrad (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)
singular
nominative Stalingrad
genitive Stalingradu
dative Stalingradu
accusative Stalingrad
vocative Stalingrade
locative Stalingradě, Stalingradu
instrumental Stalingradem

Further reading

  • “Stalingrad”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
  • “Stalingrad”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtaː.lɪnˌɡraːt/, /ˈstaː-/, /-liːn-/, /-ˌɡrat/
  • Though Stalin is predominantly pronounced with /iː/, the vowel loses its length for most speakers due to the position between two stressed syllables.
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Proper noun

Stalingrad n (proper noun, genitive Stalingrads or (optionally with an article) Stalingrad)

  1. Stalingrad (the former name of a city in Russia, notable as the site of the Battle of Stalingrad; modern Volgograd)

Noun

Stalingrad n (strong, genitive Stalingrads, plural Stalingrads)

  1. a decisive defeat; a Waterloo
    Synonym: Waterloo

Derived terms

Swedish

Proper noun

Stalingrad n (genitive Stalingrads)

  1. Stalingrad
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