Leningrad

See also: Léningrad and Leningrád

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ленингра́д (Leningrád), from Ле́нин (Lénin, “Lenin”) + град (grad, “city”). Named in honour of Vladimir Lenin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡræd/, /ˈlɛn.ənˌɡræd/, /ˈlɛn.ɪnˌɡrɑd/, /ˈlɛn.ənˌɡrɑd/

Proper noun

Leningrad

1. (historical) Saint Petersburg, a major city in Russia, from the time of Lenin's death in 1924 until 1991.
2. An oblast of Russia, which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre.

Synonyms

• Petrograd
• Saint Petersburg

Translations

name of Saint Petersburg, 1924-1991

• Afrikaans: Leningrad
• Albanian: Leningrad
• Amharic: ሌኒንግራድ (leningərad)
• Arabic: لِينِينْغْرَاد m (lininḡrād)
• Armenian: Լենինգրադ (hy) (Leningrad)
• Azerbaijani: Leninqrad
• Basque: Leningrad
• Belarusian: Ленінгра́д m (Ljeninhrád)
• Bengali: লেনিনগ্রাদ (leningrad)
• Breton: Leningrad
• Bulgarian: Ленингра́д m (Leningrád)
• Catalan: Leningrad f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 列寧格勒／列宁格勒 (zh) (Liènìnggélè)

• Czech: Leningrad (cs) m
• Danish: Leningrad
• Dutch: Leningrad (nl)
• Esperanto: Leningrado
• Estonian: Leningrad (et)
• Faroese: Leningrad m
• Finnish: Leningrad (fi)
• French: Léningrad (fr)
• Galician: Leningrado
• Georgian: ლენინგრადი (leningradi)
• German: Leningrad (de) n
• Greek: Λένινγκραντ (el) n (Léningkrant)
• Hebrew: לנינגרד m (leningrád)
• Hindi: लेनिनग्राद (leninagrād)
• Hungarian: Leningrád (hu)
• Icelandic: Leníngrað, Leníngrad
• Ido: Leningrad
• Indonesian: Leningrad
• Ingrian: Leningrad
• Irish: Leningrad
• Italian: Leningrado
• Japanese: レニングラード (Reningurādo)
• Kannada: ಲೆನಿನ್‌ಗ್ರಾಡ್ (lenin‌grāḍ)
• Kazakh: Ленинград (Leniñrad)
• Korean: 레닌그라드 (ko) (Renin'geuradeu)
• Kyrgyz: Ленинград (Leningrad)
• Latvian: Ļeņingrada f
• Lithuanian: Leningradas m
• Macedonian: Ленингра́д m (Leningrád)
• Malay: Leningrad
• Malayalam: ലെനിൻഗ്രാഡ് (leniṉgrāḍŭ)
• Maltese: Leningrad m
• Marathi: लेनिनग्राड (leninagrāḍ)
• Mongolian: Ленинград (Leningrad)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Leningrad

  Nynorsk: Leningrad

• Persian: لنینگراد (fa)
• Polish: Leningrad (pl) m
• Portuguese: Leningrado f
• Punjabi: ਲੇਨਿਨਗ੍ਰਾਦ (leningrād)
• Romanian: Leningrad
• Russian: Ленингра́д (ru) m (Leningrád)
• Scottish Gaelic: Leningrad
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Лењинград m

  Roman: Lenjingrad (sh) m

• Slovak: Leningrad
• Slovene: Leningrad
• Somali: Leningrad
• Spanish: Leningrado (es)
• Swedish: Leningrad (sv) n
• Tamil: இலெனின்கிராது (ileṉiṉkirātu)
• Thai: เลนินกราด (lee-nin-gràat)
• Turkish: Leningrad
• Ukrainian: Ленінгра́д m (Leninhrád)
• Vietnamese: Leningrad
• Welsh: Leningrad
• Yiddish: לענינגראַד (leningrad)

Leningrad oblast

• Belarusian: Ленінгра́дская во́бласць f (Ljeninhrádskaja vóblascʹ)
• Bulgarian: Ленингра́дска о́бласт f (Leningrádska óblast)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 列寧格勒州／列宁格勒州 (Liènínggélèzhōu)

• Czech: Leningradská oblast f
• Estonian: Leningradi oblast
• Finnish: Leningradin alue
• German: Oblast Leningrad f
• Ingrian: Leningradan oblasti
• Macedonian: Ленингра́дска о́бласт f (Leningrádska óblast)
• Polish: Obwód leningradzki m
• Portuguese: Leningrado m
• Russian: Ленингра́дская о́бласть (ru) f (Leningrádskaja óblastʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: Лењинградска област f, Lenjingradska oblast f
• Slovak: Leningradská oblasť f
• Slovene: Leningrajska oblast f
• Spanish: óblast de Leningrado m
• Ukrainian: Ленінгра́дська о́бласть f (Leninhrádsʹka óblastʹ)

Anagrams

• Ingerland, enlarding, relanding

Catalan

Proper noun

Leningrad ?

1. (historical) Leningrad (a major city in Russia), now Saint Petersburg
2. Leningrad (an oblast of Russia)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlɛɲɪŋɡrat]

Proper noun

Leningrad m inan (related adjective leningradský, demonym Leningraďan or Leningradec, female demonym Leningraďanka)

1. (historical) Leningrad (the former name, 1924-1991, of Saint Petersburg, a federal city in northern Russia)

   Synonyms: Petrohrad, Sankt Petěrburg

Declension

Declension of Leningrad (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Leningrad
genitive	Leningradu
dative	Leningradu
accusative	Leningrad
vocative	Leningrade
locative	Leningradě
instrumental	Leningradem

Further reading

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

Danish

Proper noun

Leningrad

1. (historical) Leningrad (a major city in Russia), now Saint Petersburg

Synonyms

• Sankt Petersborg
• Petrograd

Finnish

Etymology

From Russian Ленингра́д (Leningrád).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlenin.ɡrɑd/, [ˈle̞niŋ.ɡrɑ̝d]
• Rhymes: -enin.ɡrɑd
• Syllabification^(key): Le‧nin‧grad

Proper noun

Leningrad

1. (historical) Leningrad (a major city in Russia), now Saint Petersburg

Declension

Inflection of Leningrad (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		Leningrad	—
genitive		Leningradin	—
partitive		Leningradia	—
illative		Leningradiin	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Leningrad	—
accusative	nom.	Leningrad	—
	gen.	Leningradin
genitive		Leningradin	—
partitive		Leningradia	—
inessive		Leningradissa	—
elative		Leningradista	—
illative		Leningradiin	—
adessive		Leningradilla	—
ablative		Leningradilta	—
allative		Leningradille	—
essive		Leningradina	—
translative		Leningradiksi	—
abessive		Leningraditta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Leningrad (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Leningradini — accusative nom. Leningradini — gen. Leningradini genitive Leningradini — partitive Leningradiani — inessive Leningradissani — elative Leningradistani — illative Leningradiini — adessive Leningradillani — ablative Leningradiltani — allative Leningradilleni — essive Leningradinani — translative Leningradikseni — abessive Leningradittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Leningradisi — accusative nom. Leningradisi — gen. Leningradisi genitive Leningradisi — partitive Leningradiasi — inessive Leningradissasi — elative Leningradistasi — illative Leningradiisi — adessive Leningradillasi — ablative Leningradiltasi — allative Leningradillesi — essive Leningradinasi — translative Leningradiksesi — abessive Leningradittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Leningradimme — accusative nom. Leningradimme — gen. Leningradimme genitive Leningradimme — partitive Leningradiamme — inessive Leningradissamme — elative Leningradistamme — illative Leningradiimme — adessive Leningradillamme — ablative Leningradiltamme — allative Leningradillemme — essive Leningradinamme — translative Leningradiksemme — abessive Leningradittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Leningradinne — accusative nom. Leningradinne — gen. Leningradinne genitive Leningradinne — partitive Leningradianne — inessive Leningradissanne — elative Leningradistanne — illative Leningradiinne — adessive Leningradillanne — ablative Leningradiltanne — allative Leningradillenne — essive Leningradinanne — translative Leningradiksenne — abessive Leningradittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Leningradinsa — accusative nom. Leningradinsa — gen. Leningradinsa genitive Leningradinsa — partitive Leningradiaan Leningradiansa — inessive Leningradissaan Leningradissansa — elative Leningradistaan Leningradistansa — illative Leningradiinsa — adessive Leningradillaan Leningradillansa — ablative Leningradiltaan Leningradiltansa — allative Leningradilleen Leningradillensa — essive Leningradinaan Leningradinansa — translative Leningradikseen Leningradiksensa — abessive Leningradittaan Leningradittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

German

Etymology

Russian Ленингра́д (Leningrád)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈleːniŋˌɡʁaːt/

• Audio:

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Proper noun

Leningrad n (proper noun, genitive Leningrads or (optionally with an article) Leningrad)

1. (historical) Leningrad (a major city in Russia), now Saint Petersburg

Related terms

• Lenin
• Stalingrad

Ingrian

Leningrad.

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ленинград (Leningrad).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈleniŋɡrɑd/, [ˈlʲe̞niŋɡrəd]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈleniŋɡrɑd/, [ˈle̞niŋɡ̊rɑd̥]
• Rhymes: -eniŋɡrɑd
• Hyphenation: Le‧ning‧rad

Proper noun

Leningrad

1. (historical) Leningrad (a major city in Russia)
   • 1936, N. A. Iljin and V. I. Junus, Bukvari iƶoroin șkouluja vart, Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 44:

     Genadin papa mäni Leningradaa.

     Genadi's dad went to Leningrad.

Declension

Declension of Leningrad (type 3/koira, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Leningrad	—
genitive	Leningradan	—
partitive	Leningradaa	—
illative	Leningradaa	—
inessive	Leningradas	—
elative	Leningradast	—
allative	Leningradalle	—
adessive	Leningradal	—
ablative	Leningradalt	—
translative	Leningradaks	—
essive	Leningradanna, Leningradaan	—
exessive1)	Leningradant	—
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Declension of Leningrad (type 5/vahti, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	Leningrad	—
genitive	Leningradin	—
partitive	Leningradia	—
illative	Leningradii	—
inessive	Leningradis	—
elative	Leningradist	—
allative	Leningradille	—
adessive	Leningradil	—
ablative	Leningradilt	—
translative	Leningradiks	—
essive	Leningradinna, Leningradiin	—
exessive1)	Leningradint	—
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Synonyms

• Petteri (“Saint-Petersburg”)

Derived terms

• Leningradan oblasti

 

References

• V. I. Junus (1936) Iƶoran Keelen Grammatikka‎^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 28

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Ленингра́д (Leningrád), from Ле́нин (Lénin, “Lenin”) + град (grad, “city”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lɛˈɲiŋɡrat/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iŋɡrat
• Syllabification: Le‧nin‧grad

Proper noun

Leningrad m inan

1. (historical) Leningrad (a major city in Russia), now Saint Petersburg

Declension

Declension of Leningrad

	singular
nominative	Leningrad
genitive	Leningradu
dative	Leningradowi
accusative	Leningrad
instrumental	Leningradem
locative	Leningradzie
vocative	Leningradzie

Further reading

• Leningrad in Polish dictionaries at PWN