KREMLIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kremlin mean? 

• KREMLIN (noun)
  The noun KREMLIN has 2 senses:

1. citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government

2. citadel of a Russian town

  Familiarity information: KREMLIN used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KREMLIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

bastion; citadel (a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle)

Holonyms ("Kremlin" is a part of...):

capital of the Russian Federation; Moscow; Russian capital (a city of central European Russia; formerly capital of both the Soviet Union and Soviet Russia; since 1991 the capital of the Russian Federation)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Citadel of a Russian town

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("kremlin" is a kind of...):

bastion; citadel (a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle)