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VOLGOGRAD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Volgograd mean?
• VOLGOGRAD (noun)
The noun VOLGOGRAD has 1 sense:
1. a city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43
Familiarity information: VOLGOGRAD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A city in the European part of Russia on the Volga; site of German defeat in World War II in the winter of 1942-43
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
Stalingrad; Tsaritsyn; Volgograd
Instance hypernyms:
city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)
Holonyms ("Volgograd" is a part of...):
Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)
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