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Noun: Leningrad  'le-nin,grad
Usage: archaic (=St. Petersburg)
  1. A city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia
    - St. Petersburg, Peterburg, Petrograd [archaic], Saint Petersburg

Type of: city, metropolis, urban center [US], urban centre [Brit, Cdn]

Part of: Russia, Russian Federation

Encyclopedia: Leningrad, Tajikistan