Stalingrad
pronunciation
How to pronounce Stalingrad in British English:
UK [ˈstɑ:linɡræd]
How to pronounce Stalingrad in American English:
US [ˈstɑlɪnˌɡræd, stəljɪnˈɡrɑt]
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- Noun:
- 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
Word Origin
- Stalingrad
- name of southern Russian city from 1925-1961, from Stalin (q.v.) + -grad (see yard (n.1)). Now Volgograd, formerly Tsaritsyn (1589), from Turkish sarisin "yellowish," in reference to the river water, but associated in Russian with Tsar.
Example
- 1. He is notable for having participated in the battle of stalingrad .
- 2. A russian bank invested 20 million us dollars into kinematographing the movie ' stalingrad ' .
- 3. More attention is paid nowadays to the battles for moscow and stalingrad .
- 4. Army group south should have fought a war of maneuver rather than concentrating on stalingrad .
- 5. Pollsters say that while public enthusiasm for war anniversaries may be undimmed , fewer and fewer russians appear keen on bringing back the name of stalingrad .