Kaliningrad

[ kuh-lee-nin-grad, -grahd, kah-; Russian kuh-lyi-nyin-graht ]

noun

1. a seaport in the W Russian Federation in Europe, on the Bay of Danzig.

Kaliningrad

/ kəlininˈɡrat /

noun

1. a port in W Russia, on the Pregolya River: severely damaged in World War II as the chief German naval base on the Baltic; ceded to the Soviet Union in 1945 and is now Russia's chief Baltic naval base. Pop: 436 000 (2005 est) Former name (until 1946)Königsberg

Example Sentences

That threat would mean more if Russia didn’t already have nuclear installations in its Kaliningrad region, which is less than 500 miles from both Helsinki and Stockholm.

From Time

Ford announced March 1 that it was ending a joint venture in Russia, while BMW will stop exporting to Russia and stop production at its Kaliningrad facility.

From Time

In Kaliningrad, we went to a reunion of some of the old whalers.

From Nautilus