Where does “Leningrad” come from?

Leningrad derives from Russian Ленингра́д, composed of Russian Ле́нин (Lenin) plus the suffix -град (city), literally meaning "Lenin's city."

Leningrad (English): which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre

Definitions

  1. which surrounds, but no longer contains, Saint Petersburg, its former administrative centre

Ancestry of “Leningrad”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianЛенингра́д—
2RussianЛе́нинLenin
3Russian-ин-'s
4Old East Slavic-инъ—
5Proto-Slavic-inъ-ine; Creates singulatives, mostly with...
6Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
7Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

Words derived from “Leningrad”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Russian -ин →Every word from Russian Ле́нин →