Grad (toponymy)

Grad (Cyrillic: Град) is an Old Slavic word meaning "town", "city", "castle" or "fortified settlement". Initially present in all related languages as Gord (archaeology), it can still be found as "grad", or as Horod or Gorod (toponymy) in many placenames today.

These places have grad as part of their name:

• Beograd ("white town"), capital of Serbia, known in English as Belgrade. The largest city with grad in its name.
• Biograd ("white town")
• Donji Grad ("lower town")
• Filmski Grad ("film town")
• Gornji Grad ("upper town")
• Gradec ("small town/castle")
• Grad, Slovenia
• Leningrad ("Lenin's town")
• Kaliningrad ("Kalinin's town")
• Stalingrad ("Stalin's town")
• Volgograd ("Volga town")
• Mrkonjić Grad ("Mrkonjić's town")
• Novi Grad ("new town")
• Novigrad ("new town")
• Stari Grad ("old town")
• Dimitrovgrad ("Dimitrov's town")
• Kirovgrad ("Kirov's town")
• Visegrad ("upper town")
• Dravograd ("Drava town")
• Topolovgrad ("poplar town")
• Asenovgrad ("Asen's town")
• Ivaylovgrad ("Ivaylo's town")
• Zlatograd ("gold town")
• Gradišče ("town-place/castle-place")
• Podgrad ("below the town/castle")
• Veliko Gradište ("large town-place")
• Danilovgrad ("Danilo's town")
• Blagoevgrad ("Blagoev's town")
• Razgrad ("Hors' town")
• Gradsko ("of the town")
• Pogradec ("below the small town")
• Gradac ("small town")
• Petrograd ("Peter's town")

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