'Leningrad' definitions:
Definition of 'Leningrad'
From: WordNet
noun
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 [syn: St. Petersburg, Leningrad, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg]
Definition of 'Leningrad'
From: GCIDE
- Leningrad \Leningrad\ prop. n. A city in the European part of Soviet Russia; the former capital of Russia. The name was formerly St. Petersburg and Petrograd, and was changed back to Saint Petersburg (Sankt Peterburg in Russian) in 1992.
- Syn: St. Petersburg, Peterburg, Petrograd, Saint Petersburg. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]