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:

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

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