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, it can still be found as "grad", or as Horod or Gorod 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 (in the 21st century).
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")
Golem Grad
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")
Moigrad ("my city")
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")
Stari Grad ("old town")
Starigrad ("old town")
Stalingrad ("Stalin's town")
Titograd ("Tito's town")
Tomislavgrad ("Tomislav's town")
Topolovgrad ("poplar town")
Veliko Gradište ("large town-place")
Vinograd, Bulgaria
Visegrad ("upper town")
Volgograd ("Volga town")
Zlatograd ("gold town")

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