Grad (toponymy)

Grad (Cyrillic: Град), a version of the Slavic word meaning town, city, castle or fortified settlement, is preserved in the toponymy of numerous Slavic countries. 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")
• Grąd
• 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")