Places
- Grad (Slavic settlement) (Cyrillic: Град; derivative - Город; diminutive - Городок, Градец) is a version of the Slavic word meaning town, city or castle; other versions include hrad and gorod (horod). It appears in many Slavic toponyms:
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- Beograd
- Biograd
- Donji Grad
- Filmski Grad
- Gornji Grad (disambiguation)
- Gradec (disambiguation) or Hradec (disambiguation)
- Grad, Slovenia
- in Russia: Leningrad (disambiguation), Kaliningrad, Stalingrad (disambiguation), Novgorod, Volgograd, Belgorod
- in Ukraine: Myrhorod, Horodok, Bilhorod, Horodyshche, Horodenka, Kirovohrad
- Mrkonjić Grad
- Novi Grad (disambiguation)
- Novigrad (disambiguation)
- Stari Grad, Croatia
- Stari Grad, Belgrade
- Stari Grad, Kragujevac
- Stari Grad, Novi Sad
- Stari Grad, Sarajevo
- Stari Grad, Užice
- Dimitrovgrad (disambiguation)
- Kirovgrad
- Visegrad (disambiguation)
- in Poland: Grąd, Podlaskie Voivodeship, Grąd, West Pomeranian Voivodeship
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