Gorod () is a version of the Slavic word meaning "town", "city" or "castle", and is related to the similar grad and horod.
It is preserved in the toponymy of numerous Slavic places:
Bely Gorod Belgorod Gorodets (with -ets as the suffix of diminutiveness) Gorodishche (with -ishche as the suffix of augmentation) Ivangorod Kitai-gorod Kitay-Gorod (Metro), cross-platform transfer point of the Moscow Metro Slavgorod Nizhny Novgorod Veliky Novgorod Zvenigorod
See also Gord (archaeology)
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