Kremlin

Kremlin

See also: kremlin

English

Kremlin (1)

Etymology

Special use of kremlin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹemlɪn/

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Proper noun

Kremlin

1. The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.
2. (metonymically) The Russian or Soviet government.

   Synonym: Moscow

   The Kremlin announced plans to increase funding for museums and the arts.

   • 1988, Nixon, Richard, “The Superpowers”, in 1999: Victory Without War‎, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, LCCN 88-4547, OCLC 17321859, page 38:

     Moscow has put itself into a unique historical position: It does not have a single ally among the major powers of the world. The Kremlin faces potential adversaries in Western Europe, China, Japan, Canada, and the United States, whose combined gross national products account for over 60 percent of the world economy.

Derived terms

• Kremlinism
• Kremlinist
• Kremlinite
• Kremlinologist
• Kremlinology

 

Translations

the Moscow Kremlin

Arabic: الْكْرِمْلِين‎ m (al-krimlīn) Armenian: Կրեմլ (hy) (Kreml) Azerbaijani: Kreml Belarusian: Крэмль m (Kremlʹ) Bengali: ক্রেমলিন (kremôlin) Bulgarian: Кре́мъл m (Krémǎl) Burmese: ကရင်မလင် (ka.rangma.lang) Catalan: Kremlin m Chinese: Mandarin: 克里姆林 (Kèlǐmǔlín), 克里姆林宮／克里姆林宫 (zh) (Kèlǐmǔlín gōng), 克宮／克宫 (Kègōng) (short) Czech: Kreml (cs) m Danish: Kreml Dutch: Kremlin (nl) n Esperanto: Kremlo Estonian: Kreml (et) Faroese: Kreml n Finnish: Kreml French: Kremlin (fr) m Georgian: კრემლი (ḳremli) German: Kreml (de) m Greek: Κρεμλίνο (el) m (Kremlíno) Hebrew: קְרֶמְלִין‎ m (kremlin) Hindi: क्रेमलिन (kremlin) Hungarian: Kreml (hu) Irish: Creimil f Italian: Cremlino (it) m Japanese: クレムリ (Kuremuri), クレムリン (Kuremurin) Kazakh: Кремль (Kreml) Korean: 크렘린 (Keuremnin), 크레믈린 (Keuremeullin) Kyrgyz: Кремль (Kremlʹ) Latvian: Kremlis m Lithuanian: Kremlius m Macedonian: Кремљ m (Kremlj) Norwegian: Bokmål: Kreml m Nynorsk: Kreml m Persian: کرملین‎ (fa) (keremlin) Polish: Kreml (pl) m Portuguese: Kremlin (pt) m Romanian: Kremlin Russian: Кремль (ru) m (Kremlʹ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Кремљ m Roman: Kremlj m Slovak: Kremeľ m Slovene: Kremelj m Spanish: Kremlin m Swedish: Kreml (sv) n Tagalog: Kremlin Tajik: Кремл (Kreml) Thai: เครมลิน (kreem-lin) Turkish: Kremlin Turkmen: Kreml Ukrainian: Кремль m (Kremlʹ) Uzbek: Kreml Vietnamese: điện Kremli Welsh: Kremlin m Yiddish: קרעמלין‎ (kremlin), קרעמל‎ (kreml)

the Russian or Soviet government

Danish: Kreml Georgian: კრემლი (ḳremli) German: Kreml (de) m Norwegian: Bokmål: Kreml m Nynorsk: Kreml m Polish: Kreml (pl) m Swedish: Kreml (sv) n

See also

• Politburo (also a proper noun sense from a common noun sense, and also often a metonym for the senior Soviet leadership)

Anagrams

• Minkler

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɛm.lɛ̃/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Kremlin m

1. Kremlin (the Moscow Kremlin)

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Portuguese

Proper noun

Kremlin m

1. Kremlin (the Moscow Kremlin)

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Spanish

Proper noun

Kremlin m

1. Kremlin (the Moscow Kremlin)