Londongrad
English
Etymology
From London + -grad, after Russian placenames such as Leningrad, Kaliningrad, etc. (From Russian град (grad, “town”).)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlʌndənɡɹad/
Proper noun
Londongrad
- London, seen as a haven for Eastern European (especially Russian) exiles.
- 2009, John Kampfner, Freedom for Sale:
- In summer 2007 I confronted Alistair Darling, the chancellor of the exchequer, over the “Londongrad” phenomenon.
- 2012, Christopher Andrew, ‘Colder War’, Literary Review, issue 399:
- One recent Russian emigrant to ‘Londongrad’ (also known as ‘Moscow-on-Thames’), argues that, ‘if in the 90s Russian migrants were associated with mobsters and gangsters, now it will be a wave of so-caled creative class emigration.’
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