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Kremlin

krem·lin

UK/ˈkɹɛmlɪn/ US/ˈkrɛmlɪn/ uncommon

noun

1.

citadel of Moscow, housing the offices of the Russian government

2.

Origin

Similar forms are attested, per Vasmer's Etymological Dictionary, in earlier German Kremelin and French Cremlin, which are theorized to come from Old East Slavic кремльнъ (kremlĭnŭ, “having a kremlin”), from кремль (kremlĭ), whence Russian кремль (kremlʹ).

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