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Ладога

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Russian

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Крепость в Старой Ладоге

Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic Ладога (Ladoga), through liquid metathesis probably from Old Norse *Aldoga (variant Aldeigja), of uncertain origin. Theories include:

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Ла́дога (Ládogaf inan (genitive Ла́доги, nominative plural Ла́доги, genitive plural Ла́дог, relational adjective ла́дожский)

  1. Ladoga (a lake in Russia, east of St. Petersburg). The largest freshwater lake in Europe.
  2. Staraya Ladoga (a rural locality and former town in Volkhovsky district, Leningrad Oblast, Russia)

Declension

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Synonyms

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References

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  • Vasmer, Max (1964–1973) “Ладога”, in Oleg Trubachyov, transl., Этимологический словарь русского языка [Etymological Dictionary of the Russian Language] (in Russian), Moscow: Progress