英和和英

語源

Special use of kremlin.

発音

• IPA: /ˈkɹɛmlɪn/

固有名詞

the Kremlin

1. The Moscow Kremlin; a fortified complex in Moscow, Russia that serves as the official residence of the President of the Russian Federation.

   Synonym: (rare) Kreml

2. (metonymic) The Russian or Soviet government.

   Synonym: Moscow

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

   • 2024 September 19, Fred Weir, “Why Putin’s nuclear saber-rattling on Ukraine sounds different this time”, in The Christian Science Monitor:

     Over the course of the war in Ukraine, the Kremlin has drawn several “red lines” – with ostentatious references to Russia’s huge strategic nuclear arsenal – only to seemingly do nothing when these lines are crossed by Ukraine or its Western backers.

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参考

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

アナグラム

• Minkler