Associations to the word «Kalinin»

Wiktionary

KALININ, proper noun. (historical) Tver, Russia (Тверь). [from 1931 to 1990]
KALININ, proper noun. A Russian surname, borne for example by Mikhail Kalinin (a Russian revolutionary).

Dictionary definition

KALININ, noun. Soviet statesman and head of state of the USSR (1875-1946).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats