how to pronounce град

/ɡrat/

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град is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of град in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… грабили же два дня весь град и не было …”

meanings of град

noun:

Town, city, used as a common city name suffix.
Volley, shower.
Hail.

град frequency in russian - C2 level of CEFR

the word град occurs in russian on average 5.4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.