closed city en · NOUN
Meanings
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Any of several settlements, especially in the Soviet Union (historically) or Russia (today), that have travel and residency restrictions, typically because they house sensitive nuclear or defense facilities.
[A] man with a gravelly, slow-talking, New Mexico drawl, Glassmire had built a career as a respected scientist who had worked as an engineer for Los Alamos National Laboratory in the mid-fifties, when Los Alamos was still a closed city.
2017 January 3, Douglas Preston, The Lost City of the Monkey God: A True Story, Grand Central Publishing, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| closed cities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (2)
ru закры́тый го́род (Translations) · ru ЗАТО (Translations)