closed city
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closed city
noun closed cities
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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.
Opposite: open city
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| Русский | закры́тый го́род zakrýtyj górod, ЗАТО ZATO |
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Talk about this word "closed city." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/closed%20city. Accessed 7 Nov. 2026. closed city. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 7, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/closed%20city "closed city." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 7, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/closed%20city.Cite this
@misc{closed_city_2026,
title = {closed city},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/closed%20city},
urldate = {2026-11-07}
}
