Horod () from Old Slavonic gord is a version of the Slavic word meaning "town", "city" or "castle", also found in Slavic languages as grad or gorod. Horod is preserved in the toponymy of numerous Slavic placenames: Uzhhorod Vyshhorod Horodok Horodyshche Myrhorod Novomyrhorod Bilhorod-Dnistrovskyi Horodyshche Horodenka Sharhorod Bilohorodka Hradyzk, formerly Horodyshche Novhorod-Siverskyi Novhorodka Zvenyhorod Zvenyhorodka Slavic toponyms