Hrad or gord (archaeology) is a version of the Slavic word meaning castle. It is mostly found in Czech, Slovak, Belarusian and Ukrainian, which, unlike the other Slavic languages, do not use hard 'g' except in loanwords. It is preserved in the toponymy of the four countries where the languages are spoken:
Hradec Hradec Králové, Czech Republic Hradisko, Slovakia Hradiště Jindřichův Hradec, Czech Republic Krasnohrad, Ukraine Novohrad Novohrad Volynskyi, former name of Zviahel, Ukraine Pavlohrad, Ukraine Uherské Hradiště, Czech Republic Vyšehrad, Czech Republic