Petersburg

From Peter +‎ -s- or Peters (surname) +‎ -burg. Doublet of Peterborough.

Petersburg

1. An independent city in Virginia, United States.
2. Various other towns and cities, including:
   1. A census-designated place, the borough seat of Petersburg Borough, Alaska.
   2. A city, the county seat of Menard County, Illinois.
   3. A city, the county seat of Pike County, Indiana.
   4. A small city in Monroe County, Michigan.
   5. A small city in Nelson County, North Dakota.
   6. A borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
   7. A town in Lincoln County and Marshall County, Tennessee.
   8. A small city in Hale County, Texas.
   9. A city, the county seat of Grant County, West Virginia.
3. A campaign in the American Civil War.
4. Alternative form of Saint Petersburg: A federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918.

• Petersburg Borough

First attested as Petersburg in 1899. Named after Saint Petersburg in Russia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.tərsˌbʏrx/
• Hyphenation: Pe‧ters‧burg

Petersburg n

1. a hamlet in Ooststellingwerf, Friesland, Netherlands

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Borrowed from Russian Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.tɛrz.burk/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtɛrzburk
• Syllabification: Pe‧ters‧burg

Petersburg m inan

1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918)

   Synonym: Sankt Petersburg

• Petersburg in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• Petersburg in Polish dictionaries at PWN