Petropolis
See also: Petrópolis
English
Etymology 1
From Brazilian Portuguese Petrópolis.
Proper noun
Petropolis
- A city and municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and historic state capital.
- A neighbourhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
- Ellipsis of Treaty of Petropolis.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Petropolis
- Nickname for Fort McMurray: an urban service area (equivalent to a city) in northeastern Alberta, Canada; the center of the Alberta oil industry.
Etymology 3
From Greek Πετρόπουλος (Petrópoulos).
Alternative forms
- Petropoulis, Petropoulos, Petropolos, Petropouleas
Proper noun
Petropolis
- A surname.
See also
- Nova Petropolis
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Proper noun
Petropolis f sg (genitive Petropolis); third declension
- (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Peterborough, England
- (New Latin) 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)
- (New Latin) Petrovaradin, Serbia
- (New Latin) Petrópolis, Brazil
- (New Latin) Pierre, USA
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Petropolis |
| genitive | Petropolis |
| dative | Petropolī |
| accusative | Petropolim Petropolin |
| ablative | Petropolī |
| vocative | Petropolis Petropolī |
| locative | Petropolī |
Derived terms
- petropolensis
- Petropolensis
- petropolitanus
- Petropolitanus
- Petropolitensis
- petropolitensis