Petropolis

See also: Petrópolis

English

Etymology 1

From Brazilian Portuguese Petrópolis.

Proper noun

Petropolis

  1. A city and municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and historic state capital.
  2. A neighbourhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  3. Ellipsis of Treaty of Petropolis.

Etymology 2

From petro- +‎ -polis.

Proper noun

Petropolis

  1. 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

  1. A surname.

See also

  • Nova Petropolis

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Petrus +‎ -polis

Proper noun

Petropolis f sg (genitive Petropolis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Peterborough, England
  2. (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)
  3. (New Latin) Petrovaradin, Serbia
  4. (New Latin) Petrópolis, Brazil
  5. (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