Saint Petersburg

English

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Etymology

Calque of Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg) equivalent to Saint Peter +‎ -s- +‎ -burg, from German Sankt Petersburg (“Saint Peter's City”), referring to Saint Peter the Apostle and alluding to its founder Tsar Peter the Great. Doublet of Peterborough.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sənt ˈpiːtə(r)zˌbɜː(r)ɡ/
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Proper noun

Saint Petersburg

  2. 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. Alternative form of St. Petersburg:
    1. A city in Florida, United States.
  4. An unincorporated community in Logan County, Colorado, United States.

Synonyms

(Leningrad, Petrograd; a former capital of Russia, a city on the Baltic Sea):

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