Sankta Pætursborg
Faroese
Alternative forms
- St. Pætursborg
Etymology
sankta (“Saint”) + Pætur (“Peter”) + borg (“castle, town”), from Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg), from German Sankt Petersburg (“Saint Peter's City”), referring to Saint Peter the Apostle and alluding to its founder Tsar Peter the Great.
Proper noun
Sankta Pætursborg f
- 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)
Declension
| singular | |
|---|---|
| indefinite | |
| nominative | Sankta Pætursborg |
| accusative | Sankta Pætursborg |
| dative | Sankta Pætursborg |
| genitive | Sankta Pætursborgar |