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Petersburg

name

Etymology

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

  1. derived from πέτρᾱ — “rock formation; stone”
  2. derived from sāl petrae
  3. derived from salpetra
  4. derived from salpetre
  5. inherited from salpeter
  6. derived from *pesd-✻ — “to break wind softly”
  7. derived from pēditum — “flatus, fart”
  8. derived from péter — “to explode; to break wind, fart”
  9. formed as petersburg — “Peter + -s-”

Definitions

  1. An independent city in Virginia, United States.

  2. Various other towns and cities, including

    Various other towns and cities, including:

  3. A campaign in the American Civil War.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Alternative form of Saint Petersburg

      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.

    2. A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

Petersburg Borough, Petersburgian

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA