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saint petersburg

/sənt ˈpiːtə(r)zˌbɜː(r)ɡ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.62 in modern English

Syllables
sain-t peters-burg
IPA
/sənt ˈpiːtə(r)zˌbɜː(r)ɡ/
20
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

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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.

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Alternative form of St. Petersburg

name

Alternative form of St. Petersburg:

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An unincorporated community in Logan County, Colorado, United States.

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.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

St. Petersburg (alternative) St.-Petersburg (alternative) St Petersburg (alternative) St-Petersburg (alternative) Saint-Petersburg (alternative) St. Petersburgh (alternative)

Derived Forms

Petersburger Petersburgian

Phrases

St. Pete St. Pete Beach St. Petersburg Beach

Synonyms

Leningrad Northern Palmyra Peterburg Petersburg Petrograd Piter Sankt-Peterburg Venice of the North

Questions

How do you pronounce saint petersburg?
The recorded pronunciation is /sənt ˈpiːtə(r)zˌbɜː(r)ɡ/.
What does saint petersburg mean?
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.
Where does saint petersburg come from?
It is traced to German.

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