Petersburg
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Petersburg
Where it comes from
From Peter + -s- or Peters (surname) + -burg. Doublet of Peterborough. Sense 4 (“Saint Petersburg”) is a semantic loan from Russian Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg).
proper noun
- An independent city in Virginia, United States.
- A census-designated place, the borough seat of Petersburg Borough, Alaska.
- A city, the county seat of Menard County, Illinois.
- A city, the county seat of Pike County, Indiana.
- A small city in Monroe County, Michigan.
- A town and hamlet therein, in Rensselaer County, New York; see Petersburgh, New York.
- A small city in Nelson County, North Dakota.
- A borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
- A town in Lincoln County and Marshall County, Tennessee.
- A small city in Hale County, Texas.
- A city, the county seat of Grant County, West Virginia.
- A campaign in the American Civil War.
- Ellipsis of Saint Petersburg: a federal city and federal subject of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713 to 1728 and 1732 to 1918.
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: petersburg campaign, richmond, moscow, clearwater, peter, sankt-peterburg, saint petersburg, st. petersburg, petrograd, leningrad, piter, peterburg, st. pete, saint-petersburg, spb, cultural capital
Talk about this word "Petersburg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/petersburg. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. Petersburg. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/petersburg "Petersburg." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/petersburg.Cite this
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title = {Petersburg},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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