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Petrograd

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From Russian Петрогра́д (Petrográd). The portion Петро (Petro, “Petros”), from Ancient Greek Πέτρος (Pétros) and German Peter, from Dutch Pieter, from Sankt Pieter (“Saint Peter”), from Apostle Peter and Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia and then Emperor. The portion град (grad, “city”), from German Burg (“city, castle”), from Dutch burch (“town, fortress”). Петрогра́д (Petrográd, “Petrograd”) from German Sankt Petersburg (“Санкт-Петербургъ (Sankt-Peterburg)”), from Dutch Sankt-Pieter-Burch (“Сант-Питер-Бурхъ (Sant-Piter-Burx)”), the Russian city was named in Dutch instead of Russian by Peter the Great.

proper noun

  1. historical Former name of Saint Petersburg, from 1914 (when Russia entered World War I) to 1924 (when Lenin died), a major city in Russia.

    Similar: Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Sankt Petersburg, Saint Petersburgh

  2. A region of Saint Petersburg city, Saint Petersburg, Northwest Russia district, European Russia, Russia.

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name Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg

EspañolPetrogrado
한국어페트로그라드 peteurogeuradeu
日本語ペトログラード Petorogurādo
中文彼得格勒 Bǐdegélè
हिन्दीपेत्रोग्राद petrogrād
PortuguêsPetrogrado
FrançaisPétrograd
DeutschPetrograd
ItalianoPietrogrado
ΕλληνικάΠετρογκράντ Petrogkránt
RomânăPetrograd
РусскийПетрогра́д Petrográd
العربيةبِيتْرُوغْرَاد bītrūḡrād

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@misc{petrograd_2026,
  title = {Petrograd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/petrograd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}