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Petersburg en · PROPN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. An independent city in Virginia, United States.
  2. Various other towns and cities, including: ▸ A census-designated place, the borough seat of Petersburg Borough, Alaska.
  3. Various other towns and cities, including: ▸ A city, the county seat of Menard County, Illinois.
  4. Various other towns and cities, including: ▸ A city, the county seat of Pike County, Indiana.
  5. Various other towns and cities, including: ▸ A small city in Monroe County, Michigan.
  6. Various other towns and cities, including: ▸ A small city in Nelson County, North Dakota.
  7. Various other towns and cities, including: ▸ A borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
  8. Various other towns and cities, including: ▸ A town in Lincoln County and Marshall County, Tennessee.
  9. Various other towns and cities, including: ▸ A small city in Hale County, Texas.
  10. Various other towns and cities, including: ▸ A city, the county seat of Grant County, West Virginia.
  11. A campaign in the American Civil War.
  12. (alt-of, alternative) 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.
  13. A surname.

Deriveds

Petersburgian · Petersburg Borough

Relateds

Peterburg · St. Petersburg · Saint Petersburg · Petersburgh