Petersburg

P3E1T1E1R1S1B3U1R1G2

proper noun

An independent city in Virginia, United States.

OriginRussian Петербу́рг →
CommonScrabble 15
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. An independent city in Virginia, United States.
  2. Various other towns and cities, including:
    1. A census-designated place, the borough seat of Petersburg Borough, Alaska.
    2. A city, the county seat of Menard County, Illinois.
    3. A city, the county seat of Pike County, Indiana.
    4. A small city in Monroe County, Michigan.
    5. A town and hamlet therein, in Rensselaer County, New York; see Petersburgh, New York.
    6. A small city in Nelson County, North Dakota.
    7. A borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
    8. A town in Lincoln County and Marshall County, Tennessee.
    9. A small city in Hale County, Texas.
    10. A city, the county seat of Grant County, West Virginia.
  3. A campaign in the American Civil War.
  4. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis 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.
  5. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
saint petersburg

Origin

  1. RussianПетербу́рг
  2. EnglishPetersburg

From Peter + -s- or Peters (surname) + -burg. Doublet of Peterborough. Sense 4 (“Saint Petersburg”) is a semantic loan from Russian Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg).

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APA

Petersburg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Petersburg

MLA

“Petersburg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Petersburg. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Petersburg,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Petersburg.

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