Petrograd

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proper noun

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

Similar
LeningradSaint PetersburgSankt PetersburgSaint Petersburgh
OriginRussian Петрогра́д ← Ancient Greek Πέτρος ← German Peter →
UncommonScrabble 13
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Meanings

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

    Synonyms: Leningrad, Saint Petersburg, Sankt Petersburg, Saint Petersburgh

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

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
LeningradSaint PetersburgSankt PetersburgSaint Petersburgh
Also see
leningradsaint petersburg

Origin

  1. DutchSankt-Pieter-Burch“Сант-Питер-Бурхъ (Sant-Piter-Burx)”
  2. GermanSankt Petersburg“Санкт-Петербургъ (Sankt-Peterburg)”
  3. Dutchburch“town, fortress”
  4. GermanBurg“city, castle”
  5. DutchPieter
  6. GermanPeter
  7. Ancient GreekΠέτρος
  8. RussianПетрогра́д
  9. EnglishPetrograd

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.

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Translations

Arabic بِيتْرُوغْرَاد
  • بِيتْرُوغْرَاد (bītrūḡrād)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Basque Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Bengali পেত্রোগ্রাদ
  • পেত্রোগ্রাদ (petrōgrad)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Bulgarian Петрогра́д
  • Петрогра́д (Petrográd)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Catalan Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Chinese Cantonese 彼得格勒
  • 彼得格勒 (bei² dak¹ gaak³ lak⁶)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Chinese Mandarin 彼得格勒
  • 彼得格勒 (Bǐdegélè)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Czech Petrohrad
  • PetrohradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Danish Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Dutch Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Esperanto Petrogrado
  • PetrogradoSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Estonian Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Finnish Pietari, Petrograd
  • PietariSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
French Pétrograd
  • PétrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
German Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Greek Πετρογκράντ
  • Πετρογκράντ (Petrogkránt)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Hindi पेत्रोग्राद
  • पेत्रोग्राद (petrogrād)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Hungarian Petrográd
  • PetrográdSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Icelandic Petrógrad
  • PetrógradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Italian Pietrogrado
  • PietrogradoSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Japanese ペトログラード
  • ペトログラード (Petorogurādo)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Korean 페트로그라드
  • 페트로그라드 (peteurogeuradeu)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Latvian Petrograda
  • PetrogradaSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Lithuanian Petrogradas
  • PetrogradasSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Norwegian Bokmål Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Persian پطروگراد
  • پطروگراد (petrogerâd)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Polish Piotrogród
  • PiotrogródSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Portuguese Petrogrado
  • PetrogradoSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Punjabi ਪੇਤਰੋਗ੍ਰਾਦ
  • ਪੇਤਰੋਗ੍ਰਾਦ (petrogrād)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Romanian Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Russian Петрогра́д
  • Петрогра́д (Petrográd)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Slovak Petrohrad
  • PetrohradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Spanish Petrogrado
  • PetrogradoSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Swedish Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Tamil பெத்ரோகிராது
  • பெத்ரோகிராது (petrōkirātu)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Turkish Petrograd
  • PetrogradSaint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Ukrainian Петрогра́д
  • Петрогра́д (Petrohrád)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
Yiddish פּעטראָגראַד
  • פּעטראָגראַד (petrograd)Saint Petersburg — see also Saint Petersburg
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