Petersburg
name
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Definitions
Proper Noun
- 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.
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- 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 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. alt-of, alternative
Example
More examples"Lee no longer had a way to supply his troops in Petersburg."
Etymology
From Peter + -s- or Peters (surname) + -burg. Doublet of Peterborough.
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