Petersburg

name

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Definitions

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

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"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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