St. Petersburg

See also: St.-Petersburg, St Petersburg, and St-Petersburg

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

St. Petersburg

  1. 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.
    • 2014 May 2, Mark Thompson and Aaron Smith, “U.S. presses CEOs to skip Russia’s Davos”, in CNN Business‎[1]:
      “In light of the U.S. government’s requirements, Alcoa has adjusted its attendance at the St. Petersburg International Forum and will participate via its most senior Russian executives,” Orbe said.
  2. A city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.
  3. A borough of Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.

Derived terms

Translations

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.