Санкт-Петербург

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Kazakh[edit]

Alternative scripts
Arabic سانكت-پەتەربۋرگ
Cyrillic Санкт-Петербург
Latin Sankt-Peterburg
Yañalif Sankt-Peterʙurg

Etymology[edit]

From Russian Са̀нкт-Петербу́рг (Sànkt-Peterbúrg).

Proper noun[edit]

Санкт-Петербург (Sankt-Peterburg)

  1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia); known as Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, and as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991

Mongolian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Russian Са̀нкт-Петербу́рг (Sànkt-Peterbúrg).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaŋkʰtʰ pʰʲɵtʰʲɵrpʊrk/
  • Syllabification: Санкт ‧Пе‧тер‧бу‧рг (5 syllables)

Proper noun[edit]

Санкт-Петербург (Sankt-Peterburg)

  1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia); known as Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, and as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991

Russian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from German Sankt Peterburg (Saint Peter's City), referring to Saint Peter the Apostle and alluding to its founder Tsar Peter the Great.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˌsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk]
  • (file)

Proper noun[edit]

Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (Sánkt-Peterbúrgm inan (genitive Са́нкт-Петербу́рга, relational adjective са́нкт-петербу́ргский)

  1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia); known as Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, and as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991
    Synonym: Се́верная Пальми́ра (Sévernaja Palʹmíra)

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Ukrainian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg)

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrhm inan (genitive Санкт-Петербу́рга, uncountable, relational adjective санкт-петербу́рзький)

  1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia)

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