Petropolis

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See also: Petrópolis

English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

Portuguese Petrópolis

Proper noun[edit]

Petropolis

  1. A city in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  2. A neighbourhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
  3. Ellipsis of Treaty of Petropolis.

Etymology 2[edit]

petro- +‎ -polis

Proper noun[edit]

Petropolis

  1. A nickname for Fort McMurray. A city in Alberta, Canada; the oil extraction capital of Canada

Etymology 3[edit]

From Greek Πετρόπουλος (Petrópoulos).

Alternative forms[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Petropolis

  1. A surname.

See also[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Petrus +‎ -polis

Proper noun[edit]

Petropolis f sg (genitive Petropolis); third declension

  1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Peterborough, England
  2. (New Latin) Saint Petersburg, Russia
  3. (New Latin) Petrovaradin, Serbia
  4. (New Latin) Petrópolis, Brazil
  5. (New Latin) Pierre, USA

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Petropolis
Genitive Petropolis
Dative Petropolī
Accusative Petropolim
Petropolin
Ablative Petropolī
Vocative Petropolis
Petropolī
Locative Petropolī

Derived terms[edit]

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