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Etymology [ edit ]
English translation of Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг ( Sankt-Peterbúrg ) , from German Sankt Peters burg ( “ Saint Peter's City ” ) , referring to Saint Peter the Apostle and alluding to its founder Tsar Peter the Great . Doublet of Peterborough .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /sənt ˈpiːtə(r)zˌbɜː(r)ɡ/
Audio (Southern England) (file )
Proper noun [ edit ]
Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург Sankt-Peterburg )
Saint Petersburg
A federal city of Russia , known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad , and former capital of Russia (1713–1728, 1732–1918).
Alternative form of St. Petersburg
a city in Florida , United States .
An unincorporated community in Logan County , Colorado , United States .
Synonyms [ edit ]
( Leningrad, Petrograd; a former capital of Russia, a city on the Baltic Sea ) :
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Translations [ edit ]
city in Russia
Abkhaz: Санқт-Петербург ( Sanktʼ-Pʼetʼerburg )
Afrikaans: Sint Petersburg
Albanian: Shën Petersburgu m
Amharic: ሳንክት ፔቴርቡርግ ( sankət peterburg )
Arabic: سَانْت بُطْرُسْبُرْغ f ( sant buṭrusburḡ ) , سَانْت بِطِرْسْبُرْغ f ( sant biṭirsburḡ )
Armenian: Սանկտ Պետերբուրգ ( Sankt Peterburg )
Azerbaijani:
Abjad: پطرسبورغ ( petresbūrgh ) , پترهبورق ( petrébūrq )
Roman: Sankt-Peterburq , Fitilbörk
Bashkir: Санкт-Петербург ( Sankt-Peterburg )
Basque: San Petersburgo
Belarusian: Санкт-Пецярбу́рг m ( Sankt-Pjecjarbúrh ) , Пецярбу́рг m ( Pjecjarbúrh )
Bengali: সেন্ট পিটার্সবার্গ ( śenṭo piṭarśobargo )
Bulgarian: Санкт Петербу́рг m ( Sankt Peterbúrg )
Burmese: စိန့်ပီတာစဘတ် ( cin.pitaca.bhat )
Buryat: Саанкта-Петербүүргэ ( Saankta-Pjetjerbüürge )
Catalan: Sant Petersburg m
Chechen: Петарбух ( Petarbux )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 聖彼得堡 / 圣彼得堡 (zh) ( Shèng Bǐdebǎo )
Chuvash: Питӗрпур ( Pit̬ĕrp̬ur ) , Питӗр ( Pit̬ĕr ) ( colloquial )
Corsican: San Pietruburgu m , San Petruburgu m
Czech: Sankt Petěrburg m , Petrohrad (cs) m
Danish: Sankt Petersborg n
Dutch: Sint-Petersburg (nl) n
Erzya: Ине-Петрань ош ( Ińe-Petrań oš )
Esperanto: Sankt-Peterburgo
Estonian: Peterburi (et) , Sankt-Peterburg ( rare ) , Piiter ( historical )
Faroese: St. Pætursborg f , Sankta Pætursborg f
Finnish: Pietari (fi)
French: Saint-Pétersbourg (fr) m
Georgian: სანქტ-პეტერბურგი ( sankṭ-ṗeṭerburgi )
German: Sankt Petersburg (de) n
Greek: Αγία Πετρούπολη (el) f ( Agía Petroúpoli )
Hebrew: סֶנְט פֶּטֶרְסְבּוּרְג f ( sent petersburg )
Hindi: सेंट पीटर्सबर्ग m ( seṇṭ pīṭarsbarg )
Hungarian: Szentpétervár (hu)
Icelandic: Sankti Pétursborg f , Pétursborg f
Ido: Sankt-Peterburg
Indonesian: St. Petersburg
Ingrian: Petteri
Irish: Cathair Pheadair f , Brí Shan Pheadair f
Italian: San Pietroburgo (it) m
Japanese: サンクトペテルブルク ( Sankuto-Peteruburuku )
Kabardian: Бытырбыху ( Bətərbəxʷu )
Kalmyk: Санкт-Петербург ( Sankt-Peterburg )
Kannada: ಸೇಂಟ್ ಪೀಟರ್ಸ್ಬರ್ಗ್ ( sēṇṭ pīṭarsbarg )
Kazakh: Санкт-Петербург ( Sankt-Peterburg ) , Сән-Питербор ( Sän-Piterbor )
Khmer: សាំងពេទែរបួក ( sangpeitɛɛbuək )
Komi-Permyak: Петыркар ( Petyrkar )
Komi-Zyrian: Петыркар ( Petyrkar )
Korean: 상트페테르부르크 (ko) ( Sangteupetereubureukeu ) , 싼크뜨뻬쩨르부르그 ( Ssankeutteuppejjereubureugeu ) ( North Korea )
Kyrgyz: Санкт-Петербург ( Sankt-Peterburg )
Latin: Petropolis m
Latvian: Sanktpēterburga f
Lezgi: Санкт-Петербург ( Sankt-Peterburg )
Lithuanian: Sankt Peterburgas m
Livonian: Pētõrburg
Macedonian: Санкт Петербург m ( Sankt Peterburg )
Malay: Saint Petersburg
Malayalam: സെന്റ് പീറ്റേഴ്സ്ബർഗ് ( senṟŭ pīṟṟēḻsbaṟgŭ )
Maltese: San Pietruburgu m
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Санкт-Петербург ( Sankt-Peterburg )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: St. Petersburg
Nynorsk: Sankt Petersburg
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: Санкт-Пєтєрбоургъ m ( Sankt-Peterburgŭ )
Ossetian: Бетъырбух ( Bet’yrbux )
Ottoman Turkish: پترسبورغ ( pétersbūrgh ) , سان پترسبورغ ( san petersbūrgh )
Persian: سن پترزبورگ (fa) ( san peterzburg ) , پتل پورت ( petel port ) ( dated )
Polish: Petersburg (pl) m , Sankt Petersburg (pl) m
Portuguese: São Petersburgo m
Romanian: Petersburg
Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг (ru) m ( Sankt-Peterbúrg ) , Петербу́рг (ru) m ( Peterbúrg ) , Пи́тер (ru) m ( Píter ) ( colloquial )
Scots: Saunt Petersburg
Scottish Gaelic: Brìgh Naoimh Pheadair f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Са̏нкт Пѐтербург m
Roman: Sȁnkt Pèterburg (sh) m
Silesian: Pejtersburg m
Slovak: Sankt Peterburg m , Petrohrad m
Slovene: Sankt Peterburg m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: Sankt Petersburg m
Spanish: San Petersburgo (es) m
Swahili: Sankt Peterburg
Swedish: Sankt Petersburg (sv) n
Tagalog: San Petersburgo
Tajik: Санкт-Петербург ( Sankt-Peterburg )
Tamil: சென் பீட்டர்ஸ்பேர்க் ( ceṉ pīṭṭarspērk )
Tatar: Санкт-Петербург ( Sankt-Peterburg )
Telugu: సెయింట్ పీటర్స్బర్గ్ ( seyiṇṭ pīṭarsbarg )
Thai: เซนต์ปีเตอร์สเบิร์ก ( séen-bpii-dtə̂ə-sà-bə̀ək )
Tibetan: སན་པི་ཏི་པོག ( san pi ti pog )
Turkish: St. Petersburg , Sankt-Peterburg
Turkmen: Sankt-Peterburg
Ukrainian: Санкт-Петербу́рг m ( Sankt-Peterbúrh ) , Петербу́рг m ( Peterbúrh )
Urdu: سینٹ پیٹرز برگ m ( seṇṭ pīṭarz barg )
Uyghur: سانكت پېتېربۇرگ ( sankt pëtërburg )
Uzbek: Sankt-Peterburg
Veps: Piter
Vietnamese: Xanh Pê-téc-bua , Thành Bỉ Đắc (城彼得 )
Walloon: Sint Petersbork
Yakut: Санкт-Петербург ( Sankt-Peterburg ) , Бөтөрбүрүк ( Bötörbürük ) , Бөтөрбүүр ( Bötörbüür )
Yiddish: פּעטערבורג n ( peterburg )