Санкт-Петербург

See also: Санкт Петербург

Kazakh

Alternative scripts

Arabic	سانكت-پەتەربۋرگ
Cyrillic	Санкт-Петербург
Latin	Sankt-Peterburg

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Са̀нкт-Петербу́рг (Sànkt-Peterbúrg).

Proper noun

Санкт-Петербург • (Sankt-Peterburg)

1. 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)

Mongolian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Са̀нкт-Петербу́рг (Sànkt-Peterbúrg).

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Санкт-Петербург • (Sankt-Peterburg)

1. 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)

Russian

Alternative forms

• Са́нктъ-Петербу́ргъ (Sánkt-Peterbúrg) — pre-1918 spelling
• Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg)
• С.-Петербу́рг (S.-Peterbúrg)
• Пи́тер (Píter) (colloquial)
• СПб (SPb)

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [ˌsan(kt) pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Са́нкт-Петербу́рг • (Sánkt-Peterbúrg) m inan (genitive Са́нкт-Петербу́рга, relational adjective са́нкт-петербу́ргский, hypocorism Пи́тер)

1. 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)

   Synonym: Се́верная Пальми́ра (Sévernaja Palʹmíra)

Declension

Declension of Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (inan sg-only masc-form velar-stem accent-a) 

	singular
nominative	Са́нкт-Петербу́рг Sánkt-Peterbúrg
genitive	Са́нкт-Петербу́рга Sánkt-Peterbúrga
dative	Са́нкт-Петербу́ргу Sánkt-Peterbúrgu
accusative	Са́нкт-Петербу́рг Sánkt-Peterbúrg
instrumental	Са́нкт-Петербу́ргом Sánkt-Peterbúrgom
prepositional	Са́нкт-Петербу́рге Sánkt-Peterbúrge

Derived terms

• Пидорбу́рг (Pidorbúrg) (slang, vulgar)

Related terms

• петербу́ржец (peterbúržec)
• санктпетербу́ржец (sanktpeterbúržec)
• петербу́ргский (peterbúrgskij)

See also

• Ленингра́д (Leningrád)
• Петрогра́д (Petrográd)

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sankt peterˈburɦ]

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

Санкт-Петербу́рг • (Sankt-Peterbúrh) m inan (genitive Санкт-Петербу́рга, uncountable, relational adjective санкт-петербу́рзький)

1. 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)

Declension

Declension of Санкт-Петербу́рг
(inan sg-only velar masc-form accent-a)

	singular
nominative	Санкт-Петербу́рг Sankt-Peterbúrh
genitive	Санкт-Петербу́рга Sankt-Peterbúrha
dative	Санкт-Петербу́ргові, Санкт-Петербу́ргу Sankt-Peterbúrhovi, Sankt-Peterbúrhu
accusative	Санкт-Петербу́рг Sankt-Peterbúrh
instrumental	Санкт-Петербу́ргом Sankt-Peterbúrhom
locative	Санкт-Петербу́рзі, Санкт-Петербу́ргу Sankt-Peterbúrzi, Sankt-Peterbúrhu
vocative	Санкт-Петербу́ргу Sankt-Peterbúrhu

References

• “Санкт-Петербург”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horox – Slovozmina, Horokh – Inflection]‎^[1]