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Definition of St. Petersburg

1. Noun. A city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort.

2. Noun. A city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia.

Lexicographical Neighbors of St. Petersburg

St. Mary of Bethlehem St. Matthew St. Matthew the Apostle St. Nicholas St. Nick St. Olaf St. Olav St. Patrick St. Patrick's Cross St. Patrick's Day

St. Paul St. Paul's St. Peter St. Peter's wreath St. Peter the Apostle St. Petersburg (current term) St. Simon St. Stephen's Day St. Thomas St. Thomas Aquinas

St. Thomas a Becket St. Thomas and Principe St. Valentine's Day St. Vincent St. Vincent and the Grenadines St. Vitus St. Vitus' dance St. Vitus dance St1C1 N-hydroxyarylamine sulfotransferase StAX

Literary usage of St. Petersburg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"St Petersburg. 1737, 1759, 1804. Annals. ... St Petersburg. 1841 sqq. Vol. II, pp. 230 sqq. ... St Petersburg. 1889-93. Ivan IV. Sudebnik. ..."

2. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"Environs of St. Petersburg. depth of 49 feet (discharge, 1267000 cubic feet per second). The other branches are the Little Neva, which along with the Great ..."

3. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1910)
"goods for the return cargo at Amsterdam, instead of sending the Henry Clay to St. Petersburg. That the orders of the defendants to send their ship to St. ..."

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