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Definition of Saint 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.

Definition of Saint petersburg

1. Proper noun. Region of western Russia. ¹

2. Proper noun. Capital of St Petersburg, known before 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad, and former capital of Russia. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Saint Petersburg

Saint Matthew Saint Matthew the Apostle Saint Monday Saint Nicholas Saint Nick Saint Olaf Saint Olav Saint Paddy's Saint Patrick Saint Patrick's Day

Saint Paul Saint Peter Saint Peter's wreath Saint Peter Port Saint Peter the Apostle Saint Petersburg Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint Thomas Saint Thomas Aquinas Saint Thomas a Becket

Saint Ulmo's fire Saint Ulmo's light Saint Valentine's Day Saint Vincent Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Vitus dance Saintpaulia Saintpaulia ionantha Saints

Literary usage of Saint petersburg

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"saint petersburg, 7 Sept. 1783. He was educated by his father, a minister and mathematician, and then studied at the University of Basel under the famous ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"saint petersburg, 21 Nov. 1844. He was the son of a poor subaltern officer, ... He received a position in the Chamber of Finance at saint petersburg (1782) ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"From that time until his death he was engaged as scene-painter of the Imperial theatre of saint petersburg. His most admired efforts in that branch of art ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"saint petersburg, 21 Nov. 1844. He was the son of a poor subaltern officer, ... He received a position in the Chamber of Finance at saint petersburg (1782) ..."

5. Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Lionel Strachey (1903)
"CHAPTER VII saint petersburg ARRIVAL AT ST. PETERSBURG — THE BEAUTIFUL GRAND- DUCHESS ELISABETH — CATHERINE II. RECEIVES MME. LEBRUN — AND IS MOST GRACIOUS ..."

6. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"He was educated in the Seminary of Kostroma and the Pedagogical Institute of saint petersburg, from which he was graduated in 1810. ..."

7. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"saint petersburg, 7 Sept. 1783. He was educated by his father, a minister and mathematician, and then studied at the University of Basel under the famous ..."

8. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"saint petersburg, 21 Nov. 1844. He was the son of a poor subaltern officer, ... He received a position in the Chamber of Finance at saint petersburg (1782) ..."

9. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"From that time until his death he was engaged as scene-painter of the Imperial theatre of saint petersburg. His most admired efforts in that branch of art ..."

10. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"saint petersburg, 21 Nov. 1844. He was the son of a poor subaltern officer, ... He received a position in the Chamber of Finance at saint petersburg (1782) ..."

11. Memoirs of Madame Vigée Lebrun by Louise-Elisabeth Vigée-Lebrun, Lionel Strachey (1903)
"CHAPTER VII saint petersburg ARRIVAL AT ST. PETERSBURG — THE BEAUTIFUL GRAND- DUCHESS ELISABETH — CATHERINE II. RECEIVES MME. LEBRUN — AND IS MOST GRACIOUS ..."

12. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"He was educated in the Seminary of Kostroma and the Pedagogical Institute of saint petersburg, from which he was graduated in 1810. ..."

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