Saint Petersburg

St. Petersburg, St Petersburg, St. Petersburgh, St Petersburgh, Saint Petersburgh, St. Petersberg, St Petersberg, Saint Petersberg

English translation of Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg), from German Sankt Petersburg (“Saint Peter's City”), referring to Saint Peter the Apostle and alluding to its founder Tsar Peter the Great.

• IPA^(key): /sənt ˈpiːtə(r)zˌbɜː(r)ɡ/

Saint Petersburg (Санкт-Петербург Sankt-Peterburg)

Saint Petersburg

1. A major city in Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad, and former capital of Russia (1713–1728, 1732–1918).

• Petersburg (informal)
• Piter (colloquial)
• Sankt-Peterburg (transliteration)
• Leningrad (historical name of the city, still the name of the surrounding oblast)
• Petrograd (historical name of the city, name of a region in the city)

Named after the city in Russia

Saint Petersburg

1. A placename
   1. A city on Tampa Bay in state of Florida of the United States of America