Питер

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Питер

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Clipping of Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg). From Dutch Pieter, the petname used in reference to the Russian tsar Peter the Great, the founder of Saint Petersburg. Attested since at least 1772.

• IPA^(key):

Пи́тер • (Píter) m inan (genitive Пи́тера, relational adjective пи́терский)

1. (informal) 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)
   • 1835, Иван Лажечников , “Часть вторая. Глава III. Лекарка”, in Ледяной дом; English translation from The House of Ice, (Please provide a date or year):

     — Как же тебя́ в Пи́тер принесло́? Уж не на бесо́вское ли и́грище, что твоя́ това́рка так наря́дна!

     — Kak že tebjá v Píter prinesló? Už ne na besóvskoje li ígrišče, što tvojá továrka tak narjádna!

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   • 1885, Антон Чехов , Старость; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Old Age, 1921:

     Восемна́дцать лет тому́ наза́д, когда́ он пересели́лся в Пи́тер, на том, наприме́р, ме́сте, где тепе́рь стои́т вокза́л, мальчуга́ны лови́ли су́сликов<...>

     Vosemnádcatʹ let tomú nazád, kogdá on pereselílsja v Píter, na tom, naprimér, méste, gde tepérʹ stoít vokzál, malʹčugány lovíli súslikov<...>

     Eighteen years ago when he had moved to Petersburg the street-boys used to catch marmots, for instance, on the spot where now the station was standing<...>

2. (Soviet Union, informal) Leningrad; (1914-1924) Petrograd

• → Written Oirat: (biiter)

• Ленингра́д (Leningrád)
• Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg)
• Петрогра́д (Petrográd)
• Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (Sánkt-Peterbúrg)

Borrowed from English Peter.

• IPA^(key):  (phonetic respelling: Пи́тэр)
• IPA^(key):

Пи́тер • (Pítɛr, Píter) m anim (genitive Пи́тера, nominative plural Пи́теры, genitive plural Пи́теров)

1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Peter