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Faroese
Etymology
sankta (“Saint”) + Pætur (“Peter”) + borg (“castle, town”), from 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.
Proper noun
Sankta Pætursborg f
- 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)
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Sankta Pætursborg
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| accusative
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Sankta Pætursborg
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| dative
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Sankta Pætursborg
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| genitive
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Sankta Pætursborgar
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