Санкт-Петербург

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Kazakh

Alternative scripts
Arabic سانكت-پەتەربۋرگ
Cyrillic Санкт-Петербург
Latin Sankt-Peterburg
Yañalif Sankt-Peterʙurg

Etymology

From Russian Са̀нкт-Петербу́рг (Sànkt-Peterbúrg).

Proper noun

Санкт-Петербург (Sankt-Peterburg)

  1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia); known as Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, and as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991

Mongolian

Etymology

From Russian Са̀нкт-Петербу́рг (Sànkt-Peterbúrg).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsaŋkʰtʰ pʰʲɵtʰʲɵrpʊrk/
  • Syllabification: Санкт ‧Пе‧тер‧бу‧рг (5 syllables)

Proper noun

Санкт-Петербург (Sankt-Peterburg)

  1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia); known as Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, and as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991

Russian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from German Sankt Peterburg (Saint Peter's City), referring to Saint Peter the Apostle and alluding to its founder Tsar Peter the Great.

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Proper noun

Са́нкт-Петербу́рг (Sánkt-Peterbúrgm inan (genitive Са́нкт-Петербу́рга, relational adjective са́нкт-петербу́ргский)

  1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia); known as Petrograd from 1914 to 1924, and as Leningrad from 1924 to 1991
    Synonym: Се́верная Пальми́ра (Sévernaja Palʹmíra)

Declension

See also

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrg)

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Санкт-Петербу́рг (Sankt-Peterbúrhm inan (genitive Санкт-Петербу́рга, uncountable, relational adjective санкт-петербу́рзький)

  1. Saint Petersburg (a federal city of Russia)

Declension

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