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St. Petersburg

noun

  1. Formerly Leningrad; none Petrograd. a seaport in NW Russian Federation in Europe, in the Gulf of Finland, off the Baltic Sea: founded 1703 by Peter the Great; capital of the Russian Empire (1712-1917).
  2. a city in W Florida, on Tampa Bay.


St. Petersburg

  1. City in western Florida .


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Notes

Home for many retired persons from colder northern areas.
A popular winter resort.
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Example Sentences

On the phone, she told friends she was going by train to St. Petersburg.

Then Gilkes immersed himself in the Old Masters at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg.

Aduyeva received her education at the State University of Technology and Design in St. Petersburg.

There are dozens of such “academies” in Moscow and St. Petersburg, with names such as “Geisha School” or “How to Be a Real Woman.”

Last April, the Memorial Anti-Discrimination Center in St. Petersburg announced its closure under pressure from huge fines.

Austria's fall was due to the lethargy and hesitation of the courts of Berlin and St. Petersburg.

No unexpected disagreeables awaited them in St. Petersburg, and they settled down once again to a peaceful home life.

Hardly had the boys mother left St. Petersburg, when an epidemic of scarlet fever broke out in the school.

Kndinger had come to Russia at eighteen, and delighted the public of St. Petersburg by his brilliant virtuosity.

Tchaikovsky spent only a few days in St. Petersburg before going abroad.

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