SAINT PETERSBURG

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Saint Petersburg mean? 

• SAINT PETERSBURG (noun)
  The noun SAINT PETERSBURG has 2 senses:

1. a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort

2. a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia

  Familiarity information: SAINT PETERSBURG used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAINT PETERSBURG (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Saint Petersburg; St. Petersburg

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Saint Petersburg" is a part of...):

Everglade State; FL; Fla.; Florida; Sunshine State (a state in southeastern United States between the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War. In Spanish, Florida means Flowery)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Leningrad; Peterburg; Petrograd; Saint Petersburg; St. Petersburg

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

Holonyms ("Saint Petersburg" is a part of...):

Russia; Russian Federation (a federation in northeastern Europe and northern Asia; formerly Soviet Russia; since 1991 an independent state)