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 .

Notes

Home for many retired persons from colder northern areas.

A popular winter resort.

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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