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Petropavlovsk

American  
[pe-truh-pav-lawfsk, -lofsk, pyi-truh-pah-vluhfsk] / ˌpɛ trəˈpæv lɔfsk, -lɒfsk, pjɪ trʌˈpɑ vləfsk /

noun

  1. a city in N Kazakhstan.


Petropavlovsk British  
/ pɪtraˈpavləfsk /

noun

  1. a city in N Kazakhstan on the Ishim River. Pop: 190 000 (2005 est)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Regional leader Gauez Nurmukhambetov has warned that a "huge flow" of water is heading to the city of Petropavlovsk, with a population of 200,000.

From BBC Apr. 10, 2024

A Petropavlovsk spokesperson, who declined to comment beyond the company’s statement, said the miner’s debt portfolio consists of facilities with Gazprombank, a convertible bond and a eurobond, with no other bank loans at present.

From Reuters Mar. 25, 2022

The plane was flying from the regional city of Petropavlovsk.

From Washington Post Jul. 6, 2021

Petropavlovsk Plc dropped 2.6 percent to 619.5 pence and Salzgitter AG slid 2.6 percent to 37.91 euros.

From BusinessWeek Dec. 28, 2011

All of them had houses in Petropavlovsk, and each had from one to half a dozen agencies or branches elsewhere.

From Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life by Knox, Thomas Wallace

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