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Petersburg.

An independent city in Virginia, United States.

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  1. An independent city in Virginia, United States.

  2. Various other towns and cities, including: A census-designated place, the borough seat of Petersburg Borough, Alaska.

  3. Various other towns and cities, including: A city, the county seat of Menard County, Illinois.

  4. Various other towns and cities, including: A city, the county seat of Pike County, Indiana.

  5. Various other towns and cities, including: A small city in Monroe County, Michigan.

  6. Various other towns and cities, including: A small city in Nelson County, North Dakota.

  7. Various other towns and cities, including: A borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.

  8. Various other towns and cities, including: A town in Lincoln County and Marshall County, Tennessee.

  9. Various other towns and cities, including: A small city in Hale County, Texas.

  10. Various other towns and cities, including: A city, the county seat of Grant County, West Virginia.

  11. A campaign in the American Civil War.

  12. Alternative form of Saint Petersburg: A federal city of Russia, known between 1914 and 1924 as Petrograd and between 1924 and 1991 as Leningrad; the former capital of Russia, from 1713–1728 and 1732–1918.

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  13. A surname.

Where this word comes from

From Peter + -s- or Peters (surname) + -burg. Doublet of Peterborough.

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