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St. Petersburg
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What does St. Petersburg mean?
proper noun
- 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.
- A city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States.
- A borough in Clarion County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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A new-comer of any age or either sex was an impressive curiosity in the poor little shabby village of St. Petersburg.
Tchigorin of St. Petersburg would probably, at the present time, be equal favourite against any player in the world except perhaps Steinitz.
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At first, when she returned to St. Petersburg, he wrote promising to come, and then letters ceased and she knew no more of him.
It is said that a flood-tide, with a westerly wind, and ice in the Neva, would sweep St. Petersburg from the face of the earth.
Ruttel reports conception in a girl of nine, and as far north as St. Petersburg a girl has become a mother before nine years.