# Petersburg

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #11,265

## Definitions
1. An independent city in Virginia, United States.
2. Various other towns and cities, including:
3. Various other towns and cities, including:
4. Various other towns and cities, including:
5. Various other towns and cities, including:
6. Various other towns and cities, including:
7. Various other towns and cities, including:
8. Various other towns and cities, including:
9. Various other towns and cities, including:
10. Various other towns and cities, including:
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.
13. A surname.

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

## Common misspellings (16)
`eptersburg`, `peetrsburg`, `peterbsurg`, `peterrsburg`, `petersbburg`, `petersbrug`, `petersbugr`, `petersburgg`, `petersburrg`, `peterssburg`, `petersubrg`, `petesrburg`, `petresburg`, `pettersburg`, `ppetersburg`, `pteersburg`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/petersburg