Word.ws English Dictionary

Petersburg

Petersburg proper noun: an independent city in Virginia, United States. Also the alternative form of Saint Petersburg.

Proper noun

Petersburg

  1. An independent city in Virginia, United States.
  2. A census-designated place, the borough seat of Petersburg Borough, Alaska.
  3. A city, the county seat of Menard County, Illinois.
  4. A city, the county seat of Pike County, Indiana.
  5. A small city in Monroe County, Michigan.
  6. A small city in Nelson County, North Dakota.
  7. A borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
  8. A town in Lincoln County and Marshall County, Tennessee.
  9. A small city in Hale County, Texas.
  10. A city, the county seat of Grant County, West Virginia.
  11. A campaign in the American Civil War.
  12. A surname.

Also used as

Petersburg is also the alternative form of Saint Petersburg.

Origin of Petersburg

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

Words formed from Petersburg

Phrases with Petersburg

Questions about Petersburg

What does Petersburg mean?
Petersburg means an independent city in Virginia, United States.
What part of speech is Petersburg?
Petersburg is a proper noun.

Words near Petersburg in the dictionary

  1. peters out
  2. Peters' platanna
  3. Peters's elephantnose fish
  4. Peters's elephantnose fishes
  5. Petersboro
  6. Petersburg
  7. Petersburg Borough
  8. Petersburg paradox
  9. Petersburg paradoxes
  10. Petersburger
  11. Petersburgers

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Petersburg (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “Petersburg.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/petersburg. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.