Definition of Petersburg

1. Noun. A town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War.

Generic synonyms: Town
Group relationships: Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Va, Virginia

2. Noun. The final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee.

Definition of Petersburg

1. Proper noun. a city in Virginia; various other towns and cities ¹

2. Proper noun. a campaign in the American Civil War ¹

3. Proper noun. Saint Petersburg, formerly Leningrad, a city in Russia ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Petersburg

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Peter Paul Rubens
Peter Seamus O'Toole
Peter Seeger
Peter Sellers
Peter Stuyvesant
Peter Tchaikovsky
Peter principle
Peter the Great
Peterbald
Peterborough
Peterburg
Peters' ovum
Petersburg (current term)
Petersburg Campaign
Petersen
Peterson
Petey
Petit's aponeurosis
Petit's canals
Petit's hernia
Petit's ligament
Petit's lumbar triangle
Petit's sinus
Petra
Petrarca

Literary usage of Petersburg

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Where Petersburg now stands was once the site of an Indian village, ... Petersburg was founded by Peter Jones in 1733, incorporated as a town in 1784, ..."

2. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1908)
"St Petersburg. 1737, 1759, 1804. Annals. ... St Petersburg. 1841 sqq. Vol. II, pp. 230 sqq. ... St Petersburg. 1889-93. Ivan IV. Sudebnik. ..."

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