St. Petersburg love

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  • noun a city in western Florida on Tampa Bay; a popular winter resort
  • noun a city in the European part of Russia; 2nd largest Russian city; located at the head of the Gulf of Finland; former capital of Russia

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Examples

  • Tolmachyov originally had been called Karavannaya back when Leningrad was called St. Petersburg, and then, briefly, Petrograd for its historic role as the final leg in the route of caravans of elephants and camels traveling from exotic lands to the imperial circus, which presides over the street to this day like a giant pink-and-white cream pie.

    Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

  • Tolmachyov originally had been called Karavannaya back when Leningrad was called St. Petersburg, and then, briefly, Petrograd for its historic role as the final leg in the route of caravans of elephants and camels traveling from exotic lands to the imperial circus, which presides over the street to this day like a giant pink-and-white cream pie.

    Peace Meals Anna Badkhen 2010

  • His St. Petersburg is another "Unreal City" whose wraithlike inhabitants leave hardly a smudge where they've passed.

    A Master of Technique William Meyers 2010

  • His St. Petersburg is another "Unreal City" whose wraithlike inhabitants leave hardly a smudge where they've passed.

    A Master of Technique William Meyers 2010

  • His St. Petersburg is another "Unreal City" whose wraithlike inhabitants leave hardly a smudge where they've passed.

    A Master of Technique William Meyers 2010

  • His St. Petersburg is another "Unreal City" whose wraithlike inhabitants leave hardly a smudge where they've passed.

    A Master of Technique William Meyers 2010

  • Pretty sure you know where this comes from 2. In a city by the sea which was once called St. Petersburg, then Leningrad, then, much later, St. Petersburg again, there stood a long, thin house on a long thin street.

    First Lines yuki_onna 2009

  • [Footnote 1: Although the name St. Petersburg was not changed officially to Petrograd until after the outbreak of the war, the latter name is used uniformly in the Serbian Blue Book and

    The Story of the Great War, Volume I (of 8) Introductions; Special Articles; Causes of War; Diplomatic and State Papers Francis Trevelyan Miller 1902

  • Dana Bash live from St. Petersburg, which is going to be the location for the debate tonight.

    CNN Transcript Nov 28, 2007 2007

  • "I cordially thank you for the donation to the reconstruction of the fire-stricken Trinity Izmailovsky Cathedral in St. Petersburg, which is a unique architectural monument," runs a message posted on the Moscow Patriarchate website on Thursday.

    Benedict XVI makes donation for fire-stricken cathedral in St. Pete Argent 2006

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