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Питер

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Etymology 1

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Clipping of Петербу́рг (Peterbúrg). From Dutch Pieter, the petname used in reference to the Russian tsar Peter the Great, the founder of Saint Petersburg. Attested since at least 1772.

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Proper noun

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Пи́тер (Píterm inan (genitive Пи́тера, relational adjective пи́терский)

  1. (informal) Saint Petersburg
    • 1835, Иван Лажечников [Ivan Lazhechnikov], “Часть вторая. Глава III. Лекарка”, in Ледяной дом; English translation from The House of Ice, (Please provide a date or year):
      — Как же тебя́ в Пи́тер принесло́? Уж не на бесо́вское ли и́грище, что твоя́ това́рка так наря́дна!
      — Kak že tebjá v Píter prinesló? Už ne na besóvskoje li ígrišče, što tvojá továrka tak narjádna!
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    • 1885, Антон Чехов [Anton Chekhov], Старость; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Old Age, 1921:
      Восемна́дцать лет тому́ наза́д, когда́ он пересели́лся в Пи́тер, на том, наприме́р, ме́сте, где тепе́рь стои́т вокза́л, мальчуга́ны лови́ли су́сликов<...>
      Vosemnádcatʹ let tomú nazád, kogdá on pereselílsja v Píter, na tom, naprimér, méste, gde tepérʹ stoít vokzál, malʹčugány lovíli súslikov<...>
      Eighteen years ago when he had moved to Petersburg the street-boys used to catch marmots, for instance, on the spot where now the station was standing<...>
  2. (Soviet Union, informal) Leningrad; (1914-1924) Petrograd
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  • Written Oirat: [script needed] (biiter)

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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English Peter.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲitɨr] (phonetic respelling: Пи́тэр)
  • IPA(key): [ˈpʲitʲɪr]

Proper noun

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Пи́тер (Pítɛr, Píterm anim (genitive Пи́тера, nominative plural Пи́теры, genitive plural Пи́теров)

  1. a male given name from English, equivalent to English Peter
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