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Where does “Петропавловка” come from?

Петропавловка (Russian) comes from Russian Петропавл, from Russian Па́вел, from Old Church Slavonic Павьлъ, from Ancient Greek Παῦλος, from Latin paulus, from Latin paullus.

Петропавловка (Russian): Peter and Paul Fortress

Definitions

  1. Peter and Paul Fortress

Ancestry of “Петропавловка”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianПетропавл—
2RussianПа́велPaul
3Old Church SlavonicПавьлъ—
4Ancient GreekΠαῦλος—
5Latinpauluslittle, small
6Latinpaullus—
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