Where does “Петропавловск” come from?

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

Петропавловск (Russian): Petropavlovsk, the name of several inhabited localities in Russia

Definitions

  1. Petropavlovsk, the name of several inhabited localities in Russia

Ancestry of “Петропавловск”, step by step

Петропавловск traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Russian Па́вел

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianПа́велPaul
2Old Church SlavonicПавьлъ
3Ancient GreekΠαῦλοςPaul, a common Roman name, famously held by Paul, the Christian apostle
4Latinpauluslittle, small
5Latinpaullus

via Russian Пётр

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1RussianПётрPeter; {{w|Peter the Great}}
2Koine GreekΠέτρος
3Ancient GreekΠέτροςPeter
4Ancient Greekπέτροςrock, stone, boulder; type of reed

Words derived from “Петропавловск

Every word from Latin paullusEvery word from Latin paulusEvery word from Ancient Greek Παῦλος
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