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Where does “петропавловский” come from?

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

петропавловский (Russian): Petropavlovsk

Definitions

  1. Petropavlovsk

Ancestry of “петропавловский”, step by step

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