Petropolis

See also: Petrópolis

English

Etymology 1

From Brazilian Portuguese Petrópolis.

Proper noun

Petropolis

1. A city and municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and historic state capital.
2. A neighbourhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
3. Ellipsis of Treaty of Petropolis.

Etymology 2

From petro- +‎ -polis.

Proper noun

Petropolis

1. A nickname for Fort McMurray. A city in Alberta, Canada; the oil extraction capital of Canada

Etymology 3

From Greek Πετρόπουλος (Petrópoulos).

Alternative forms

• Petropoulis, Petropoulos, Petropolos, Petropouleas

Proper noun

Petropolis

1. A surname.

See also

• Nova Petropolis

Anagrams

• lipotropes

Latin

Etymology

Petrus +‎ -polis

Proper noun

Petropolis f sg (genitive Petropolis); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, New Latin) Peterborough, England
2. (New Latin) Saint Petersburg, Russia
3. (New Latin) Petrovaradin, Serbia
4. (New Latin) Petrópolis, Brazil
5. (New Latin) Pierre, USA

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem, partially Greek-type), with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Petropolis
genitive	Petropolis
dative	Petropolī
accusative	Petropolim Petropolin
ablative	Petropolī
vocative	Petropolis Petropolī
locative	Petropolī

Derived terms

• petropolensis
• Petropolensis
• petropolitanus
• Petropolitanus
• Petropolitensis
• petropolitensis