English Explanatory Dictionary

Petropolis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; former state capital.
  2. A neighbourhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.
  3. Ellipsis of Treaty of Petrópolis.
name
  1. Nickname for Fort McMurray: an urban service area (equivalent to a city) in northeastern Alberta, Canada; the center of the Alberta oil industry.
name
  1. A surname.

Word forms

Petropolis Petropoulis Petropoulos Petropolos Petropouleas

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese Petrópolis.

Related words

Nova Petropolis
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