Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun petersburg

2 senses of petersburg

Sense 1
Petersburg -- (a town in southeastern Virginia (south of Richmond); scene of heavy fighting during the American Civil War)
       INSTANCE OF=> town -- (an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city; "they drive through town on their way to work")

Sense 2
Petersburg, Petersburg Campaign -- (the final campaign of the American Civil War (1864-65); Union forces under Grant besieged and finally defeated Confederate forces under Lee)
       INSTANCE OF=> campaign, military campaign -- (several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints))
       INSTANCE OF=> siege, besieging, beleaguering, military blockade -- (the action of an armed force that surrounds a fortified place and isolates it while continuing to attack)