St. Pete

Sunshine City, Florida

St.

Pete is a common nickname for St.

Petersburg, Florida—a city on Tampa Bay known for its beaches, arts district, and year-round sunshine.

The shortened form appears frequently in casual speech and local media: We're heading down to St. Pete for the weekend.

Less commonly, it can refer to St.

Petersburg, Russia, though this usage is rarer in American English.

Opposites
Florida city character

St. PeteMiami

Southeast Florida coastal city

Miami Beach · South Beach · Fort Lauderdale · Orlando · Las Vegas

climate/geography

St. PeteSeattle

Pacific Northwest metropolis

Minneapolis · Buffalo · Detroit · Cleveland · Portland

Tampa Bay regional identity

St. PeteTampa

Florida Gulf Coast city

Clearwater

Family

St., Pete, Peter, saintliness, saints, Petersburg

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G