name
Meaning 1
A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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Standard Lemma guide
petra
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/ˈpɛtɹə/
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name
Meaning 2
An ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan.
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Meaning 3
An ancient Hellenistic city and former bishopric in Roman Egypt; in full, Petra in Aegypto.
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Meaning 4
A medieval fortified town in Lazica, in the modern country of Georgia; modern Tsikhisdziri.
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Meaning 5
An ancient lost town in Corinthia in modern Greece.
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Meaning 6
An ancient lost town in Elis in modern Greece.
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Meaning 7
A modern village and community in Aliartos municipality in Boeotia regional unit, Greece.
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Meaning 8
A modern village and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean region, Greece.
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Meaning 9
A modern former municipality of Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia region, Greece.
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Meaning 10
A modern village in Preveza regional unit, Epirus region, Greece.
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Meaning 11
A former village and ghost town in Northern Cyprus, now uninhabited and largely destroyed.
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Meaning 12
A modern village in Bâcleș Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania.
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Meaning 13
A modern town and municipality on the island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain.
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Meaning 14
An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.
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noun
Meaning 15
stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
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History
Etymology
A feminine form of Peter, identical with Late Latin petra (“stone”); came into regular use in the 19th century.
From Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”).
From Latin petra (“rock”). Doublet of piedra.
Across languages
Translations
28 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: Petra — female given name
- Dutch: Petra — female given name
- Faroese: Petra — female given name
- German: Petra — female given name
- Greek: Πετρούλα (Petroúla) — female given name
- Hungarian: Petra — female given name
- Macedonian: Петра (Petra) — female given name
- Marathi: पेट्रा (peṭrā) — female given name
- Portuguese: Petra — female given name
- Russian: Пе́тра (Pétra) — female given name
- Arabic: الْبَتْرَاء (al-batrāʔ) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Arabic: الْبَتْرَا (al-batrā) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Arabic: بَتْرَا (batrā) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Arabic: البترا (al-batrā) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Arabic: پيترا (petrā) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Arabic: البَتْرا (al-batra) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Armenian: Պետրա (Petra) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Chinese Mandarin: 佩特拉 (Pèitèlā) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Georgian: პეტრა (ṗeṭra) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Greek: Πέτρα (Pétra) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Hungarian: Petra — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Japanese: ペトラ (Petora) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Korean: 페트라 (Peteura) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Lithuanian: Petra — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Marathi: पेट्रा (peṭrā) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Persian: پترا (petrâ) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Russian: Пе́тра (Pétra) — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
- Turkish: Petra — an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
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