Petra

A feminine form of Peter, identical with Late Latin petra (“stone”); came into regular use in the 19th century.

Petra

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.

• Peta
• Petronella

From Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”).

Petra

1. An ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan.
2. An ancient Hellenistic city and former bishopric in Roman Egypt; in full, Petra in Aegypto.
3. A medieval fortified town in Lazica, in the modern country of Georgia; modern Tsikhisdziri.
4. An ancient lost town in Corinthia in modern Greece.
5. An ancient lost town in Elis in modern Greece.
6. A modern village and community in Aliartos municipality in Boeotia, Greece.
7. A modern village and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean administrative region, Greece.
8. A modern former municipality of Pieria, Central Macedonia administrative region, Greece.
9. A modern village in Preveza, Epirus administrative region, Greece.
10. A former village and ghost town in Northern Cyprus, now uninhabited and largely destroyed.
11. A modern village in Bâcleș Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania.
12. A modern town and municipality on the island of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands, Spain.
13. An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.

• Peart, apert, apter, parte, pater, peart, petar, prate, preta, reapt, repat, retap, taper, trape, treap

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛtra]
• Rhymes: -ɛtra

Petra f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Petra

• Petra in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• Petra in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Petra

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, equivalent to English Petra

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.traː/

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• Hyphenation: Pe‧tra

Petra f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, equivalent to English Petra

Petra f

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Petra

Matronymics

• son of Petra: Petruson
• daughter of Petra: Petrudóttir

Borrowed from German Petra or Swedish Petra in the 20th century. Sometimes associated with dialectal Finnish petra (“deer”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpetrɑ/, [ˈpe̞t̪rɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -etrɑ
• Syllabification^(key): Pet‧ra

Petra

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Petra

• Petra is the 124^th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,737 female individuals (and as a middle name to 851 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeːtʁa/

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Petra f (genitive Petras or Petra)

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, Petrus, equivalent to English Petra

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛtrɒ]
• Hyphenation: Pet‧ra
• Rhymes: -rɒ

Petra

1. a female given name, masculine equivalent Péter, equivalent to English Petra

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛt̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.tra/, [ˈpɛːt̪rä]

Petra f sg (genitive Petrae); first declension

1. Petra (an ancient Nabatean city in Arabia Petraea, in modern Jordan)
2. Petra, Petra in Aegypto (an ancient Hellenistic city and former bishopic in Roman Egypt)
3. Petra (a medieval fortified town in Lazica, in the modern country of Georgia; modern Tsikhisdziri)
4. Petra (an ancient lost town in Corinthia in modern Greece)
5. Petra (an ancient lost town in Elis in modern Greece)
6. a post-classical female given name, masculine equivalent Petrus

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

• “Petra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Petra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Petra

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, equivalent to English Petra

• IPA^(key): [ˈpetra]

Petra f (genitive singular Petry, nominative plural Petry, declension pattern of žena)

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, equivalent to English Petra

• Peťka

• “Petra”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024

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Petra c (genitive Petras)

1. a female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter, equivalent to English Petra

• paret, petar, repat