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Petra
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petra Pétra
English
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Pronunciation
en /ˈpɛ.tɹə/ RP,GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Petra.wav Southern England
en ɛtɹə 2
en Pe tra
Etymology 1
en :der grc:πέτρα<t:rock> 1
Ultimately from en grc πέτρα rock.
Proper noun
en Q5788 en ancient city/and/archaeological site c/Jordan.
en An <<ancient>> Hellenistic <<city>> and <<former bishopric>> in Roman <<p/Egypt>>; in full, Petra in Aegypto.
en A <<medieval>> fortified <<town>> in <<r/Lazica>>, in the modern <<c:pref/Georgia>> Tsikhisdziri.
en Numerous places in modern-day <<c/Greece>>:
en An <<ancient>> lost <<town>> in <<r/Corinthia>>.
en An <<ancient>> lost <<town>> in <<r/Elis>>.
en modern village/and/community mun:suf/Aliartos in runit/Boeotia.
en modern village/and/former municipality on the isl:pref/Lesbos adr:suf/North Aegean.
en former modern municipality runit/Pieria adr:suf/Central Macedonia.
en modern village runit/Preveza adr:suf/Epirus.
en A <<former village>> and <<ghost town>> in <<c/Northern Cyprus>>, now uninhabited and largely destroyed.
en modern village commune:Suf/Bâcleș co:Suf/Mehedinţi c/Romania.
en modern town/and/municipality on the isl:pref/Mallorca in the acomm/Balearic Islands c/Spain.
en unincorporated community co/Bracken County s/Kentucky c/USA.
Translations
Q5788 an ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan
Arabic: ar الْبَتْرَاء f, ar الْبَتْرَا f, ar بَتْرَا f
Egyptian Arabic: arz البترا f al-batrā, arz پيترا f petrā
Hijazi Arabic: acw البَتْرا f al-batra
Armenian: hy Պետրա
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 佩特拉 Pèitèlā
French: fr Pétra f
Georgian: ka პეტრა
German: de Petra n
Greek: el Πέτρα f
Hungarian: hu Petra
Italian: it Petra f
Japanese: ja ペトラ Petora
Korean: ko ^페트라
Lithuanian: lt Petra f
Marathi: mr पेट्रा
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira پِتْرا
Russian: ru Пе́тра f
Turkish: tr Petra
Etymology 2
en :der la-lat:petra<t:stone> 1
Feminine form of en Peter. Derived from la petra stone, from en grc πέτρα rock. The name came into regular use in the 19th century.
Proper noun
en female Ancient Greek Peter Peta.
Related terms
en Petronella
Translations
female given name
Czech: cs Petra f
Dutch: nl Petra
Faroese: fo Petra f
German: de Petra f
Greek: el Πετρούλα
Hungarian: hu Petra
Macedonian: mk Петра
Marathi: mr पेट्रा f
Portuguese: pt Petra
Russian: ru Пе́тра f
Anagrams
en aeprt Peart apert apter parte pater peart petar prate preta reapt repat retap taper trape treap
en Ancient Near East
Czech
Pronunciation
cs ɛtra 2
Proper noun
f
cs female Ancient Greek Petra
Declension
f
Further reading
Danish
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Ancient Greek Petra Peter
Dutch
Pronunciation
nl /ˈpeː.traː/
nl Nl-Petra.ogg
nl Pe tra
Proper noun
f
nl female Ancient Greek Petra Peter
Faroese
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female Ancient Greek Petra
Usage notes
f Petruson Petrudóttir
Declension
Petra Petru Petru Petru
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from fi de Petra or fi sv Petra in the 20th century. Can be considered the feminine equivalent of fi Petri. Sometimes associated with dialectal Finnish fi petra deer.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fi female Ancient Greek Petra
Declension
Petr a
Statistics
dvv_20250813 5739 859 126
References
German
Pronunciation
de /ˈpeːtʁa/
de De-Petra.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-Petra2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun f genitive Petras or Petra
de female Ancient Greek Petra Peter, Petrus
Hungarian
hu:+ (keresztnév)
Pronunciation
hu Pet ra
hu rɒ 2
Proper noun
hu proper noun
hu female Petra Péter
Declension
Petrá oPetrá
Latin
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Petra<1.loc>
la an <<ancient>> Nabatean <<city>> in <<r/Arabia Petraea>>, in modern <<c/Jordan>> Petra
la an <<ancient>> Hellenistic <<city>> and <<former bishopic>> in Roman <<p/Egypt>> Petra Petra in Aegypto
la a <<medieval>> fortified <<town>> in <<r/Lazica>>, in the modern <<c:pref/Georgia>> Tsikhisdziri Petra
la an <<ancient>> lost <<town>> in <<r/Corinthia>> in modern <<c/Greece>> Petra
la an <<ancient>> lost <<town>> in <<r/Elis>> in modern <<c/Greece>> Petra
la female a post-classical Petrus
Declension
Petra<1.loc>
References
Norwegian
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female Ancient Greek Petra Peter
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f Peťka
sk female Ancient Greek Petra
Declension
f name
Further reading
Swedish
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Petra.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female Ancient Greek Petra Peter
Anagrams
sv aeprt paret petar repat