petra
Syllables: Pe·tra/ˈpɛ.tɹə/
petra noun: stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
Noun
petra
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Petra
Petra
- An ancient city and archaeological site in Jordan.
- An ancient Hellenistic city and former bishopric in Roman Egypt; in full, Petra in Aegypto.
- A medieval fortified town in Lazica, in the modern country of Georgia; modern Tsikhisdziri.
- An ancient lost town in Corinthia.
- An ancient lost town in Elis.
- A modern village and community in Aliartos municipality in Boeotia regional unit.
- A modern village and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean region.
- A former modern municipality of Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia region.
- A modern village in Preveza regional unit, Epirus region.
- A former village and ghost town in Northern Cyprus, now uninhabited and largely destroyed.
- A modern village in Bâcleș Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania.
- A modern town and municipality on the island of Mallorca in the Balearic Islands, Spain.
- An unincorporated community in Bracken County, Kentucky, United States.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Petra
Petra
- A female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Peter; variant form Peta.
petra meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
petra in Hindi
- पेट्रा, पेत्रा
petra in Tamil
- பெட்ரா, பெத்ரா, பேட்ரா
petra in Marathi
- पेट्रा, पेत्रा
petra in Urdu
- پیٹرا
More languagesFewer languages
- petra in Bengali
- পেত্রা, পেট্রা
- petra in Telugu
- పెట్రా, పెత్రా, పేట్రా
- petra in Malayalam
- പെട്ര, പെട്രാ, പെത്ര
- petra in Kannada
- ಪೆಟ್ರಾ, ಪೆಟ್ರ, ಪೆತ್ರಾ
- petra in Punjabi
- ਪੈਟਰਾ, ਪੇਟਰਾ
- petra in Gujarati
- પેટ્રા, પેત્રા
- petra in Odia
- ପେଟ୍ରା, ପେତ୍ରା
- petra in Nepali
- पेट्रा, पेत्रा
Origin of petra
From Latin petra (“rock”). Doublet of piedra.
Ultimately from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”).
Feminine form of Peter. Derived from petra (“stone”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “rock”). The name came into regular use in the 19th century.
Questions about petra
- What does petra mean?
- Petra means stone, a weight equal to 14 pounds.
- What is petra in Hindi?
- Petra in Hindi is पेट्रा, पेत्रा. See Petra meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is petra?
- Petra can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce petra?
- Petra is pronounced /ˈpɛ.tɹə/ (UK).
Words near petra in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: petra (page history and authors); Petra (page history and authors); petra (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); petra (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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