Pera

See also: pera, pêra, perä, and pēra

English

Proper noun

Pera (plural Peras)

1. A surname

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Pera is the 11899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2631 individuals. Pera is most common among Hispanic/Latino (47.74%) and White (46.83%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Earp, Rape, aper, pare, pear, prae-, præ-, rape, reap

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Latin

Etymology

From pēra (“wallet”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpeː.ra/, [ˈpeːrä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.ra/, [ˈpɛːrä]

Proper noun

Pēra m sg (genitive Pērae); first declension

1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
   1. Marcus Junius Pera, a Roman consul

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Pēra
Genitive	Pērae
Dative	Pērae
Accusative	Pēram
Ablative	Pērā
Vocative	Pēra

References

• “Pera”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray