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Petra

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

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Petra

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
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Translations
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Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

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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 regional unit, Greece.
  7. A modern village and former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean region, Greece.
  8. A modern former municipality of Pieria regional unit, Central Macedonia region, Greece.
  9. A modern village in Preveza regional unit, Epirus 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.
Translations
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Anagrams

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Czech

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Petra f

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

Declension

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Declension of Petra (hard feminine reducible)
singular plural
nominative Petra Petry
genitive Petry Peter
dative Petře Petrám
accusative Petru Petry
vocative Petro Petry
locative Petře Petrách
instrumental Petrou Petrami

Further reading

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Petra

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

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpeː.traː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Pe‧tra

Proper noun

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Petra f

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

Faroese

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Proper noun

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Petra f

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

Usage notes

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Matronymics

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

Declension

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singular
indefinite
nominative Petra
accusative Petru
dative Petru
genitive Petru

Finnish

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Petra

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

Declension

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Inflection of Petra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Petra Petrat
genitive Petran Petrojen
partitive Petraa Petroja
illative Petraan Petroihin
singular plural
nominative Petra Petrat
accusative nom. Petra Petrat
gen. Petran
genitive Petran Petrojen
Petrain rare
partitive Petraa Petroja
inessive Petrassa Petroissa
elative Petrasta Petroista
illative Petraan Petroihin
adessive Petralla Petroilla
ablative Petralta Petroilta
allative Petralle Petroille
essive Petrana Petroina
translative Petraksi Petroiksi
abessive Petratta Petroitta
instructive — Petroin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of Petra (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Petrani Petrani
accusative nom. Petrani Petrani
gen. Petrani
genitive Petrani Petrojeni
Petraini rare
partitive Petraani Petrojani
inessive Petrassani Petroissani
elative Petrastani Petroistani
illative Petraani Petroihini
adessive Petrallani Petroillani
ablative Petraltani Petroiltani
allative Petralleni Petroilleni
essive Petranani Petroinani
translative Petrakseni Petroikseni
abessive Petrattani Petroittani
instructive — —
comitative — Petroineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative Petrasi Petrasi
accusative nom. Petrasi Petrasi
gen. Petrasi
genitive Petrasi Petrojesi
Petraisi rare
partitive Petraasi Petrojasi
inessive Petrassasi Petroissasi
elative Petrastasi Petroistasi
illative Petraasi Petroihisi
adessive Petrallasi Petroillasi
ablative Petraltasi Petroiltasi
allative Petrallesi Petroillesi
essive Petranasi Petroinasi
translative Petraksesi Petroiksesi
abessive Petrattasi Petroittasi
instructive — —
comitative — Petroinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Petramme Petramme
accusative nom. Petramme Petramme
gen. Petramme
genitive Petramme Petrojemme
Petraimme rare
partitive Petraamme Petrojamme
inessive Petrassamme Petroissamme
elative Petrastamme Petroistamme
illative Petraamme Petroihimme
adessive Petrallamme Petroillamme
ablative Petraltamme Petroiltamme
allative Petrallemme Petroillemme
essive Petranamme Petroinamme
translative Petraksemme Petroiksemme
abessive Petrattamme Petroittamme
instructive — —
comitative — Petroinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative Petranne Petranne
accusative nom. Petranne Petranne
gen. Petranne
genitive Petranne Petrojenne
Petrainne rare
partitive Petraanne Petrojanne
inessive Petrassanne Petroissanne
elative Petrastanne Petroistanne
illative Petraanne Petroihinne
adessive Petrallanne Petroillanne
ablative Petraltanne Petroiltanne
allative Petrallenne Petroillenne
essive Petrananne Petroinanne
translative Petraksenne Petroiksenne
abessive Petrattanne Petroittanne
instructive — —
comitative — Petroinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative Petransa Petransa
accusative nom. Petransa Petransa
gen. Petransa
genitive Petransa Petrojensa
Petrainsa rare
partitive Petraansa Petrojaan
Petrojansa
inessive Petrassaan
Petrassansa 		Petroissaan
Petroissansa
elative Petrastaan
Petrastansa 		Petroistaan
Petroistansa
illative Petraansa Petroihinsa
adessive Petrallaan
Petrallansa 		Petroillaan
Petroillansa
ablative Petraltaan
Petraltansa 		Petroiltaan
Petroiltansa
allative Petralleen
Petrallensa 		Petroilleen
Petroillensa
essive Petranaan
Petranansa 		Petroinaan
Petroinansa
translative Petrakseen
Petraksensa 		Petroikseen
Petroiksensa
abessive Petrattaan
Petrattansa 		Petroittaan
Petroittansa
instructive — —
comitative — Petroineen
Petroinensa

Statistics

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  • Petra is the 126th most common female given name in Finland, belonging to 5,739 female individuals (and as a middle name to 859 more), according to August 2025 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.

German

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

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Petra

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

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Petra Petrák
accusative Petrát Petrákat
dative Petrának Petráknak
instrumental Petrával Petrákkal
causal-final Petráért Petrákért
translative Petrává Petrákká
terminative Petráig Petrákig
essive-formal Petraként Petrákként
essive-modal — —
inessive Petrában Petrákban
superessive Petrán Petrákon
adessive Petránál Petráknál
illative Petrába Petrákba
sublative Petrára Petrákra
allative Petrához Petrákhoz
elative Petrából Petrákból
delative Petráról Petrákról
ablative Petrától Petráktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		Petráé Petráké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		Petráéi Petrákéi
Possessive forms of Petra
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Petrám Petráim
2nd person sing. Petrád Petráid
3rd person sing. Petrája Petrái
1st person plural Petránk Petráink
2nd person plural Petrátok Petráitok
3rd person plural Petrájuk Petráik

Latin

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Proper noun

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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

Declension

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First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

singular
nominative Petra
genitive Petrae
dative Petrae
accusative Petram
ablative Petrā
vocative Petra
locative Petrae

References

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  • “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.

Norwegian

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Proper noun

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Petra

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

Slovak

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Pronunciation

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Petra f (diminutive Peťka)

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

Declension

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Declension of Petra
(pattern žena)
singularplural
nominativePetraPetry
genitivePetryPetier
dativePetrePetrám
accusativePetruPetry
locativePetrePetrách
instrumentalPetrouPetrami

Further reading

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  • “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, 2003–2025

Swedish

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Proper noun

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Petra c (genitive Petras)

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

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