Petra

Meaning

Proper Noun

• A female given name from Ancient Greek.
• ancient city/and/archaeological site Jordan (country).
• An ancient Hellenistic city and former bishopric in Roman Egypt (province); in full, Petra in Aegypto.
• A medieval fortified town in Lazica (region), in the modern c:pref, Georgia .
• An ancient lost town in Corinthia (region) in modern Greece (country).
• An ancient lost town in Elis (region) in modern Greece (country).
• modern village/and/community mun:suf, Aliartos in Boeotia (regional unit) Greece (country).
• modern village/and/former municipality on the isl:pref, Lesbos adr:suf, North Aegean Greece (country).
• modern former municipality Pieria (regional unit) adr:suf, Central Macedonia Greece (country).
• modern village Preveza (regional unit) adr:suf, Epirus Greece (country).
• A former village and ghost town in Northern (country) Cyprus, now uninhabited and largely destroyed.
• modern village commune:Suf, Bâcleș co:Suf, Mehedinţi Romania (country).
• modern town/and/municipality on the isl:pref, Mallorca in the Balearic Islands (autonomous community) Spain (country).
• (unincorporated) community Bracken County (county) Kentucky (state) USA (country).

Origin

• A feminine form of Peter, identical with Late Latin petra; came into regular use in the 19th century.
• From Ancient Greek πέτρα ("rock").