Pjetër or Për is an
Albanian male given name, which is a cognate of
Peter
Peter may refer to:
People
* List of people named Peter, a list of people and fictional characters with the given name
* Peter (given name)
** Saint Peter (died 60s), apostle of Jesus, leader of the early Christian Church
* Peter (surname), a sur ...
, derived ultimately from the
Greek
Greek may refer to:
Greece
Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe:
*Greeks, an ethnic group.
*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
word ''petros'', meaning "
stone
In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its Chemical compound, chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks ...
" or "
rock
Rock most often refers to:
* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
".
[''Behind the Name'']
"Given Name Peter"
Retrieved on 22 January 2016. The name may refer to:
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Pjetër Arbnori
Pjetër Filip Arbnori (18 January 1936 – 8 July 2006) was an Albanian gulag survivor. He was dubbed "the Mandela of the Balkans" by Albanian statesmen because of the length of his 28-year internment. He was born in Durrës, on the Adriatic coa ...
(1935–2006), Albanian politician
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Pjetër Bogdani
Pjetër Bogdani (1627 – 6 December 1689), known in Italian as ''Pietro Bogdano'', was the most original writer of early literature in Albania. He was author of the Cuneus Prophetarum (''The Band of the Prophets''), 1685, the first prose work ...
(1630–1689), Albanian writer
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Pjetër Budi (1566–1622), Albanian writer
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Pjetër Dungu (1908–1989), Albanian musician
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Pjetër Gjoka
Pjetër Gjoka (3 August 1912 – 12 May 1982) was an Albanian film and theatre actor.
He started his theatre activity with the amateur groups in Shkodër in 1929. In 1947 he started to work as a full-time actor in the National Theater of Alban ...
(1912–1982), Albanian actor
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Pjeter Losha (died 1374), Albanian nobleman
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Pjetër Malota (born 1958), Albanian actor
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Pjetër Marubi (1834–1903), Italian photographer
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Pjetër Mazreku (1584–1650), Albanian bishop
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Pjetër Poga (1850–1944), Albanian politician
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Peter Spani (League of Lezhë)
Peter Spani ( sq, Pjetër Spani; 1430–1457) was a Catholic Albanian nobleman and Venetian pronoier in the first half of the 15th century. His family's domains included territories around Shkodër (Scutari), Drisht (Drivasto) and western Koso ...
(died 1457), Albanian nobleman
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Pjetër Zakaria (died 1414), Albanian bishop
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Pjetër Zarishi (1806–1866), Albanian writer
References
Albanian masculine given names
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