Pietra means "
stone
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" in Italian language. It is also rarely used as a given name (feminine of
Pietro
Pietro is an Italian language, Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his dea ...
, ''Peter''), corresponding at almost to
Petra
Petra (; "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: or , *''Raqēmō''), is an ancient city and archaeological site in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, P ...
. It may refer to:
People
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Pietra Brettkelly (born 1965), New Zealand film director
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Pietra Montecorvino (born 1962), Italian singer and actress
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Pietra Rivoli
Pietra Rivoli is a professor of Finance and International Business at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University
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(born 1950s), American economist
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Pietra De Felippes Baraldi (born 1998), Brazilian Filmmaker and Model
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Pietra (surname) Pietra is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Andrea Pietra (born 1968), Argentine actress
* Angelo Pietra (1550–1587), Italian Benedictine economist
* Gaetano Pietra (1879–1961), Italian statistician
* Minervino P ...
, an Italian surname
Other uses
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Pietra Brewery, a Corsican brewery
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La Pietra, a school in Honolulu, Hawaii
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Peter Pietras (1908–1993), American soccer player
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Pietro
Pietro is an Italian language, Italian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:
People
* Pietro I Candiano (c. 842–887), briefly the 16th Doge of Venice
* Pietro Tribuno (died 912), 17th Doge of Venice, from 887 to his dea ...
, given name
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Pietrari (disambiguation) Pietrari is a common Romanian name and may refer to several places in Romania:
* Pietrari, a commune in Dâmbovița County
* Pietrari, a commune in Vâlcea County, and its village of Pietrarii de Sus
* Pietrari, a village in Păușești-Măgla ...
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Petra
Petra (; "Rock"), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu (Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: or , *''Raqēmō''), is an ancient city and archaeological site in southern Jordan. Famous for its rock-cut architecture and water conduit systems, P ...
, a city in Jordan
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Petra (disambiguation)
Petra is the Nabataean kingdom capital's archeological site, carved in the desert rock of (Trans)Jordan.
Petra, PETRA or Petria may also refer to :
Places and jurisdictions
Mediterranean
Greece
* Petra (Corinthia), a town of ancient Corint ...
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