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 su ...
, derived ultimately from the
Greek
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Greece
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*Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family.
**Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...
word ''petros'', meaning "
stone
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" 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
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[''Behind the Name'']
"Given Name Peter"
Retrieved on 22 January 2016. The name may refer to:
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Pjetër Arbnori (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
Pjetër Budi (1566 – December 1622), was a prominent Albanian writer and a Catholic bishop. He is known for his first work ''"Doktrina e Kërshtenë"'' (The Christian Doctrine), an Albanian translation of the catechism of Robert Bellarmine, w ...
(1566–1622), Albanian writer
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Pjetër Dungu (1908–1989), Albanian musician
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Pjetër Gjoka (1912–1982), Albanian actor
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Pjeter Losha
Pjetër Losha was an Albanian clan leader in medieval Epirus. He belonged to the Losha ''fis'' (clan or tribe) and was the leader of a combined force of his own clan and the ''fis'' of Mazaraki and Malakasi. In 1360, he became Despot of Arta, Rog ...
(died 1374), Albanian nobleman
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Pjetër Malota (born 1958), Albanian actor
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Pjetër Marubi
Pietro Marubi ( sq, Pjetër Marubi; 1834–1903) was an Italian painter, sculptor, architect and photographer and founder of the ''Marubi'' studio who spent most of his life in Sanjak of Shkodër, today Albania. Pietro was born in Piacenza, It ...
(1834–1903), Italian photographer
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Pjetër Mazreku (1584–1650), Albanian bishop
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Pjetër Poga
Petro Poga (1860–1944) was an Albanian politician who served as a delegate at the Albanian Declaration of Independence event in Vlorë, 1912, and an important Rilindas.
Biography Early life
He could've been born in Erind, Gjirokastër, Alb ...
(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 Pjetër Zakaria (13??–1414) was an Albanian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
Pjetër Zakaria was born in the mid 14th century in northern Albania
Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ...
(died 1414), Albanian bishop
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Pjetër Zarishi (1806–1866), Albanian writer
References
Albanian masculine given names
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