Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a
South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name
Petros cognate to
Peter.
Derivative forms include
Pero Pero may refer to:
* Pero (mythology), several personages in Greek mythology
** Pero (princess), daughter of Neleus
* Pero (name), a list of people with either the given name or surname Pero
* Pero language, a language of Nigeria
* Pero, Lombardy, ...
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Pejo Pejo is a masculine given name, a diminutive form of the name Petar.
Notable people with the name include:
* Pejo Ćošković (born 1952), Bosnian medievalist
* Pejo Kuprešak (born 1992), Croatian football player
See also
* Pajo (given name) Paj ...
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Pera Pera may refer to:
Places
* Pera (Beyoğlu), a district in Istanbul formerly called Pera, now called Beyoğlu
** Galata, a neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, often referred to as Pera in the past
* Pêra (Caparica), a Portuguese locality in the district of ...
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Perica Perica ( sr, Перица, ) is a Croat and Serb given name, used mostly for men but also for women. It is also prevalent as a surname. Perica is a diminutive of Petar, translating to Pete and Peter in English, respectively.''Croatian-English Dictio ...
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Petrica,
Periša. Feminine equivalent is
Petra
Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...
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People mononymously known as Petar include:
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Petar of Serbia ( – 917), early Prince of the Serbia
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Petar of Duklja (), early archont in Dioclea
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Petar Krešimir (died 1074/1075), King of Croatia and Dalmatia
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Notable people with the name are numerous:
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See also
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Sveti Petar (disambiguation)
*
Petrić
*
Petričević
References
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Serbian masculine given names
Bulgarian masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names