Pietra means "
stone
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" in Italian language. It is also rarely used as a given name (feminine of
Pietro, ''Peter''), corresponding at almost to
Petra. It may refer to:
People
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Pietra Brettkelly
Pietra Brettkelly (born 1965) is a New Zealand filmmaker, known for her documentaries. She is a documentary filmmaker submitted three times for Oscar consideration, a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and was recentl ...
(born 1965), New Zealand film director
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Pietra Montecorvino
Pietra Montecorvino (born 2 December 1962 in Naples) is an Italian singer and actress. Her real name is Barbara D'Alessandro and her pseudonym is a play on the name of the small town of Pietramontecorvino near Foggia in south-east Italy. She and ...
(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 (surname) Pietra is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Angelo Pietra (1550–1587), Italian Benedictine economist
* Gaetano Pietra (1879–1961), Italian statistician
* Minervino Pietra (born 1954), Portuguese footballer
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, an Italian surname
Other uses
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Pietra Brewery
Pietra, which means "stone" in Italian (''petra'' is the Corsican equivalent) and is also known as "''A biera corsa''", is a brand of beer from the Mediterranean French island of Corsica.
History
The Pietra Brewery opened in 1996. The name "P ...
, a Corsican brewery
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La Pietra, a school in Honolulu, Hawaii
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Peter Pietras
Peter Pietras (April 21, 1908 – April 1993) was a U.S. soccer player who was a member of the U.S. national team at the 1934 FIFA World Cup and the 1936 Summer Olympics. He also played five seasons in the American Soccer League. He was a ...
(1908–1993), American soccer player
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Pietro, 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, 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 Corin ...
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