Petar ( sr, Петар, bg, Петър) is a
South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name
Petros cognate to
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 ...
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Derivative forms include
Pero,
Pejo,
Pera,
Perica,
Petrica,
Periša. Feminine equivalent is
Petra
Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to the mountain of Ja ...
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People mononymously known as Petar include:
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Petar of Serbia
Petar Gojniković or Peter of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Петар Гојниковић, gr, Πέτρος; ca. 870 – 917) was Prince of the Serbs from 892 to 917. He ruled and expanded the First Serbian Principality and won several wars against ...
( – 917), early Prince of the Serbia
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Petar of Duklja
Peter of Diokleia or Petar ( sr, Петaр/Petar) was an ''archon'' of Duklja in the 10th century. The only information on him is from a seal found in the 19th century, which is decorated on the observe with a bust of the Virgin Mary holding a med ...
(), early archont in Dioclea
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Petar Krešimir 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, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra.
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(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) Sveti Petar (lit. "Saint Peter
) (Simeon, Simon)
, birth_date =
, birth_place = Bethsaida, Gaulanitis, Syria, Roman Empire
, death_date = Between AD 64–68
, death_place = probably Vatican Hill, Rome, Italia, Roman Empire
, parents = ...
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Petrić Petrić is a South Slavic surname, a patronymic of Petar. Notable people with the name include:
* Bojan Petrić, Bosnian football player
* Branka Petrić, Serbian actress
* Denis Petrić, Serbian football player
* Frane Petrić, Croatian philos ...
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Petričević Petričević ( sr-cyr, Петричевић) is a Serbo-Croatian surname, a patronymic derived from ''Petrič'', a diminutive of Petar. It may refer to:
* Bogdan Petričević (born 1989), Montenegrin handball player
* Luka Petričević (born 1992) ...
References
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Serbian masculine given names
Bulgarian masculine given names
Croatian masculine given names