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Peter (given name)
Masculine given name / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Peter is a common masculine given name. It is derived directly from Greek Πέτρος, Petros (an invented, masculine form of Greek petra, the word for "rock" or "stone"), which itself was a translation of Aramaic Kefa ("stone, rock"), the new name Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona.[1] An Old English variant is Piers.
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Pronunciation | English: /ˈpiːtər/ PEE-tər Czech: [ˈpɛtr̩] Danish: [ˈpʰe̝ˀtɐ] Dutch: [ˈpeːtər] German: [ˈpeːtɐ] Slovak: [ˈpeter] Swedish: [ˈpěːtɛr] |
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Gender | Male |
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Language(s) | Greek |
Meaning | Stone/Rock |
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