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Re: Cannot define or translate name "Piedra"
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Not sure ... but it definitely looks like a form of 'Peter' ...and there are, of course, innumerable varieties of that word, which would ultimately mean 'rock'...to the best of my knowledge.
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Naming someone "piedra" would look as dumb as calling him baptizing him "Stone", the Spanish Name is "Pedro"... It could be seen like a surname however... Pretty much like there is "Olivier Stone" but I haven't seen it as a surname by itself... I've seen it in surnames like "De la Piedra" which means "from the stone" or "of the stone"
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