petro

plural petros

1. A Venezuelan cryptocurrency launched in 2018, supposed to be backed by the country's oil and mineral reserves. Symbol: ₽.

alternative Petwo

1. uncountableIn Haitian voodoo, a class of loa of uncertain origin, chiefly associated with fierceness or aggression.

   Whereas the Rada drumming and dancing are on beat, the Petro are offbeat, sharp, and unforgiving, like the crack of a rawhide whip.

   1985, Wade Davis, The Serpent and the Rainbow, Simon & Schuster, page 49

plural Petros

1. A transliteration of the Carpathian Rusyn, Pannonian Rusyn, or Ukrainian male given name Петро (Petro), equivalent to Peter.
2. A surname.