Protea (disambiguation)

Protea is a genus of flowers in the family Proteaceae.

Protea may also refer to:

  • Protea (car), a motorcar build in South Africa during 1957 and 1958
  • South Africa national cricket team is called "The Proteas"
  • The representative side of the South African Football Federation (one of four racially segregated rugby union governing bodies in apartheid South Africa) was called the Proteas.
  • Protea (telephone), a South African telephone plug design
  • National sports teams of South Africa are officially nicknamed "the Proteas" (except the rugby union team)
  • 9313 Protea, an asteroid, presumably named after the flower genus
  • 'Protéa', the eponymous character played by Josette Andriot in a series of French silent espionnage films made between 1913 and 1919.
  • SAS Protea (A324), a survey vessel of the South African Navy.
  • Protea Hotels by Marriott, a hotel brand.

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