Petra (disambiguation)

Petra is the Nabataean kingdom capital's archeological site, carved in the desert rock of (Trans)Jordan.

Petra, PETRA or Petria may also refer to :

  • Petra papyri, AKA Petra archive, a corpus of papyrus documents in Greek from to the sixth century AD that were discovered there

Places and jurisdictions

Mediterranean

Greece
Other
  • Petra (Lycaonia), a town of ancient Lycaonia, now in Turkey
  • Petra in Aegypto, a Hellenistic city and former bishopric in Aegyptus Primus, now Hagar-En-Nauatiyeh (Egypt) and a Latin Catholic titular see
  • Petra, Cyprus, a former intercommunal village in Northern Cyprus
  • Petra, Majorca, a town in Balearic Spain

Elsewhere

Black Sea
  • Petra, Lazica, alias Petra in Lazica, a Roman fortress, settlement and former bishopric in Colchis, modern Georgia, now a Latin Catholic titular see
  • Petra, a village in Bâcleș Commune, Mehedinţi County, Romania
Other

People

Fictional characters

Arts and entertainment

Business

  • Petra Airlines, a former airline based in Amman, Jordan
  • Petra Bank, bankrupt Jordanian bank
  • Petra (agency), the Jordanian news agency
  • Petra (beer), a Jordanian brand of beer
  • PETRA (Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator), a particle accelerator
  • Petra Diamonds, a diamond mining company
  • SS Petra, a West German merchant ship

Other uses

  • Petra (dog), a dog on the British children's TV program Blue Peter
  • Petra High School, an independent school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
  • Petra (swan), an animal who become famous in 2006 for falling in love with a pedalo
  • Petria (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus
  • Petra, database system used by the UK Citizens Advice Bureau from 2011

See also

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