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 :
Places and jurisdictions
Mediterranean Greece Petra (Corinthia), a town of ancient Corinthia Petra (Elis), a town of ancient Elis Petra, Boeotia, a village and community of the Aliartos municipality Petra, Lesbos, a village and former municipality on the island of Lesbos Petra, Pieria, a former municipality in Pieria regional unit Petra, Preveza, a village in Preveza regional unit
Other Petra (Illyria), a town of ancient Illyricum, now in Albania 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 Petralia Sottana known as Petra in Classical times.
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 Petra, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in the US
People Petra (given name)
Arts and entertainment Petra (band), a Christian rock band Petra (album), their debut album Petra (film), a 2018 Spanish film Petra (sculpture), a 2010 sculpture by Marcel Walldorf Petra (TV series), a 2020 Italian TV crime series
Business Petra (agency), Jordanian news agency Petra Airlines, former airline based in Amman, Jordan Petra Bank, bankrupt Jordanian bank Petra Diamonds, diamond mining company SS Petra, a West German merchant ship
Science PETRA (Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator), a particle accelerator The proper name of the star WASP-80
Other uses Petra (dog), a dog on the British children's TV programme Blue Peter Petra High School, an independent school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe Petra Christian University, an Indonesian campus in Surabaya, East Java Petra (swan), an animal who become famous in 2006 for falling in love with a pedalo Petra, the official mascot of the 1992 Summer Paralympics. Petria (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus Petra, database system used by the UK Citizens Advice Bureau from 2011
See also Petra tou Romiou, a sea stack in Pafos, Cyprus Pietra (disambiguation) Peter (name) Petroleum Petrus (disambiguation) Peta-