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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

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

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 (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

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 === Mediterranean ===
-; Greece
+'''Greece'''
 * [[Petra (Corinthia)]], a town of ancient Corinthia
 * [[Petra (Elis)]], a town of ancient Elis
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 * [[Petra, Preveza]], a village in Preveza regional unit
-; Other
+'''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
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 === Elsewhere ===
-; Black Sea
+'''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
+'''Other'''
 * [[Petra, Kentucky]], an unincorporated community in the US
 == People ==
 * [[Petra (given name)]]
-== Fictional characters ==
-* [[Petra (comics)]], in Marvel Comics
-* Petra Strorm, in John Wyndham's novel ''[[The Chrysalids]]''
-* Petra, in ''[[Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon]]''
-* [[Petra Arkanian]], in a book series by Orson Scott Card
-* Petra Andalee, the protagonist that appears in Blue Balliett's ''[[Chasing Vermeer]]'' and ''The Wright 3''
-* Queen Petra of Siphnos, a queen from ''[[Goddess of Yesterday]]''
-* Petra Ral, a [[List of Attack on Titan characters|character from the ''Attack On Titan '']] anime series
-* Petra, in the webcomic ''[[Okashina Okashi – Strange Candy]]''
-* Petra Johanna Lagerkvist, a character from the ''[[Arcana Heart]]'' video game series
-* Petra Venj, the main story agent in the "House of Wolves" expansion for Bungie's [[Destiny (video game)|''Destiny'']]
-* Petra, a character from [[Minecraft: Story Mode]].
-* Petra, a character from [[Horizon Zero Dawn]].
-*Petra Solano, a character from TV series ''[[Jane The Virgin]]''
-*Petra, a character in ''[[Fire Emblem: Three Houses]]''
-* Petra Leyte, a character from the ''[[List of Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World characters|Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World]]'' anime/light novel series
 == Arts and entertainment==
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 ==Business==
 * [[Petra (agency)]], Jordanian news agency
-*[[PETRA]] (Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator), a particle accelerator
 *[[Petra Airlines]], former airline based in Amman, Jordan
 * [[Petra Bank]], bankrupt Jordanian bank
 * [[Petra Diamonds]], diamond mining company
 * [[SS Petra|SS ''Petra'']], a West German merchant ship
+== Science ==
+*[[PETRA]] (Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator), a particle accelerator
 == Other uses ==