Petra Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...

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 Petra ( el, Πέτρα) is a village and a Communities and Municipalities of Greece, community of the Aliartos, Aliartos municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Aliartos, of which it was a municipal ...

, a village and community of the Aliartos municipality *

Petra, Lesbos Petra (Greek: Πέτρα meaning rock) is a former municipality on the island of Lesbos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality of West Lesbos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located at t ...

, a village and former municipality on the island of Lesbos *

Petra, Pieria Petra ( el, Πέτρα) is a former municipality in Pieria regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Katerini, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 219.318 km2 ...

, a former municipality in Pieria regional unit *

Petra, Preveza Petra ( el, Πέτρα) is a historical village in the Preveza Prefecture in western Greece, near the town of Filippiada Filippiada ( el, Φιλιππιάδα) is a small town and a former municipality in the Preveza regional unit, Epirus, Greece ...

, 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 Petra is a town and municipality on the Mediterranean island of Majorca, in the Spanish autonomous community of the Balearic Islands. "Petra" means "rock" in Latin. Petra is the birthplace of St. Junípero Serra (1713-1784), a Franciscan friar w ...

, 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 Bâcleș is a commune located in Mehedinți County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Bâcleș, Corzu, Giura, Petra, Podu Grosului, Seliștiuța and Smadovița. It is situated in the historical region of Oltenia Oltenia (, also called L ...

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) The Jordan News Agency (In Arabic: وكالة الأنباء الأردنية) (Shortly Petra) is the news agency of Jordan. History Petra was established on 16th of July, 1969, as an independent body linked to the ministry of information. It ...

, Jordanian news agency *

PETRA Petra ( ar, ٱلْبَتْرَاء, Al-Batrāʾ; grc, Πέτρα, "Rock", Nabataean Aramaic, Nabataean: ), originally known to its inhabitants as Raqmu or Raqēmō, is an historic and archaeological city in southern Jordan. It is adjacent to t ...

(Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator), a particle accelerator *

Petra Airlines Petra Airlines was an airline based in Amman, Jordan. The company was founded in 2005 as a subsidiary of RUM Group (which also owned now defunct Air Rum), but acquired its first airplane only in October 2010. The name of the company was derived fr ...

, former airline based in Amman, Jordan *

Petra Bank Petra Bank was a Jordanian bank. It began in 1956 when Prince Hassan bin Talal, the Crown Prince of Jordan approached Ahmad Chalabi, an Iraqi economist while the latter was teaching at the American University of Beirut to launch a new Jordanian ba ...

, bankrupt Jordanian bank *

Petra Diamonds Petra Diamonds Ltd is a diamond mining group headquartered in Jersey. Petra own one of the world's most productive mines historically, the Premier Mine, Cullinan Diamond Mine is famed for having produced the Cullinan Diamond, world's largest roug ...

, diamond mining company * SS ''Petra'', a West German merchant ship

Other uses

Petra (dog) The Blue Peter pets are animals that regularly appear on the long-running BBC children's television series ''Blue Peter''. For 27 years, when not on TV, these pets were often looked after by ''Blue Peters long-standing pet keeper Edith Menezes, ...

, a dog on the British children's TV programme ''Blue Peter'' *

Petra High School Petra High School (or Petra) is an independent, co-educational, school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Petra was founded in 1993. Petra High School is a member of the Association of Trust Schools (ATS) and the Headmistress is a member of the Conferenc ...

, an independent school in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe *

Petra (swan) Petra is a female black swan which first appeared on the headlines of German and international media between 2006 and 2008, after it appeared that she fell in love with a pedalo looking like a swan on the Aasee, a lake located in Münster, in Ge ...

, an animal who become famous in 2006 for falling in love with a pedalo * ''

Petria (brachiopod) 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 Corint ...

'', a brachiopod genus * Petra, database system used by the UK Citizens Advice Bureau from 2011