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, called "The Proteas" * Proteas (rugby union), the representative side of the South African Rugby Football Federation in apartheid South Africa * :National sports teams of South Africa, officially nicknamed "the Proteas" (except the rugby union team and the soccer team) * Protea (telephone), a South African telephone plug design * 9313 Protea, an asteroid, presumably named after the flower genus * Protéa, the eponymous character played by Josette Andriot in a series of French silent espionage films made between 1913 and 1919 * , a survey vessel of the South African Navy commissioned in 1972 and still in service * , a survey vessel commissioned in the South African Navy from 1947 to 1957 * , the first survey vessel commissioned in the South African Navy from 1922 to 1933 * Protea Hotels by Marriott, a hotel brand

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