Petra (disambiguation)

Petra

Petra usually refers to the archeological site in Jordan.

Other meanings of the word:

Places

• Petra, Spain, a town on the island of Majorca
• Petra, Lesbos
• Petra, Pieria

Real people

Petra is a female name.

• Petra Haden, a singer and violinist
• Petra Frey, an Austrian singer
• Petra Kelly, a German peace activist
• Petra Nemcova, a Czech supermodel
• Petra de Steur, a Belgian singer also known as La Sakhra
• Petra Verkaik, a model known for her many appearances in Playboy
• Petra Marklund, Swedish singer, pseudo "September"

Music

• Petra (band), a Christian rock band
  • Petra (album), the debut album of the band mentioned above.

Fictional characters

• Petra (comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Petra Strorm, in John Wyndham's novel The Chrysalids.
• Petra Arkanian, a fictional character in a book series by Orson Scott Card
• Petra Andalee, the protagonist that appears in Blue Balliett's Chasing Vermeer and The Wright 3

Other

• PETRA is the Positron-Electron Tandem Ring Accelerator, a German particle accelerator.
• Petra (agency), the Jordanian news agency
• Petra (dog), a dog on the children program Blue Peter
• Petra, a female meerkat shown in Meerkat Manor

Petria

Petria can refer to:

• Petria (brachiopod), a brachiopod genus.
• Petria Thomas, Australian swimmer.

See also

• Peter (name)
• Petroleum