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Peterborough, Victoria Peterborough is a small town on the historic Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Australia, about 3 hours drive from Melbourne. It was supposedly founded when the schooner The Schomberg was wrecked in the middle of the 19th century, and became a fishing village that is now a popular holiday destination.
Peterculter Peterculter (pronounced Peter-coo-ter) is a village on the western edge of Aberdeen, Scotland approximately 8 miles inland from the city centre. Although originally a separate entity, it is now part of the City of Aberdeen local council, and is generally accepted as a suburb of Aberdeen.
Peterhead railway station, Adelaide Peterhead railway station is a railway station on the Outer Harbor railway line which is located in the northwestern Adelaide, straddling the suburbs of Peterhead, Birkenhead, and Exeter on the LeFevre Peninsula. It is located 14.
Peterhead, South Australia Peterhead is a north-western suburb of Adelaide 15km from the CBD, on the LeFevre Peninsula, in the state of South Australia, Australia and falls under the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is adjacent to Largs Bay and Birkenhead.
Peterhof Peterhof (, Petergof, originally Peterhof, Dutch and German for "Peter's Court") is a series of palaces and gardens, laid out on the orders of Peter the Great, and sometimes called the "Russian Versailles". It is located about twenty kilometers west and six kilometers south of St.
Peterhouse school of history The Peterhouse school of history was named after the Cambridge college of the same name where the history taught concentrated on 'high politics'. That is, the study of 'fifty or sixty politicians in conscious tension with one another', in the words of Maurice Cowling, the most prominent member of the Peterhouse school.
Peterloo Massacre Peterloo Massacre of August 16, 1819 was the result of a cavalry charge into the crowd at a public meeting at St Peter's Fields, Manchester, England. It is also called the Manchester Massacre or sometimes the Battle of Peterloo.
Petermann (crater) Petermann is a lunar crater that is located near the northern limb of the Moon, on the eastern hemisphere. It is located just to the north of the Cusanus crater, and the two are separated by a distance of about 10 kilometers.
Petermann Island Petermann Island is a small island just off the west side of the Antarctic Peninsula of Antarctica, located at 65 deg 10 min S, 64 deg 10 min W, just a short distance south of Booth Island and the Lemaire Channel. Just 2 km long, the low rounded island is home to the world's southernmost colony of Gentoo Penguins, and also hosts a number of Adelie Penguins.
Petero Civoniceva Petero Civoniceva (born April 21, 1976 in Suva, Fiji) is an Australian rugby league player for the Brisbane Broncos club in the National Rugby League competition. He has also represented the Queensland side on sixteen occasions in the annual State of Origin and is a regular in the Australian international side.
Peterpan (band) Peterpan is an Indonesian pop rock band from Antapani, Bandung, famous through the following songs: "Mimpi yang Sempurna", "Ada Apa Denganmu", "Topeng", and "Kukatakan Dengan Indah".
Peters and Lee Peters and Lee were a successful British folk/pop duo of the 1970s, comprising Lennie Peters (1933 - 1992) and Dianne Lee (born 1950). Lennie Peters, who was blinded in an accident when aged 16, was a pianist playing in London pubs when he teamed up with actress and dancer Dianne Lee in 1970.
Peters Ice Cream Peters Ice Cream is an Australian ice cream brand developed by former American Fred Peters in the 1930s, using his mother's recipe. The company (Petersville Australia Limited) became based in the Melbourne suburb of Mulgrave from the 1960s until it was taken over by Adsteam in the late 1980s.
Peters Township School District Peters Township School District is a public school district located in Washington County, Pennsylvania. It operates five schools, Bower Hill Elementary, Pleasant Valley Elementary, McMurray Elementary, Peters Township Middle School, and Peters Township High School.
Peters' elephantnose fish Peters' elephantnose fish, Gnathonemus petersii, is an elephantfish in the genus Gnathonemus. Other names in English include elephantnose fish, long-nosed elephant fish, and Ubangi mormyrid, after the Ubangi River.
Petersberg agreement The Petersberg Agreement is an international treaty that extended the rights of the Federal Government of Germany vis-a-vis the occupying forces of Britain, France, and the United States, and is viewed as the first major step of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) towards sovereignty. It was signed by Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of the FRG and the Allied High Commissioners Brian Hubert Robertson (Britain), André François-Poncet (France), and John J.
Petersburg Railroad Petersburg Railroad was chartered in 1830 and opened in 1833. It ran from Petersburg, Virginia south to Garysburg, North Carolina, from which it ran to Weldon via trackage rights over the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad (later eliminated with a new alignment).
Petersburg, Georgia The dead town of Petersburg, Georgia was an upriver market located in Wilkes County, Georgia (now Elbert) County. Named after Petersburg, Virginia, it was founded by Dionysius Oliver in 1786 to serve the rapidly growing Broad River Valley region, and enjoyed a good connection with Augusta, Georgia via the Savannah River.
Petersburg, Pennsylvania Petersburg is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania, United States. It was a stop on the former Pennsylvania Railroad Main Line between Tyrone and Huntingdon and the junction point for the Petersburg Branch.
Petersen Automotive Museum The Petersen Automotive Museum is located on Wilshire Boulevard along Museum Row in the Miracle Mile neighborhood of Los Angeles. One of the world's largest automotive museums, the Petersen Automotive Museum is a non-profit organization specializing in the education and history of the automobile.
Petersfield railway station Petersfield railway station is a railway station serving the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire, England. It is located on the Portsmouth Direct Line which runs between London (London Waterloo) and Portsmouth (Portsmouth Harbour railway station).
Petersham Petersham is a place in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames on the east of the bend in the River Thames south of Richmond, which it shares with neighbouring Ham. It provides the foreground of the scenic view from Richmond Hill across Petersham Meadows, with Ham House further along the River.
Petersham, New South Wales Petersham is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Petersham is located 6 kms south-west of the Sydney central business district, in the local government area of Marrickville Council.
Petershill F.C. Petershill Football Club are a Scottish football club from Springburn in the north of Glasgow. Nicknamed the Peasy, they were formed in 1897 and are traditionally one of the stronger clubs at their level, although they have not been as successful in recent years as they have historically.
Peterson Events Center Peterson Events Center also known as the "Pete" is the sports arena for the University of Pittsburgh men's and women's NCAA Division I Basketball teams and also hosts some Pittsburgh Xplosion ABA games. It is one of the newer basketball arenas in the world and has been touted as one of the best venues to catch a roundball game be it pro or college.
Peterson Island Peterson Island () is an Antarctic rocky island, 2 mi long, with two inlets indenting the north side, lying immediately west of Browning Peninsula in the south part of the Windmill Islands. It was first mapped from air photos taken by USN Operation Highjump and Operation Windmill in 1947 and 1948.
Peterson's Peterson’s, founded in 1966, is an American company offering personalized solutions for education and career achievement. They offer a wide range of live, print, and online products and services to help individuals achieve their educational and career dreams including test preparation, school searches, financial aid searches, career exploration tools, and professional writing services.
Peterson's algorithm Peterson's algorithm is a concurrent programming algorithm for mutual exclusion that allows just two processes to share a single-use resource without conflict, using only shared memory for communication. [Note: Peterson's Algorithm can be generalised for more than two processes, as discussed in "Operating Systems Review, January 1990 ('Proof of a Mutual Exclusion Algorithm', M Hofri)".
Petexbatún Petexbatún, is a small lake, that is formed by the river with the same name, that splits from La Pasion river in Sayaxché, located in the south area of the Departament of Petén, Guatemala. The archaeologist, render the name of Petexbatún State, to a group of cities, during the Classic period of the Maya Civilization, that include, Seibal, Itzán, Dos Pilas, Aguateca, Cancuén Tamarindito, Punta de Chimino, and Nacimiento, among others.
Petey Petey (ISBN 0786804262) is a children's book by Ben Mikaelsen, published in 2000. It has two parts: Part I is the story of the life of Petey, a child with severe cerebral palsy whose parents commit him to a state asylum in the 1920s.
Petey Piranha is a fictional character in the Mario series, first appearing as the primary boss of Bianco Hills in Super Mario Sunshine. He has appeared as a boss in later games as well such as in Super Princess Peach, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and New Super Mario Bros.
Petey Wheatstraw Petey Wheatstraw (1978) aka Petey Wheatstraw, the Devil's Son-In-Law. Is a movie in which the Devil offers a man the chance to return to earth if he agrees to be the Anti-Christ and marry the ugliest woman on Earth--the Devil's daughter.
Petey Williams Petey Williams (born August 26, 1981) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is currently working in the United States for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling, where he is a competitor in the X Division, and the former captain of Team Canada.
Petchara Chaowarat Petchara Chaowarat (Thai: เพชรา เชาวราษฎร์, born January 19, 1943, in Rayong Province, Thailand) is a Thai film actress who starred in around 300 films from 1961 to 1979. An icon of the "Golden Age" of Thai cinema, she was known for her round, pool-like eyes and elaborate hairstyles.
Petiese Petiese, or Pediese, was the name of a number of high officials serving during the seventh and sixth centuries BCE. We know about their family history from a petition which the priest Petiese (referred to below as Petiese III) wrote during the reign of Darius I of Persia:
Petilia Petilia or Petelia was a city on the coast of Bruttium, traditionally founded by Philoctetes. During the Second Punic War it remained a Roman ally, while all of the other Bruttian cities had gone over to Hannibal.
Petiole (insect) In entomology, the term petiole is most commonly used to refer to the constricted first (and sometimes second) metasomal segment of members of the Hymenopteran suborder Apocrita; it may be used to refer to other insects with similar body shapes, where the metasomal base is constricted. Occasionally, it is alternatively called a pedicel, but in entomology, that term is more correctly reserved for the second segment of the antenna.
Petit Comic Petit Comic is a Japanese josei manga magazine published by Shogakukan, aimed at young women over the age of 18. Many series in this anthology magazine are romance-oriented and some are well-known for featuring frank depiction of sexual situations.
Petit hameau Petit hameau, the English translation of which is "Little hamlet", is sometimes called "Le Hameau de la Reine". This land was part of the private park of Queen Marie Antoinette near the Palace of Versailles located in Versailles, France.
Petit Chablis AOC Petit Chablis is a wine Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) in the Chablis region of France, classified as part of the Burgundy wine region. It is a smaller region within the general Chablis AOC, and the appellation was created in 1944.
Petit Lac Nominingue Petit Lac Nominingue is a small lake in Southwest Quebec, located in the Laurentian Mountains about 55km, by road, northwest of Mont Tremblant. It is connected to Lac Nominingue by a small river that travels under a bridge.
Petit Larousse Le Petit Larousse is a French-language reference book first appearing in 1905 and later published in a 100th anniversary edition in 2005. The book has two main sections: a dictionary featuring common words and an encyclopedia of proper nouns (compare encyclopedic dictionary).
Petit Piton Petit Piton is one of two mountains overlooking Soufrière Bay in the southwest of Saint Lucia. Petit Piton lies towards the middle of the bay, south of the town of Soufrière and north of the larger mountain, Gros Piton.
Petit Trianon The Petit Trianon is a small château located on the grounds of the Palace of Versailles in Versailles, France. It was designed by Ange-Jacques Gabriel by the order of Louis XV for his long-term mistress, Madame de Pompadour, and was constructed between 1762-1768.
Petit Véhicule Protégé The Petit Véhicule Protégé ("Small protected vehicle") is a light, general-purpose armoured 4-wheel drive vehicle used by the French Army. It is also designed as Auverland A4 AVL (Armoured Vehicle Light) Built by Auverland, it comes as successor to the Peugeot P4.
Petit-Bourg Petit-Bourg is the seventh-largest commune in the French overseas département of Guadeloupe. It is located on the east side of the island of Basse-Terre, and is part of the metropolitan area of Pointe-à-Pitre, the largest conurbation in Guadeloupe.
Petit-Fils de France Petit-Fils de France, meaning "Grandson of France", was the title given to the sons of Fils de France who were themselves the sons of the kings and dauphins of France. Their daughters would have the title Petit-Fille de France which means "Granddaughter of France.
Petit-serif Petit-serifs are small serifs, which are attached to regular sans-serif fonts. These are normally added to fonts from rival font foundries to give them a better appearance and to reward the people who added the petit-serifs.
Petit-Saguenay, Quebec Petit-Saguenay is a municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec, located in Le Fjord-du-Saguenay Regional County Municipality. The municipality, located on Quebec route 170 near L'Anse-Saint-Jean, had a population of 828 in the Canada 2001 Census.
Petitcodiac River The Petitcodiac River is located in southeastern New Brunswick,Canada, originating in the Caledonia Highlands and eventually flowing past the city of Moncton before emptying into Shepody Bay on the Bay of Fundy. Because of its colour, it is often nicknamed the "Chocolate River".
Petite Église The Petite Église (little church) was a group of French and Belgian Roman Catholics who separated from the main body of the Church in France following the Concordat of 1801 between Pope Pius VII and Napoleon Bonaparte. One modern estimate gives its number of adherents as high as 100,000 at one time.
Petite bourgeoisie Petit-bourgeois (or petty bourgeois through folk etymology) is a French term that originally referred to the members of the upper middle social-classes in the 18th and early 19th centuries. They were seen as servants of the ruling bourgeois class who in turn were seen as servants of the aristocracy.
Petite Kabylie The Kabyle or Kabylia (French: La Kabylie; Arabic: al-Qabā'il, القبائل which translates the tribes) is a mountainous region of Northern Algeria. The Kabyle people themselves know it as Tamurt Idurar (The Mountain Land) or Tamurt n Leqvayel (Land of the Kabyles).
Petite Messe Solennelle Gioacchino Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle was written in 1863, "the last", the composer called it, "of my pêchés de vieilesse" (sins of old age).A few piano pieces follow it, and a piece for the opening of the Exposition Universelle of 1867..
Petition A petition is a request to an authority, most commonly a government official or public entity. In the colloquial sense, a petition is a document addressed to some official & signed by numerous individuals.
Petition mill A petition mill is a fraud in which the perpetrator poses as a financial advisor, sometimes as a credit counselor or paralegal, filing hastily-prepared bankruptcy documents in the name of victims who come to the advisor as clients. The bankruptcy filing is often both incomplete and inappropriate for the victim's condition; and, often, the victim does not even realize that a bankruptcy has been filed.
Petition of Right, 1628 The Petition of Right is a document produced by the English Parliament in the run-up to the English Civil War. It was addressed to Charles I of England in 1628 in an attempt to seek redress on the following points:
Petition to make special In United States patent law, a petition to make special (PTMS) is a formal request submitted to the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) asking that a patent application be examined ahead of the other pending applications in the same technological art.
Petitioner (Dungeons & Dragons) In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a petitioner is the soul of a deceased mortal. Upon its death, a mortal creature that served a deity faithfully will reform on the home plane of that deity.
Petits Filous Petits Filous is a fromage frais marketed under the Yoplait brand, sold in the UK. Literally translated from French, 'Petits Filous' means 'little swindlers', or 'little rascals' Also, a Frubes variety is marketed; Frubes are Petits Filous in tubes.
Petits-Chevaux Petits-Chevaux, French for "little horses", is a gambling game played with a mechanical device consisting of a board perforated with a number of concentric circular slits, in which revolve, each independently on its own axis, figures of jockeys on horseback, distinguished by numbers or colors. The bystanders having staked their money according to their choice on a board marked in divisions for this purpose, the horses are started revolving rapidly together by means of mechanism attached to the board, and the horse which stops nearest a marked goal wins, every player who has staked on that horse receiving so many times his stake.
Petiveria alliacea Petiveria alliacea is a deeply rooted herbacious perennial shrub growing in tropical areas of Africa, South and Central America and the Caribbean. It grows up to 1 metre in height and has small greenish piccate flowers.
Petko Voyvoda Petko Kiryakov Kaloyanov (), better known as Captain Petko Voyvoda (Капитан Петко Войвода) (6 December 1844–7 February 1900) was a 19th-century Bulgarian hajduk leader and revolutionary who dedicated his life to the liberation of Bulgaria (and particularly the region of Thrace).
Petko Voyvoda Peak Petko Voyvoda Peak (Vrah Petko Voyvoda 'vr&h 'pet-ko voy-'vo-da) is a peak of elevation 400 m in Delchev Ridge, Tangra Mountains, Livingston Island, Antarctica, which surmounts Sopot Ice Piedmont to the NW, and Pautalia Glacier to the E.
Petkovica monastery The Petkovica Monastery (Serbian: Манастир Петковица / Manastir Petkovica) is a Serbian Orthodox monastery located on the Fruška Gora mountain in the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina. According to tradition, it was founded by the widow of Stefan Štiljanović, Despotess Jelena.
Petlyakov Petlyakov (, Opytnoe Konstructorskoe Byuro Petlyakova was a Soviet OKB (design bureau) for military aircraft, headed by designer Vladimir Petlyakov. Following his death in 1942, the bureau was controlled by Izakson, Putliov, and Myasishchyev before being dissolved in 1946.
Petlyakov Pe-2 The Petlyakov Pe-2 (Cyrillic: Петляков Пе-2), nicknamed Peshka (Пешка - "Pawn") was a Soviet dive bomber aircraft used during World War II. It was fast and maneuverable yet durable, and was manufactured in large numbers.
Petlyakov Pe-3 The Petlyakov Pe-3 was the long range heavy fighter version of the successful Petlyakov Pe-2 tactical bomber, the Soviet enactment of the same development path the Germans took with the Junkers Ju 88 and the British with the De Havilland Mosquito. Some people believe that the Pe-3 was created before the german invasion, however these claims have been unfounded and remain unproven.
Petřínská rozhledna The Petřínská rozhledna (Petřín lookout tower) is a 60 metre high steel framework tower in Prague, which strongly resembles the Eiffel Tower. Although it is much shorter than the Eiffel Tower, it stands atop a sizeable hill, so the top is at almost the same altitude.
Petone Rowing Club The Petone Rowing Club [is located on the Petone foreshore, in the harbour] of [[Wellington, New Zealand. Formed in the year 1900, the Club has a long standing history of developing champion rowers, with a proud history filled with local, regional, national, international, and Olympic achievements.
Petone Rugby Club The Petone Rugby Football Club was founded in 1885 and have been the Wellington Premier Champions 38 times between 1895 and 2005. In addition to this, the club has won the Club Championship on no fewer than 42 occasions between 1922 and 2005.
Petoro Petoro, a company wholly owned by the state of Norway, manages Norwegian offshore oil and natural gas properties, State's Direct Financial Interest (SDFI), on behalf of the government. The company functions as a manager for the government and does not directly own the licences.
Petosiris Petosirs, called Ankhefenkhons, was the high priest of Thoth at Hermopolis and held various priestly degrees in the service of Sakhmet, Khnum, Amen-Re and Hathor. The son of Sishu and Nefer-renpet, he lived in the second half of the 4th century BCE under Persian rule.
Petoskey stone A Petoskey stone is a rock, often pebble-shaped, that is composed of a fossilized coral, Hexagonaria percarinata. The stones were formed as a result of glaciation, in which sheets of ice plucked stones from the bedrock, grinding off their rough edges and depositing them in the northwestern portion of Michigan's lower peninsula.
Petr Alekseevich Pahlen Count Peter Alekseyevich Pahlen (Russian: Пётр Алексеевич Пален; German: Peter Ludwig von der Pahlen) (July 17, 1745—1826) was a Russian courtier who played a pivotal role in the assassination of Emperor Paul. He was a general since 1798, a count since 1799, and the Military Governor of St.
Petr Brandl Petr Brandl ( Peter Johannes Brandl or Jan Petr Brandl) (October 24, 1668 – September 24, 1739) was a painter of the late Baroque, famous in his time but - due to isolation behind the Iron Curtain - rather forgotten until recently. He was of German-speaking Austrian descent in the bilingual kingdom of Bohemia, which is no longer existent, but whose center is the present-day Czech Republic.
Petr Ginz Petr Ginz (1928–1944) was a young Jewish boy who was deported to the Terezín concentration camp, during the Holocaust. At age fifteen, Ginz was deported to Auschwitz concentration camp, where he died of typhus.
Petr Ivanovich Panin General Count Petr Ivanovich Panin () (1721 – April 26, 1789), younger brother of Nikita Ivanovich Panin, fought with distinction in the Seven Years' War and in the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774, capturing Bender on September 26, 1770. In 1773–1775 he participated in suppressing Pugachev's rebellion.
Petr Klima Petr Klima (born December 23, 1964 in Chaomutov, Czechoslovakia) was a forward in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Tampa Bay Lightning, Los Angeles Kings, and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Petr Mikolanda Petr Mikolanda (born September 12, 1984) is a football player from the Czech Republic. He is an under 21 international centre forward who has played for Viktoria Zizkov and English Premiership club West Ham United.
Petr Pála Petr Pála (born October 2, 1975 in Prague) is a professional male tennis player from the Czech Republic. Together with Pavel Vízner he reached the men's doubles final of the 2001 French Open but lost to Indians Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes (6-7, 3-6).
Petr Svoboda Petr Svoboda (born February 14, 1966 in Most, Czechoslovakia) is a retired former professional ice hockey player who was the first Czech to play over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League. In 1984, the teenaged Svoboda had participated in the world Under-18 ice hockey championships in the former West Germany as a part of the Czechoslovak team, and after playing one game, he defected to the West.
Petra Petra (from "petra", rock in Greek; Arabic: البتراء, al-Bitrā) is an archaeological site in Jordan, lying in a basin among the mountains which form the eastern flank of Wadi Araba, the great valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba. It is famous for having many stone structures carved into the rock.
Petra (band) Petra, which means "rock, massive" in Greek, was a Christian Rock band formed in the 1970s. For three decades, the band showed stability and continued to produce albums despite changes in genre and the general taste of the public.
Petra Banović Petra Banović (born November 10, 1979 in Zagreb) is a freestyle and medley swimmer from Croatia, who competed in two consequentive Summer Olympics for her native country, starting in "Sydney 2000". She graduated from Arizona State University (2004) as a honor student.
Petra Kronberger Petra Kronberger (born February 21, 1969, in Pfarrwerfen) is an Austrian former alpine skier, who participated in all disciplines. She debuted in the World Cup in 1987, and achieved her first win in a downhill competition in 1990.
Petra Majdič Petra Majdič (born 22 December 1979 in Ljubljana) is a Slovenian cross-country skier. Her best results have been in sprint races, with her two World Cup race victories coming in sprint races in the classical style, but she has also finished third at the 45 km Vasaloppet for women in 2006.
Petra Mandula Petra Mandula (born January 17, 1978 in Budapest) is a Hungarian tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she was eliminated in the first round by Amanda Coetzer of South Africa.
Petra RoĂźner Petra RoĂźner (born November 14, 1966 in Leipzig) is a German cyclist, who won the gold medal in 3 km pursuit track cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. In the same event she won the 1991 World Championships and finished second in 1989.
Petra Sölter Petra Sölter is a former East German cross country skier who competed during the early 1980's. She won a bronze medal in the 4 x 5 km at the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oslo and finished 7th in the 5 km at those same championships.
Petra Schersing Petra Schersing (nèe Müller) (born 18 October 1965 in Quedlinburg, Saxony-Anhalt) is a former German athlete with the DDR. She won eight medals in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 m relay in international competition.
Petra Schneider Petra Schneider (born January 11 1963 in Karl-Marx-Stadt) was an medley and freestyle swimmer from East Germany of the 1970s and 1980s, who was a leading member of the East German swimming team. She won an Olympic gold medal in the 400m individual medley at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, and set five world records in swimming.
Petra van Staveren Petronella ("Petra") Grietje van Staveren (born June 2, 1966 in Kampen, Overijssel) is a former swimmer from The Netherlands, who won the golden medal in the 100 metres breaststroke at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Petra, Lesbos The municipality of Petra (Greek: Πέτρα meaning rock) is located at the northwest of Lesvos and comprises the villages Petra, Skoutaros, Stypsi, Lafionas, Ypsilometopo and the settlements Petri and Anaxos. The region combines exceptional natural beauties: olive groves and forests with pines, oak-trees, cypress-trees as well as fruit-bearing trees, traditional stone built mountain villages with running waters and rich vegetation, but also seaside modern summer holiday settlements with sandy beaches and crystal waters.
Petrary Petrary is a generic term for a medieval stone-throwing siege engine (from the Latin petrus, - stone), used to hurl large rocks against the walls of the besieged city, in an attempt to break down the wall and create an entry point. They were also used to throw dead animals into the confined area of the city, in order to spread disease.
Petratherm An Australian based company dedicated to researching and developing renewable forms of energy. It is currently involved in a partnership with the University of Adelaide to develop a major geothermal energy project in Paralena, outback South Australia using Hot Dry Rock Power.
Petre Bay Petre Bay is a large bay which comprises about half of the west coast of Chatham Island/Rekohu, the largest island in New Zealand's Chatham Islands archipelago. It is some 20 kilometres in extent, and contains the far smaller Waitangi Bay, on which is sited the island group's largest settlement, Waitangi.
Petre Popeangă Petre Popeangă (born 19 May 1944, Leleşti, Gorj County) is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. He is a member of the Greater Romania Party, part of the Identity/Sovereignty/Transparency group, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.
Petre Roman Petre Roman (b. July 22, 1946 in Bucharest) is a Romanian politician, former Prime Minister of Romania from 1989 to 1991, when his government was overthrown by the intervention of the miners led by Miron Cozma.
Petrel The petrels are tube-nosed seabirds in the bird order Procellariiformes. The common name does not indicate relationship beyond that point, as "petrels" occur in three of the four families within that group (except the Albatross family, Diomedeidae).

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