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Petra [pee-truh, pe-] EXAMPLES| noun an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites. Liberaldictionary.com
Nabataea [nab-uh-tee-uh] noun an ancient Arab kingdom of SW Asia, in the area of present-day Jordan, that became a Roman province in a.d. 106. Capital: Petra. Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for petra Contemporary Examples of petra
A photo that Instagram did take down was one that Canadian artist Petra Collins posted of her lower half in a swimsuit.
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Michael Daly
May 2, 2014
We pulled into the town of modern Petra late Wednesday afternoon, Jordanian time.
David Frum
January 3, 2013
He launches into a flight of oratory on the past greatness of Petra.
David Frum
January 3, 2013
I’m not suggesting that Petra needs to swing all the other way to the Walt Disney opposite extreme.
David Frum
January 3, 2013
Still, the busload of Japanese tourists in our hotel all seemed to have signed up for the Petra by Night show.
David Frum
January 3, 2013
Historical Examples of petra
Petra, I have called it; the word stands for many a town walled in as that one is.
Amy Wilson-Carmichael
He reported that thirty more Arabs had arrived at Petra, half-an-hour after our starting.
James Finn
Petra has been lost, and Pharsalia has been won, but there is no sign.
Anthony Trollope
Those that induced the rest to do so, were such as inhabited Gobolitis and Petra.
Flavius Josephus
The supposed laver at Petra is to the south of the area of the high place.
George A. Barton
British Dictionary definitions for petra Petra noun an ancient city in the south of present-day Jordan; capital of the Nabataean kingdom Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
