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Pe•tra



Pronunciation: (pē'tru, pe'-), [key]
—n.
an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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