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Petra

[pee-truh, pe-]

noun

  1. an ancient city in SW Jordan: ruined structures carved out of varicolored stratified rock; capital of the Nabataeans and Edomites.



Petra

/ ˈpiːtrə, ˈpɛtrə /

noun

  1. an ancient city in the south of present-day Jordan; capital of the Nabataean kingdom

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