Penta
Encyclopedia
Places
- Penta (Fisciano), an Italian hamlet (frazione) of FiscianoFiscianoFisciano is a town and comune in the province of Salerno in the Campania region of south-western Italy. It is dominated by the University of Salerno, which built a new campus in the town in 1988.-University:...
(SA) - Penta di Casinca, a French municipality of CorsicaCorsicaCorsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of Italy, southeast of the French mainland, and north of the island of Sardinia....
- Penta, ChhattisgarhPenta, Chhattisgarh-External links:*...
, a town in Dantewada district of Chhattisgarh, India - Penta (river), a small river in Lithuania
Entertainment
- Penta (originally appeared as just "Penguin"), father of Pentarou, a fictional penguin character created by Konami for the Antarctic AdventureAntarctic AdventureAntarctic Adventure, known in Japan as Kekkyoku Nankyoku Daibōken is a video game developed by Konami in 1983 for MSX, and later for video game consoles, such as NES...
video game.
Things
Things known as Penta or penta include:- PENTA – Pena Transportes Aéreos, a defunct Brazilian airline
- Penta enginePenta engineIn engine design, the penta engine is an arrangement of the upper portion of the cylinder and valves that is common in engines using more than two valves per cylinder...
- Penta WaterPenta WaterPenta Water is a brand of bottled water that claims to be structurally different from 'normal' water, and advertised as "ultra-purified" water. The company was founded in 1999 in San Diego, California...
, a brand of bottled water - Volvo PentaVolvo PentaVolvo Penta was founded in 1907 in conjunction with the production of the first marine engine, B1. The Penta company soon became an established internal combustion engine manufacturer, which in 1927 delivered the engine to Volvo's first passenger car....
, a subsidiary of Volvo - The herbaceous vine Gynostemma pentaphyllum, or jiaogulan
- The Greek number prefix meaning "five"