Peta
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Peta can refer to:
  • peta-, an SI
    Si
    Si, si, or SI may refer to :- Measurement, mathematics and science :* International System of Units , the modern international standard version of the metric system...

     prefix denoting a factor of 1015
  • Peta, Greece
    Peta, Greece
    Peta is a town and a former municipality in the Arta peripheral unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikolaos Skoufas, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. Population 4,904 . Its 2001 population was 1,916 for the town, 3,896 for the...

    , a town in Greece
  • Peta, the Pāli word for a Preta
    Preta
    Preta, प्रेत or Peta is the name for a type of being described in Buddhist, Hindu, Sikh, and Jain texts that undergoes more than human suffering, particularly an extreme degree of hunger and thirst...

    , or hungry ghost in Buddhism
  • Peta Wilson
    Peta Wilson
    Peta Gia Wilson is an Australian actress and model. She is best known as Nikita in the television series La Femme Nikita.-Early life:...

    , an Australian actress and model
  • Peta Todd
    Peta Todd
    Peta Louise Todd is an English glamour model and Page Three girl.-Career:Todd first appeared on The Sun newspaper's Page 3 when she was 18. She took time out of her modelling career in 2006 to have her son Finnbar but returned to Page 3 soon after...

    , English glamour model
  • Peta (MÄR), a fictional character in the manga and anime series MÄR
  • Peta (cat), former resident Downing Street cat and holder of the post of Chief mouser to the cabinet office 1964-78
  • Peta, the Egyptian derivative for the word Triangle
    Triangle
    A triangle is one of the basic shapes of geometry: a polygon with three corners or vertices and three sides or edges which are line segments. A triangle with vertices A, B, and C is denoted ....



PETA is an acronym that can refer to:
  • People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals
    People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is an American animal rights organization based in Norfolk, Virginia, and led by Ingrid Newkirk, its international president. A non-profit corporation with 300 employees and two million members and supporters, it claims to be the largest animal rights...

    , an American animal rights
    Animal rights
    Animal rights, also known as animal liberation, is the idea that the most basic interests of non-human animals should be afforded the same consideration as the similar interests of human beings...

     organization
  • PETA (Indonesia)
    PETA (Indonesia)
    PETA or was an Indonesian volunteer army established on 3 October 1943 in Indonesia by the occupying Japanese. The Japanese intended PETA to assist their forces oppose a possible invasion by the Allies...

    , a militia established by the occupying Japanese in Indonesia in 1943
  • Pulse Ejector Thrust Augmentor
    Pulse Ejector Thrust Augmentor
    A Pulse Ejector Thrust Augmentor or PETA is a proprietary pulse jet engine developed by Boeing.The Boeing PETA design embeds the pulse jet inside a thrust augmenting duct which entrains surrounding air into the exhaust stream...

    , a type of pulsed jet engine
  • People Eating Tasty Animals, an organization acting against radical animal rights organization
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