Peri (disambiguation)
Appearance
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A peri is a fairy-like creature in Middle Eastern and Asian mythology.
Peri may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
[edit]- La Péri (Burgmüller), a ballet by Friedrich Burgmüller, Jean Coralli, and Théophile Gautier, first performed in 1843
- La Péri (Dukas), a ballet by Paul Dukas and Ivan Clustine, first performed in 1912
- Peri Brown, one of the companions in the TV series Doctor Who
Businesses
[edit]- Great Wall Peri, a car made by Chinese company Great Wall Motor
- PERI, one of the leading providers of formwork and scaffolding systems
Places
[edit]- Peri, Corse-du-Sud, a commune on Corsica, France
- Peri, Estonia, a village
- Peri, a village in Husnicioara Commune, Mehedinţi, Romania
People
[edit]- Peri (name), a surname and a given name
Other uses
[edit]- Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
- Political Economy of Research and Innovation (PERI) an emerging academic field
- USS Peri (1861), a Union Navy ship of the American Civil War
- Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente, acronym PERI, a Uruguayan green party
- Peri (substitution), a kind of naphthene ring modification peculiar to the naphthalene sub-type of naphthenes in molecular physics and chemistry
- Peri, a dialect of the Kalanga language, a Bantu language spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe
- "peri", a colloquial term in the United Kingdom for a peripatetic teacher
- Peri Spiele, a former Austria board and card games manufacturer
See also
[edit]- Gyala Peri, a peak just beyond the eastern end of the Himalayas
- Pichal Peri, a popular topic for ghost stories in Central and South Asia
- Pari (disambiguation)
- Peary (disambiguation)
- Perri (disambiguation)
- Perrie (disambiguation), surname
- Perry (disambiguation)
- Pery, surname
- Piri (disambiguation)
- Piri piri, also spelled peri peri, the African bird's eye chili