Peri (disambiguation)

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A peri is a fairy-like creature in Middle Eastern and Asian mythology.

Peri may also refer to:

Arts

• 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

Business

• Great Wall Peri, a car made by Chinese company Great Wall Motor
• PERI, one of the leading providers of formwork and scaffolding systems

Education

• Political Economy Research Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst

Language

• 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

Military

• USS Peri (1861), a Union Navy ship of the American Civil War

Names

• Peri (name), a surname and a given name

Places

• Peri, Corse-du-Sud, a commune on Corsica, France
• Peri, Estonia, a village
• Peri, a village in Husnicioara Commune, Mehedinţi, Romania

Politics

• Partido Ecologista Radical Intransigente, acronym PERI, a Uruguayan green party

Science

• Peri (substitution), a kind of naphthene ring modification peculiar to the naphthalene sub-type of napthenes in molecular physics and chemistry

See also

• Pari (disambiguation)
• Peary (disambiguation)
• Perri
• Perrie (disambiguation), surname
• Perry (disambiguation)
• Pery, surname
• Piri (disambiguation)
• Piri piri, also spelled peri peri, the African bird's eye chili