Peraia

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Peraia (Greek: Περαία, Latin: Peræa), also written as Perea, has the meaning of territory on the mainland in front of an island and constituting part of its state, and may refer to any of several places, including:

in Greece
  • Peraia, Pella, a village in the Pella prefecture
  • Peraia, Thessaloniki, a suburban city in the southcentral part of the Thessaloniki Prefecture
in the Middle East
in Asia Minor
  • Peræa Rhodiorum, later Kaunos or Caunus, an ancient city of Caria, now located near Dalyan, Muğla Province, Turkey