Petit

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Petit may be any of the following:

• The French word for "small"
• Petit's triangle (inferior lumbar triangle) . See Petit's hernia
• Petit Jean State Park

[edit] People/Surname

• A French surname
  • Pierre Petit, a French photographer;
  • Jean-Pierre Petit, a French scientist;
  • Alexis Thérèse Petit, a French physicist;
  • Bram Petit, a Dutch scientist on Behavioral Real Estate;
  • Philippe Petit, a French acrobat;
• The surname for a prominent Parsi family of India, whose members include:
  • Dinshaw Maneckji Petit, Bt., noted Indian industrialist;
  • His daughter Rattanbai Petit, wife of Jinnah, founder of Pakistan

[edit] Footballers

• Emmanuel Petit, a football star who played for the French international, AS Monaco, Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea football clubs;
• The nickname for Armando Teixeira, a Portuguese international and current SL Benfica player.