A peri is a fairy-like creature in Middle Eastern and Asian mythology. Peri may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

* ''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 Perpugilliam "Peri" Brown is a fictional character played by Nicola Bryant in the long-running British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who''. An American botany major from Fell's Point in Baltimore, Maryland, Peri is a companion of ...

, one of the companions in the TV series ''Doctor Who'' *

Peri Lomax Peri Lomax is a fictional character from the British Channel 4, E4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks'' and is portrayed by Ruby O'Donnell. Peri made her first on-screen appearance in episode 3705, originally broadcast on 4 October 2013. After being introduc ...

, a character from British

soap opera A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...

Hollyoaks ''Hollyoaks'' is a British soap opera which originally began airing on Channel 4 on 23 October 1995. It was created by Phil Redmond, who had previously conceived the soap opera ''Brookside (TV series), Brookside''. From 2005 to 2023, episodes h ...

who is played by

Ruby O'Donnell Ruby Victoria O'Donnell (born 26 October 2000) is an English actress. Since 2013, O'Donnell has portrayed the role of Peri Lomax in the Channel 4 soap opera ''Hollyoaks''. For her portrayal of Peri, she won the award for Best Young Performance a ...

since 2013

Businesses

* Great Wall Peri, a car made by Chinese company Great Wall Motor * PERI, a Germany-based provider of formwork and scaffolding systems

Places

Peri, Corse-du-Sud Peri is a commune in the Corse-du-Sud department of France on the island of Corsica. Population See also *Communes of the Corse-du-Sud department The following is a list of the 124 Communes of France, communes of the departments of Fra ...

, a commune on Corsica, France * Peri, Estonia, a village * Peri, a village in

Husnicioara Husnicioara is a commune located in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hunga ...

Commune, Mehedinţi, Romania

People

Peri (name) Peri is a given name and surname in various cultures. People with the surname * Achille Peri (1812–1880), Italian composer and conductor * Claude Péri (born 1972), French figure skating coach and former competitor * Cristina Peri Rossi (born ...

, a surname and a given name

Other uses

Political Economy Research Institute The Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) is an independent research unit at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. According to its mission statement, it "...promotes human and ecological well-being through our original research". PERI was ...

(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 The Intransigent Radical Ecologist Party (, acronym PERI) is a Uruguayan green party established in 2013. It participated in 2014 and 2019 primaries and general elections, obtaining in 2019 for the first time a seat in the Deputy chamber. The pa ...

, 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 Kalanga, or TjiKalanga (in Zimbabwe), is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga people in Botswana and Zimbabwe which belongs to the Shonic(Shona-Nyai) group of Language. It has an extensive phoneme inventory, which includes palatalised, vel ...

, a Bantu language spoken in Botswana and Zimbabwe * "peri", a colloquial term in the United Kingdom for a peripatetic teacher *

Peri Spiele Peri Spiele was an Austrian board game, card game and playing card manufacturer based in Scharnstein in Upper Austria. History The firm was founded in 1959 by Erich Perner. Later his son Wolfgang Perner became managing director. In 1984, a bra ...

, a former Austria board and card games manufacturer