Protea (disambiguation)

Protea is a genus of flowers in the family Proteaceae.

Protea may also refer to:

• 9313 Protea
  , an asteroid, presumably named after the flower genus
• Protea Book House, a Pretoria publisher
• Protea (car), a motorcar build in South Africa during 1957 and 1958
• Protea Hotels by Marriott, a hotel brand
• Protea (telephone), a South African telephone plug design
• Protéa, the eponymous character played by Josette Andriot in a series of French silent espionage films made between 1913 and 1919

Proteas

• Category:National sports teams of South Africa, officially nicknamed "the Proteas" (except the rugby union team and the soccer team)
• Proteas (rugby union), the representative side of the South African Rugby Football Federation in apartheid South Africa
• South Africa national cricket team, called "The Proteas"

Ships

• HMSAS Protea (1922), the first survey vessel commissioned in the South African Navy from 1922 to 1933
• HMSAS Protea (1947), a survey vessel commissioned in the South African Navy from 1947 to 1957
• SAS Protea (A324), a survey vessel of the South African Navy commissioned in 1972 and still in service

See also

• Protease, a class of enzyme
• Proteus (disambiguation)

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