Pera
/ (ˈpɪərə) /
the former name of Beyoğlu
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How to use Pera in a sentence
We stayed at the Pera Palace Hotel, and the first night after dinner, in our innocence, strolled out.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThe Greeks were more numerous; Pera sent over a fair share of foreigners, all dressed in the newest Paris fashions.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellThe proprietors were nearly all Smyrniotes or Greeks from Pera, not bearing the highest character in the world.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellThe villages by the water-side are so close together, that Pera may be said to extend from Tophan to the forts beyond Bujukder.
The British Expedition to the Crimea | William Howard RussellThere are maid-servants and men-servants, and more boxes than any house in Pera will hold.
Paul Patoff | F. Marion Crawford
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