Talk:DragonVale Real Life References/@comment-4769785-20120203230132/@comment-62.234.134.162-20120210110642

Petra actually is the ancient Greek word for "rock". Which is notnthat strange as ancient Greek was spoken a lot in that area in the period after the conquests of Alexander the Great. It was used as a common language/ trade language In much the same way English is used today. So, a city carved out of the living rock (at least partly) is called Petra (rock). I don't know what the Arabic word for stone is and I 'm not sure Arabic was ever spoken in that region at that time. Perhaps ancient Aramaeic. But I'm not sure. I am sure about the ancient Greek word Petra, however.