Beaufort

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Beaufort is:

1. A scale for the measurement of wind velocity: see Beaufort scale, Storm.
2. The name of some places in the United States of America:
   • Beaufort, North Carolina
   • Beaufort, South Carolina
   • Beaufort County, North Carolina
   • Beaufort County, South Carolina
3. The name of a place in Australia:
   • Beaufort, Victoria
4. The name of several communes in France:
   • Beaufort, in the Haute-Garonne département
   • Beaufort, in the Hérault département
   • Beaufort, in the Isère département
   • Beaufort, in the Jura département
   • Beaufort, in the Nord département
   • Beaufort, in the Savoie département
5. A part of the name of several communes in France:
   • Beaufort-Blavincourt, in the Pas-de-Calais département
   • Beaufort-en-Argonne, in the Meuse département
   • Beaufort-en-Santerre, in the Somme département
   • Beaufort-en-Vallée, in the Maine-et-Loire département
   • Beaufort-sur-Gervanne, in the Drôme département
6. The name of a town Beaufort, County Kerry, Ireland
7. The name of a town and commune in Luxembourg: Beaufort, Luxembourg.
8. The name of a town in the state of Sabah, Malaysia: Beaufort, Sabah
9. The name of a small village in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, UK. It was originally attached to nearby Brynmawr and so was part of the county of Breconshire. The name Beaufort originates because the soil in the area was owned by the Duke of Beaufort. The Welsh name for Beaufort, 'Cendl (or Cendle)', survives in street names in Beaufort and Cwm (south of Ebbw Vale).
10. A British aircraft: see Bristol Beaufort.
11. A number of people:
    • Carel Godin de Beaufort Porsche Formula 1 Driver 1957 - 1964
    • Francis Beaufort
    • Henry Cardinal Beaufort
    • Joan Beaufort
    • John Beaufort
    • Margaret Beaufort
    • Thomas Beaufort
12. A dukedom in the Peerage of England: see Duke of Beaufort
13. A title in French nobility: see Duc de Beaufort
14. A Crusader castle: see Beaufort Castle, Lebanon
15. A sea in the Arctic: see Beaufort Sea
16. A French cheese: see Beaufort (cheese)
17. The Beaufort cipher is a Polyalphabetic cipher
18. The Beaufort Sea between Canada and the USA
19. The Beaufort scale for describing wind intensity
20. Beaufort (automobiles) manufacturing from 1902 - 1910
21. Beaufort Group geological sedimentary strata in Southern Africa