Quincy

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Quincy is the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Quincy, California
• Quincy, Florida
• Quincy, Illinois
• Quincy, Massachusetts
• Quincy, Michigan
• Quincy, Mississippi
• Quincy, Missouri
• Quincy, Ohio
• Quincy, Washington
• Quincy, Adams County, Wisconsin
• Quincy Township, Michigan

Quincy may also refer to:

• Josiah Quincy (disambiguation)
• Quincy (Bleach), the race of Hollow-slayers who utilize divine power in the anime and manga, Bleach
• John Quincy Adams, the 6th president of the United States, who was sometimes called Quincy to differentiate him from his father
• Quincy Owusu-Abeyie, a Spartak Moscow football (soccer) player
• Quincy Jones, an American record, television and film producer, musician and songwriter
• Quincy, Cher, a commune in the Cher département in France
• Quincy, M.E., an American television series starring Jack Klugman as Dr. Quincy
• USS Quincy, the name of several ships
• Quincy (CTA), a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system
• Quincy House, one of twelve undergraduate houses at Harvard University.
• Quincy Reservoir in Aurora, Colorado
• Quincy Market, a historic building in the Faneuil Hall Marketplace shopping center in Boston, Massachusetts
• Quincy is also the name of a pet iguana in the comic strip Fox Trot
• Quincy is a mis-spelling of quinzhee, snow shelter similar to an igloo.
• Quincy was used in the 19th century as a euphemism for the flush toilet. This derived from the fact that John Quincy Adams was the first U.S. President to have one installed at the White House.
• Quincy is a fictional character from the anime series Bubblegum Crisis