Ascot

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Ascot (or Ascott) is Anglo Saxon in origin, and means 'eastern cottage'.

Contents 1 Places 2 Finance 3 Facilities 4 Other uses

[edit] Places

Ascot is the name of several places:

In Australia:

• Ascot, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane
• Ascot, Victoria
• Ascot, Western Australia

In Canada:

• Ascot, Quebec
• Ascot Corner, Quebec

In India:

• Askot

In the United Kingdom:

• Ascot, Berkshire
  • North Ascot
  • South Ascot
• Ascott, Buckinghamshire
  • Ascott House
• Ascott under Wychwood, Oxfordshire

[edit] Finance

• Asset Swapped Convertible Option Transaction (ASCOT)

[edit] Facilities

• Ascot Racecourse, a Berkshire, UK horse racing facility
• Ascot Racecourse, Western Australia, a horse racing facility
• Ascot Stadium, a facility in Gweru, Zimbabwe
• Ascot Park, a motor racing track in Los Angeles, California, United States
• Ascot Park, South Australia, a park in Adelaide
• Ascot Park, New Zealand, a suburb in Porirua

[edit] Other uses

Ascot may also refer to:

• Ascot tie, a cravat with wide square ends
• Ascot cap, a distinctive cap with a rounded shape
• Ascot was the name of two separate short lived British car companies - Ascot (1904 automobile) operating in 1904 and Ascot (1928 automobile) between 1928 and 1930.
• Honda Ascot, both a 500cc motorcycle first produced in 1983, and a type of car first produced in 1993.
• Ascot (1914 automobile), a short-lived French automobile company
• Ascot (cigarettes) (אסקוט) - a brand of cigarettes, which was popular in Israel in the 1960's