Blackwood
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Blackwood is a Scottish surname, and may also refer to:
In places:
- Blackwood, Victoria, Australia
- Blackwood, New Jersey, USA
- Blackwood, North Carolina, USA
- Blackwood, Caerphilly, Wales, United Kingdom
- Blackwood, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Blackwood, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom
- Blackwood, South Australia, suburb of Adelaide, Australia
- Blackwood, County Kildare, also known as Coill Dubh, Ireland
In fiction:
- Blackwood, fictional empire central to Charlie Martin's novel Shadowslayers
- Blackwood, fictional racing circuit in the racing simulator Live for Speed
In other uses:
- African Blackwood, tree native to seasonally dry regions of Africa
- Australian Blackwood, Acacia species native in eastern Australia
- Blackwood convention, in Contract Bridge
- Blackwood Golf Club, golf course in South Australia
- Blackwood's Magazine, 19th century British periodical
- Blackwood River, in Western Australia
- Lincoln Blackwood, American luxury pickup truck manufactured by Lincoln
- British Maritime
- HMS Blackwood, Royal Navy warship, named after Captain Henry Blackwood
- Type 14 Blackwood-class frigate, class of ship in the Royal Navy, also named after Captain Henry Blackwood