Egmont
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Egmont or Egmond may refer to the following:
- Egmond family (often spelled "Egmont"), an influential Dutch family, lords of the town of Egmond
- Egmond, a town in North Holland, the Netherlands. First mentioned in the 10th century, the family may be named after the town or vice versa. The name could mean "mouth of the river Eg".
- Lamoral, Count of Egmont, the best known member of the Egmont family
- Egmont (play), a play by Goethe, about Lamoral, Count of Egmond.
- Egmont (Beethoven), the overture and incidental music by Beethoven composed for the play.
- Egmont pact, a Belgian political agreement (1977)
- Egmont Palace, in Brussels, Belgium
- Egmont Islands, a group of Indian Ocean islands, part of the Chagos Archipelago
- Egmont (media group) a Scandinavian media group, founded in 1878.
- Mount Egmont is the alternative name for Mount Taranaki in New Zealand, and gives its name to the Egmont National Park.
- Egmont (electoral district), a Federal Canadian electoral district
- Egmont Group
- Egmont Publishing
- Egmont Key State Park, located in Florida, US
- HMS Egmont, the name of two ships of the royal Navy.
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