Humber (disambiguation)

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Humber may refer to:

• Rivers
  • The Humber, a river and large tidal estuary in northern England.
  • Humber River (Newfoundland), Newfoundland, Canada
  • Humber River (Toronto), Ontario, Canada

• People
  • Humber the Hun was a legendary king of the Huns
  • Philip Humber, a pitcher in Major League Baseball

• Education
  • Humber College, both campuses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Vehicles
  • HMS Humber was the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy.
  • Humber (bicycle)
  • Humber (car) is also the name of one of the ranges of cars manufactured by the Rootes Group
  • the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and Humber Armoured Car were British reconnaissance vehicles during World War II.

• Geology
  • Humber Zone, one of the 5 tectonostratographic zones of the Appalachian Mountains

• Information Technology
  • Humber (hypertext), a Digital object identifier-like scheme proposed by Ted Nelson for Project Xanadu. A portmanteau of humongous number.