Sphinx (disambiguation)
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Sphinx or Sphynx can refer to:
- Sphinx, an iconic image of a recumbent lion with a human head in Egyptian and Greek mythology
- Great Sphinx of Giza, a giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids
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[edit] Entertainment and fiction
- Sphinx (film), an American movie fra 1981 starring Lesley-Anne Down
- Sphynx (album), an album by black metal band Melechesh
- Sphinx (comics), the name of two Marvel Comics characters
- Sphinx (Dungeons & Dragons): a monster in the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game
- Sphinx (Marc Quinn sculpture), a sculpture of the model Kate Moss by the artist Marc Quinn
- Sphinx (novel), by Robin Cook
- Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy, a 3rd person action-adventure video game
- Sphinx Systems, a Swiss pistol manufacturer
[edit] Nature
- Sphynx (cat), a breed of hairless cat
- Sphinx (moth), a genus of hawkmoth; for species see Sphingidae species list
- Sphinx (rock), a natural rock formation, famous tourist attraction in the Bucegi subdivision of the Carpathian Mountains
- The Sphinx, a subglacial volcano in southwestern British Columbia
- the Sphinx, a rock formation on the Turkish peninsula of Gallipoli
[edit] Technology
- Sphinx (satellite), an American test satellite
- Sphinx (search engine), Free open-source SQL full-text search engine
- CMU Sphinx, a free voice recognition engine from Carnegie Mellon University
- Sphinx, the name of a GoTo telescope produced by Vixen
[edit] Other
- Sphinx Head, a secret society at Cornell University
- Sphinx (senior society), a secret society at Dartmouth College
- Le Sphinx, a Paris brothel founded in 1635
- A sphinx, the occasional term for a Brazilian bikini wax
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