Strand

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A beach or strand is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles along the shoreline of a body of water.

Strand or The Strand may also refer to:

[edit] Geography

• Strand, Norway
• Strand, Netherlands
• Strand, Western Cape, South Africa
• Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi flood of 1634
• Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
• The Strand, Townsville, a beachside foreshore in Townsville, Australia
• Strand, Cape Town, a road in Cape Town, South Africa
• Strand, London, a famous road in London
• Strand National Historic Landmark District in Galveston, Texas
• The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles
• Bootle Strand, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
• The Strand Arcade, a Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney, Australia
• Auckland railway station, the former main railway station of Auckland, New Zealand, known as The Strand for excursion trains
• Strand Fiord Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

[edit] People

• David Strand, an American scholar of early 20th century China
• Kjetil Strand, a Norwegian handball player
• Mark Strand, an American poet
• Paul Strand, an American modernist photographer
• Richard Strand, an American linguist studying Afghanistan
• Roar Strand, a Norwegian footballer

[edit] Other

• Strand Magazine, a British monthly founded in the 1890s (named after the road in London).
• Strand Bookstore, a famous book store in New York City.
• Strand Lighting, a company supplying lighting equipment to the entertainment industry.
• Strand (cigarette), a 1950s/1960s brand of tobacco notorious for its failed advertising campaign, "You're never alone with a Strand".
• The Strand was a British hard rock band that eventually evolved into the Sex Pistols.
• The Strand is an American Industrial band.
• Strand (album) is an album by the Spinanes.
• Strand (programming language) is a parallel programming system.
• Strand Theater is a national historic landmark in Lakewood, New Jersey.
• Strand Hotel (also known as The Strand) is a colonial-style hotel in Yangon, Myanmar.
• Strand VCI Entertainment was a company specializing direct-to-video releases of children's entertainment.
• Strand Home Video was formerly Strand VCI Entertainment but changed its name in 1993.
• Strand Cinema, art deco cinema in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Strand (epistemology), an epistemological strand.