Superior
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Superior may refer to
- Superior (hierarchy), in a hierarchical structure of any kind, a superior is above a subordinate and closer to the apex
- Superior is the generic term, and in some cases the formal title, for the head of a monastery or other local unit of a religious order or congregation, e.g. abbot and prior, while a general superior and a provincial superior, exercise a supervisory role in a religious order or congregation viz. a territorial part of it (called ecclesiastical province)
- Standard Superior, a German automobile brand built in the 1920s that may have been a forerunner of the Volkswagen Beetle
- Superior Coach Company, a former manufacturer of school buses and that currently builds hearses
- Superior (band), a progressive metal band from Germany
- "Superior" is also used anatomically, meaning above or in a higher position on the body (when the body is in its anatomical position). The head is the most superior part of the body
- Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful, and occasionally facetious, proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a state separate from Michigan
- Superior Helicopter, a heavy lift helicopter operator of Glendale, Oregon
- Superior, a difficulty rating in Dance Dance Revolution
- "Superior" is commonly used as an adjective: see All pages beginning with "superior"
Superiority may refer to
- the dominance of one military over another in any given conflict: see air superiority and command of the sea
- Superiority complex (in psychology)
- Superiority (short story) by Arthur C. Clarke
- Superior (manga), a fictional Manga created by Ichtys
[edit] Geographical locations
- Lake Superior, the largest of the North American Great Lakes
Superior is also the name of several places in the United States of America: