Swan (disambiguation)

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Contents 1 Places 1.1 Australia 1.2 Europe 1.3 United States 1.4 Honduras 1.5 Other 2 People 3 Music 4 Entertainment 5 Companies and products 6 Animals 7 Sports 8 Vehicles 9 Writings 10 Astronomy 11 Other 12 See also

A swan is a large water bird.

Swan may also refer to:

[edit] Places

[edit] Australia

• City of Swan, a municipality in Perth, Western Australia
  • Division of Swan, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia, based on the surrounding area
• Swan Bay (Victoria)
• Swan Coastal Plain
• Swan Hill, Victoria
• Swan Hill Airport
• Swan Reach, South Australia, a river port in South Australia
• Swan View, Western Australia

[edit] Europe

• The Swan (theatre), a theatre in Southwark, London
• The Swan, a small village in Co. Laois, Ireland
• Swan Industrial Estate, Banbury
• Swan Gate, an area of land to the west side of Athenry town
• Swan Theatre (Stratford), a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
• "The Swan", a nickname for the Erasmusbrug, a bridge in Rotterdam

[edit] United States

• Swan, Iowa, a small village in Iowa
• Swan's Island, Maine
• Swan, Texas
• Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts), a cultural icon of that city
• Swan Creek Township, Fulton County, Ohio
• Swan Point Cemetery
• Swan Pond, West Virginia
• Swan Quarter, North Carolina
• Swan Township, Vinton County, Ohio
• Swan Island Site, a site located in or near the city of New York, Crawford County, Illinois

[edit] Honduras

• Swan Islands, Falkland Islands
• Swan Islands, Honduras

[edit] Other

• Swan Hills, Alberta
• Swan, the Coptic name for the Egyptian city of Aswan

[edit] People

• Jeremy Swan, Tattoo Artist from Los Angeles
• Guy C. Swan III, U.S. Army Major General
• James Swan, an Australian boxer
• James G. Swan, an US Indian agent
• Joseph Swan, an English physicist and chemist
• Swan, an earlier stage name of adult model Justine Joli
• "The Swan", a nickname carried by Christian comedian Dennis Swanberg
• "Swan", a nickname carried by Red Hot Chili Peppers singer Anthony Kiedis.

[edit] Music

• John Swan, a Australian rock singer
• Swans (band), a band from New York
• Zwan, a band formed by Billy Corgan after the disbanding of the Smashing Pumpkins
• Swan Records, a mid-20th century United States based record label
• Swan Records (jazz label), a 1940's jazz record label
• Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns) aka The Swan, a short musical composition for cello and piano
• Swan Lee, a Danish band featuring Pernille Rosendahl on vocals
• Swan Island (band), a five-piece rock band from Portland, Oregon
• The Dying Swan, a ballet dance choreographed to the music of the Le Cygne (The Swan)

[edit] Entertainment

• The Swan (film), a 1925 silent film and its 1956 remake
• The Swan (TV series), a 2004 reality television series on the Fox network
• Swan Jake (Good Morning, Miami episode), episode 4 of season 1 of the NBC situation comedy Good Morning, Miami
• Swan's Place, a variety talk show hosted by Christian comedian Dennis Swanberg
• The Swan is the third DHARMA Initiative station in the television show Lost
• The Trumpet of the Swan, a classic 1971 children's book written by EB White.

[edit] Companies and products

• Swan Hellenic, a British cruise line
• Swan Hill railway line, Victoria, a railway line in Victoria, Australia
• Swan Hotel, a noteworthy public house in the West Midlands
• Swan Hunter, one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom
• Walt Disney World Swan, a hotel resort located within the Walt Disney World Resort
• Swan Boats (Walt Disney World), a ride at Walt Disney World at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
• Swan & Sugarloaf, a large old pub in South Croydon in South London
• Swan Soap, a brand of soap marketed by Lever Brothers Company in the 1940s and 1950s
• Swan rolling papers, a brand of cigarette rolling papers.

[edit] Animals

• Swan Goose, a large goose with a natural breeding range in Mongolia and eastern Russia
• Swan mussel, a species of freshwater mussel of the family Unionidae

[edit] Sports

• Swan (Exalted), a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing
• Swan IC, a football (soccer) club is located in the Swan Valley 20 kilometers from Perth
• Swan Districts Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in Bassendean a suburb east of Perth
• SwanCrystal, the third version of Bandai's WonderSwan handheld game console brand
• Swan, a piece of snooker equipment used for awkward shots

[edit] Vehicles

• Nautor's Swan, sailing yachts made by Nautor in Finland
• HMAS Swan, three warships of the Royal Australian warship
• Swan boat (racing), a very long and narrow human powered boat
• Swan fan Makkum, a Brigantine, built in 1993 in the Gdansk shipyard, Poland
• HMS Swan, a Cromwellian warship lost in 1653.

[edit] Writings

• Swan of Tuonela, an 1895 tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius
• Swan (manga), Japanese shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko
• The Swan, a play by Ferenc Molnár

[edit] Astronomy

• Solar Wind ANisotropies (SWAN), a component of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
  • Comet SWAN, one of several comets named for the above component
• Swan bands, a characteristic of the spectra of carbon stars, comets and of burning hydrocarbon fuels

[edit] Other

• SWAN, Syndromes Without A Name
• SWAN, Simulating WAves Nearshore, a system of wave modelling
• Pulmonary artery catheter, frequently referred to as a Swan-Ganz catheter
• Swan's theorem, relates vector bundles to projective modules
• SwanCon, a science fiction convention held in Perth, Western Australia
• Swan Bells, a set of eighteen bells in Perth, Western Australia
• Swan Upping, an annual ceremonial and practical activity in England
• Swan diagram, represents the situation of a country with a currency peg
• Swan maiden, a mythical creature who shapeshifts from human form to swan form
• Swan neck duct, a jet engine component

[edit] See also

• Swan River
• Swan Island
• Swan Lake (disambiguation)
• Swan Song
• Cygnus (disambiguation)
• Swann
• Swan Valley