Wilson
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Wilson may refer to:
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[edit] People
[edit] In geography
In Australia:
In the United Kingdom:
- Wilson, Devon
- Wilson, Leicestershire
In the United States of America:
- Wilson, Arkansas
- Mount Wilson (California)
- Wilson, Kansas
- Wilson, Louisiana
- Wilson, New York (village)
- Wilson (town), New York
- Wilson, North Carolina
- Wilson, Ohio
- Wilson, Oklahoma
- Wilson, Pennsylvania
- Wilson, Texas
- Mouth of Wilson, Virginia
- Wilson, Wisconsin
- Wilson, Wyoming
- Wilson Township, Michigan
- Wilson Township, Minnesota
- Lake Wilson, Minnesota
- Wilsonville, Alabama
- Wilsonville, Oregon
- Wilson Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) subway station in New York City.
In Canada:
- Wilson Avenue in Toronto.
- Wilson (TTC) subway station.
In Poland:
[edit] In medicine
- Wilson's disease, a hereditary disease characterized by the accumulation of copper in tissue
- Wilson's syndrome, also known as Wilson's Thyroid Syndrome or Wilson's Temperature Syndrome, a form of thyroid deficiency whose existence is controversial
[edit] In botany and zoology
- Wilson's Bird of Paradise
- Wilson's Magnolia
- Wilson's Phalarope
- Wilson's Plover
- Wilson's Snipe
- Wilson's Spiny Mouse
- Wilson's Storm-petrel
- Wilson's Warbler
[edit] Companies
- Wilson ASA, a Norwegian shipping company
- Wilson Sporting Goods, a company that manufactures and markets sports equipment
- Wilson's, company that manufactures Kendal mint cake
- Wilson Parking, an Australian parking company
[edit] Other
- Wilson's School, a boys' grammar school in Wallington, in the London Borough of Sutton, UK
- Wilson (Home Improvement), fictional character from the TV show Home Improvement
- Wilson the Volleyball, a volleyball from the film Cast Away
- Wilson (film), a biographical film
- Wilson Ornithological Society
- Wilson is a fictitious king in the Gamehendge saga by the rock band Phish
- Wilson reading system
- Wilson's theorem in mathematics
- Wilson is a term from William Gibson's novel Count Zero that identifies an individual as a screw-up. "To pull a Wilson,” means to screw up in a spectacularly stupid fashion.
- Wilson gearbox