Rainier

The name Rainier (French: [ʁɛˈnje]; English: /rəˈnɪər/ or /reɪˈnɪər/), a French form of Rayner) may refer to the following:

Contents 1 People 2 Places 2.1 Geography 2.2 Cities 2.3 Communities 3 Software 4 Sports 5 Watercraft 6 Other 7 See also

People

• Rainier, Marquess of Montferrat
• Renier of Montferrat
• Rainier, Margrave of Tuscany
• Prince Rainier of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
• Several Princes of Monaco, all of the House of Grimaldi:
  • Rainier I of Monaco, Lord of Cagnes (1267–1314)
  • Rainier II, Lord of Monaco (14th century)
  • Rainier III, Prince of Monaco (1923–2005)
• Saint Rainier (c. 1117 – c. 1160), a 12th century Pisan saint
• Peter Rainier, Jr. (1741–1808), a British naval leader

Places

Geography

• Mount Rainier, a stratovolcano and national park 54 miles southeast of Seattle, Washington, USA named for British Rear Admiral Peter Rainier
• Rainier National Forest, a former national forest now divided between Mount Baker-Snoqualmie, Wenatchee and Gifford Pinchot National Forests

Cities

• Rainier, Washington
• Rainier, Oregon

Communities

• Rainier, Alberta
• Rainier Beach, Seattle
• Rainier Valley, Seattle

Software

• Rainier, the Microsoft pre-release codename for Visual Studio .NET (2002), as a reference to the above stratovolcano in the Washington state

Sports

• Tacoma Rainiers, a minor league baseball team of the Pacific Coast League
• Seattle Rainiers, a defunct minor league baseball team in Seattle, Washington that last played in 1976

Watercraft

• USS Rainier, the name of more than one United States Navy ship
• NOAAS Rainier (S 221), a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hydrographic survey ship in service from 1968 to 1995 and since 1999
• HMS Admiral Rainier (1800), a 16-gun brig captured and used by the British

Other

• Rainier (Link station), a light rail station in Seattle
• Rainier Brewing Company, based in Washington, United States
• Buick Rainier, a mid-sized sport utility vehicle from General Motors
• Rainier cherry, a cultivar of cherry
• Rainier Club, a private club in Seattle, Washington
• Rainier Wolfcastle, a recurring character on The Simpsons
• Rainier High School (disambiguation), one of several high schools in the United States
• Rainier Motor Car Company

See also

• Rainer
• Mount Rainier (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles containing "Rainier"

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