Lightning (disambiguation)
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Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity.
Lightning or Lightnin ' may also refer to:
In the military
- Lockheed P-38 Lightning, an American fighter aircraft of World War II
- Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II, a US/UK fighter aircraft, the Joint Strike Fighter
- English Electric Lightning, a supersonic British fighter aircraft of the Cold War era
- HMS Lightning, various Royal Navy ships
- 78th Infantry Division (United States), nicknamed "Lightning"
- Operation Lightning (disambiguation), several military operations
Firearms
- Colt Lightning Carbine, a rifle manufactured between 1884 and 1904
- AMT Lightning, a line of semi-automatic firearms in the 1980s and '90s
Sports teams
United States
- Tampa Bay Lightning, a National Hockey League ice hockey franchise
- Buffalo Lightning, former name (1998-2005) of the Buffalo Jr. Sabres Junior "A" ice hockey team from Buffalo, New York
- Carolina Lightnin', a defunct American Soccer League team
- Colorado Lightning, a Professional Arena Soccer League founded in 2008
- Dallas Lightning, a United Soccer Leagues W-League team from 1993 to 1996
- Detroit Lightning, a Major Indoor Soccer League franchise for the 1979-1980 season
- Los Angeles Lightning, a professional basketball team in the Independent Basketball Association
- Louisville Lightning, Professional Arena Soccer League team founded in 2008
- Minnesota Lightning, a women's United Soccer Leagues W-League team
- Oklahoma City Lightning, a full-contact American football team in the Women's Spring Football League
- Rockford Lightning, a defunct Continental Basketball League franchise
- Stockton Lightning, an indoor football team from 2006 to 2010
- Waukegan Lightning, a defunct indoor soccer team (2002-2009)
- West Coast Lightning, a Women's Football Alliance expansion team
Elsewhere
- Adelaide Lightning, an Australian Women's Basketball League team
- Pine Hills Lightning, a Greater Brisbane League baseball club
- London Lightning, a Canadian professional basketball team based in London, Ontario
- Drogheda Lightning, an American football team based in Drogheda, Ireland
- Tel Aviv Lightning, an Israel Baseball League franchise
- St. Venera Lightnings F.C., a football team in the Maltese Second Division
- Loughborough Lightning, a team in the Netball Superleague, based in Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
- Guildford Lightning, a Women's Premier League ice hockey team in Guildford, Surrey, England
- Lancashire Lightning, the name for the Lancashire County Cricket Club during one-day matches
Computing
- Lightning (software), an extension that adds calendar and scheduling functionality to the Mozilla Thunderbird e-mail client
- GNU lightning, a library for Just-in-time compilation
- Lightning (connector), a power and data bus for Apple iPhone, iPod, and iPad products
Transportation
Aircraft
- Beechcraft Lightning, an experimental civilian turboprop aircraft
- Sport Copter Lightning, American autogyro
Automotive
- Lightning Car Company, a British company that builds electric sports cars
- Lightning GT, the flagship vehicle of the aforementioned car company
- Ford Lightning, a sports/performance version of the Ford F-150 pickup truck
- BSA Lightning, a motorcycle produced by BSA between 1965 and 1972
Rail
- Lightning Route, an early tram service in Montgomery, Alabama, United States
- Lightning, a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive on the Great Western Railway from 1847 to 1878
- Lightning, one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 to 1915
Ships and boats
- Lightning (clipper), a clipper ship built by Donald McKay in 1854
- Lightning (dinghy), a type of 19-foot sailing dinghy first built in 1938 and raced worldwide
Arts and entertainment
Comics
- Lightning (comics), several comics characters, including:
- Lightning (DC Comics) (Jennifer Pierce), a DC Comics superhero
- Lightning, one of the superpowered brothers Thunder and Lightning
- Lightning, a member of the Tower Comics T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents
- Lightning Comics (disambiguation), at least two American comics companies
Film and television
- Lightning (film), a 1952 film by Mikio Naruse
- Lightnin' (film), a 1925 comedy by John Ford
- Lightning (dog), a German shepherd who appeared in various 1930s films
- Lightning (Tom and Jerry), an orange cat in the Tom and Jerry cartoons
Music
- Lightning Records, a record label founded in the 1970s
- Lightning (album), a 2012 album by Matt & Kim
- "Lightning" (song), a 2011 song by The Wanted
- "Lightning", a song by Counting Crows, one of the "Flying Demos"
- "Lightning", a song by Eric Church from Sinners Like Me
- "Lightning", a song by The Grates
- "Lightning", a 1974 song by Hello (band)
- "Lightning", a 2008 song by Ida Maria
- "Lightning", a 1986 song by Philip Glass
- "Lightning", a 1980 song by REO Speedwagon
- "Lightning", a 1976 song by Supernaut (Australian band) 1976
Roller coasters
- Lightning (Entertainment City), a roller coaster at Entertainment City in Kuwait
- Lightning (Revere Beach), a roller coaster that formerly operated at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts
Other
- Lightnin' (play), a 1918 play
- Lightning (novel), a 1988 novel by Dean Koontz
- Lightning (Final Fantasy), the female protagonist from Final Fantasy XIII
Places
- Lightning (Atlanta), a former neighborhood of Atlanta, Georgia, United States
- Lightning Peak (disambiguation), several mountain peaks in Canada and the United States
- Lightning Lake, British Columbia, Canada
People
- Lightnin' Hopkins (1912-1982), American country blues singer, songwriter and guitarist Sam John Hopkins
- Lightnin' Slim (1913-1974), African-American blues musician born Otis V. Hicks
- Crystle Lightning (born 1981), American/Canadian actress and musician
- Cody Lightning (born 1986), Cree Native American actor
- Georgina Lightning, Canadian First Nations film director, screenwriter and actress, mother of Crystle and Cody Lightning
- Royston Lightning, Australian rugby league player
- Lightning (Gladiators), Kim Betts (born 1971), English bodybuilder and a star of the UK version of the TV show Gladiators
- Lightning (wrestler), Puerto Rican professional wrestler, half of the tag team Thunder and Lightning
Other uses
- Lightning, the horse of the mythical American cowboy Pecos Bill
- Lightning, the mascot of Middle Tennessee State University
See also
- All pages beginning with "Lightning"
- Lightning Stakes, an Australian thoroughbred horse race