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Globus is Latin for sphere or globe. It may also refer to:
Business
- Globus Medical, a medical device company in Audubon, PA
- Glo-Bus, a global business strategy simulation game
- Globus (clothing retailer), an Indian clothing retail store
- Globus (company), a Swiss department store chain
- Globus (hypermarket), a hypermarket chain in Germany, the Czech Republic and Russia
- Globus (publisher), a Spanish magazine publisher
- Globus (weekly), a newspaper published in Croatia
- Globus Alliance, an engineering association for grid computing infrastructure
- Globus Toolkit, software that implements specifications proposed by the Globus Alliance
- Globus Capital Holdings, a global private equity firm
Transportation
- Globus, a model of coach built by bus manufacturer Tata Motors
- Globus Airlines, a Russian airline
- Globus family of brands - also known as Group Voyagers - the world's largest escorted touring company
Medicine
- globus pallidus, a sub-cortical structure in the brain
- globus pharyngis (also globus sensation or globus hystericus), a feeling of a lump at the back of the throat
Education
- Globus Competence Centre for Globalisation and Sustainable Development, Tias Nimbus Business School, Tilburg University, the Netherlands
People
- Globus, nickname of Eugene Kuziw, Ukrainian American
- Globus, nickname of Odilo Globocnik, a World War II Nazi and SS leader
- Solomon Globus (born 1856), Lithuanian chess master
- Stephen Globus, New York City venture capitalist
- Yoram Globus (born 1941), Israeli film producer
Other
- Globus (map), a globe, a three-dimensional scale model of Earth
- Globus (music), the commercial name of a mix of producers, musicians, and vocalists from the movie trailer music production company Immediate Music
- Globus cruciger, an orb topped with a cross, a Christian symbol
- Voskhod Spacecraft "Globus" IMP navigation instrument
See also
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