Swan (disambiguation)

A swan is a bird of the genus Cygnus.

Swan, swans, or The Swan may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and television

Swan (film), 2011 Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde
The Swan (1925 film), 1925 silent film
The Swan (1956 film), 1956 remake of a 1925 film of the same title
The Swan (TV series), a U.S. reality TV series
Swan, a character in the 1979 film The Warriors
The Swan, a DHARMA Initiative station in the television show Lost
Swan, a television ident for BBC Two first aired in early 1998, see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents

Literature

"The Swan" (Baudelaire), a poem by Baudelaire
Swan (manga), a shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko
The Swan (newspaper), student newspaper of St. Hugh's College, Oxford
The Swan (novel), an English translation edition of 1991 novel by Guðbergur Bergsson
"The Swan" (short story), a 1977 story by Roald Dahl
The Swan, a 1920 play by Ferenc Molnár

Music and dance

Swans (band), an experimental rock group
- Swans (EP), an 1982 EP by the band Swans
Swan (album), a 2011 album by Unwritten Law
The Swan (ballet), better known as The Dying Swan
Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns), a movement of the musical suite The Carnival of the Animals

Organisations

Shuang Wen Academy Network, of Shuang Wen School, New York City, US; see Association of Chinese Schools
Swans (eyewear), a Japanese eyewear brand
Swan Electronics, a radio gear manufacturer
Swan Records, a pop record label
Swan Records (jazz label)
Swan (rolling papers), a subsidiary of Swedish Match
Swedish Automobile, Dutch-Swedish automobile company

People

Howard E. Johnson (1908–1991), American swing alto saxophonist, nicknamed Swan
Swan (surname), a list of people with the name
Swan Hennessy (1866–1929), Irish-American composer based in Paris
Swan King (1845–1886), nickname for Ludwig II of Bavaria
Swan of Stowe, nickname for the Catholic saint Hugh of Lincoln

Places

Australia

City of Swan, Perth
- Division of Swan, an electoral district based on the surrounding area
Swan Bay, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

United States

Elsewhere

The Swan, County Laois, Ireland
Erasmusbrug, a bridge nicknamed "The Swan" in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Swans, Punjab, Pakistan

Science and technology

Swan's theorem, a concept in mathematics
Comet SWAN (disambiguation), the name of several comets
Solar Wind ANisotropies, an instrument of the SOHO spacecraft
Syndrome Without A Name, technical for "unknown disease"
Cygnus (constellation), a constellation also known as the Swan
Swan (nuclear primary), a prototype thermonuclear primary

Computing

Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN), the secure network for Scotland’s public services
State Wide Area Network, in the National e-Governance Plan of India

Ships and boats

HMAS Swan, several Royal Australian Navy ships
HMS Swan, several British Royal Navy ships
Nautor's Swan, a line of Finnish luxury sailing yachts
Swan boat (racing), a long and narrow human-powered boat
Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts), a fleet of pleasure boats
Swan Boats (Magic Kingdom), a ride at the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, (1973–1983)
Swan Hellenic, a cruise line
Swan (sternwheeler), a stern-wheel steamboat
USS Swan, several United States Navy ships

Sport

Swan Districts Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in Bassendean, Australia
Swan Racing, a NASCAR racing team
Swan United FC, a football club based in Swan Valley, Australia
Swansea City A.F.C., a football club based in Swansea, Wales
Sydney Swans, an Australian football club
Swan, a piece of snooker equipment

Venues

England

Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company
Wycombe Swan, a theatre in High Wycombe
The Swan (theatre), in London
The Swan, Hammersmith, a public house in London
The Swan, Little Totham, a pub in Little Totham, Essex, England
The Swan, West Wycombe, a public house in Buckinghamshire
The Swan (Tetsworth inn), an historic Elizabethan coaching inn in Tetsworth

Other venues

Walt Disney World Swan, a US resort hotel

Other uses

Swan (beer), a beer label, Western Australia
Swan (chair), designed in 1958 by Arne jacobsen
Swan (Dungeons & Dragons)
Swan (Exalted), a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing
Swan (Fabergé egg), commissioned in 1906 by Tsar Nicholas II
Swan Bells, a set of bells in Perth, Australia
Swan diagram, an economics model
Swan Soap, a brand of soap introduced by the Lever Brothers Company
SwanCon, a science fiction convention

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