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A swan is a large water bird. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... It has been suggested that French Wiktionary be merged into this article or section. ... Species 6-7 living, see text. ...

Swan may also refer to:

Places

Australia

• City of Swan, a municipality in Perth, Western Australia
  • Division of Swan, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Western Australia, based on the surrounding area
• Swan Bay (Victoria)
• Swan Coastal Plain
• Swan District
• Swan Hill, Victoria
• Swan Hill Airport
• Swan Reach, South Australia, a river port in South Australia
• Swan View, Western Australia

The City of Swan is a Local Government Area of Western Australia. ... The Division of Swan is an Australian Electoral Division located in Western Australia. ... Swan Bay () is a shallow, 30 km² marine embayment at the eastern end of the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia. ... Swan Coastal Plain Swan Coast Plain from Darling Scarp The geographic feature that lies directly west of the Darling Scarp, and which contains the Swan River as it travels west to the Indian Ocean. ... Image:Cit-Of-Swan-Map. ... Swan Hill from above Swan Hill () is a city in the north west of Victoria, Australia. ... Swan Hill Airport (IATA: SWH, ICAO: YSWH) is located at Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia and is home to the Mid Murray Flying Club. ... Swan Reach is a river port located 127 km north east of Adelaide on the Murray River between Blanchetown and Mannum in South Australia. ... Swan View is a locality in the City of Swan local government area in the Perth, Western Australia metropolitan area, on the edge of the Darling Scarp. ...

Europe

• The Swan (theatre), a theatre in Southwark, London
• "The Swan", a small village in Co. Laois, Ireland
• Swan Industrial Estate, Banbury
• Swan Gate, an area of land to the west side of Athenry town
• The Swan (theatre), a theatre in Southwark, London
• Swan Theatre (Stratford), a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, England
• "The Swan", a nickname for the Erasmusbrug, a bridge in Rotterdam

A 1596 sketch of a performance in progress on the platform or apron stage of the Swan. ... Swan Industrial Estate is locted off of Marlborough Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire. ... An area of land to the west side of Athenry town, across from where Kenny Park the local GAA pitch is located. ... A 1596 sketch of a performance in progress on the platform or apron stage of the Swan. ... The Swan Theatre is a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, UK. It is built onto the side of the larger Royal Shakespeare Theatre, occupying the Victorian Gothic structure that formerly housed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre that preceded the RST. The Swan is designed as... The Erasmusbrug is a bridge next to the Willemsbrug and the second one over the Nieuwe Maas in the centre of Rotterdam. ...

United States

• Swan, Iowa, a small village in Iowa
• Swan's Island, Maine
• Swan, Texas
• Swan Creek Township, Fulton County, Ohio
• Swan Point Cemetery
• Swan Pond, West Virginia
• Swan Quarter, North Carolina
• Swan Township, Vinton County, Ohio
• Swan Island Site, a site located in or near the city of Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois

Swan is a small town located in Marion County, Iowa. ... Swans Island is an island town in Hancock County, Maine, United States. ... Swan, Texas is an unincorporated town in east central Smith County. ... Location of Swan Creek Twp, Fulton Co, Ohio. ... Swan Point Cemetery is a cemetery located in Providence, Rhode Island, USA. Established in 1846 on a 60 acre plot of land. ... Swan Pond is an unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia. ... Swan Quarter is a census-designated place in North Carolina, in Hyde County. ... Map of Vinton County with municipalities and townships Swan Township is one of the twelve townships of Vinton County, Ohio. ... The Swan Island Site is located in or near the city of Palestine, Crawford County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. ...

Honduras

• Swan Islands, Falkland Islands
• Swan Islands, Honduras

The Swan Islands are a small group of islands in the middle of Falkland Sound in the Falkland Islands. ... The Swan Islands are a chain of three islands located in the northwestern Caribbean Sea, approximately ninety miles off the coastline of Honduras. ...

Other

• Swan Hills, Alberta
• Swan, the Coptic name for the Egyptian city of Aswan

Swan Hills is a town in northern Alberta located north of Whitecourt at the junction of Highway 32 and Highway 33. ... Aswan (Arabic: أسوان Aswān) (, population 200,000) is a city in the south of Egypt, the capital of the Aswan Governorate. ...

People

• Elizabeth Swann, fictional character from the film Pirates of the Carribean
• James Swan, an Australian boxer
• Joseph Swan, an English physicist and chemist
• Justine Joli, an erotic actress that sometimes goes by the stagename swan
• "The Swan", a nickname carried by Christian comedian Dennis Swanberg
• Weatherby Swann (a.k.a Governor Swann) fictional governor of the town of Port Royal in the film Pirates of the Carribean and father to Elizabeth Swann.

Elizabeth Swann is a fictional character, and also one of the main characters, first introduced in the 2003 Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. ... Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a movie of adventure and romance set in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century. ... James Swan (born July 6, 1974 in Alice Springs, Northern Territory) is a bantamweight boxer from Australia, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1996. ... Joseph Swan Sir Joseph Wilson Swan (October 31, 1828 – May 27, 1914) was an English physicist and chemist, most famous for the development of the light bulb. ... Justine Joli (July 16, 1980) is the stage name of an American adult model and porn actress. ... Christian Comedian Dennis Swanberg Dennis Swanberg (AKA The Swan or Swanny) is an American evangelical pastor-turned-comedian who travels around America performing stand-up comedy with a Christian message. ... Weatherby Swann, or Governor Swann, is the fictional governor of the Caribbean town of Port Royal in Disneys Pirates of the Caribbean movies, the first of which The Curse of the Black Pearl came out in 2003, while the sequels are due out in the summers of 2006 and... Port-Royal was a Cistercian convent in the Vallée de Chevreuse southwest of Paris that launched a number of culturally important institutions. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ... Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl is a movie of adventure and romance set in the Caribbean during the seventeenth century. ... Elizabeth Swann is a fictional character, and also one of the main characters, first introduced in the 2003 Disney film Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. ...

Music

• Swans (band), a band from New York
• Zwan, a band formed by Billy Corgan after the disbanding of the Smashing Pumpkins
• Swan Records, a mid-20th century United States based record label
• Swan Records (jazz label), a 1940's jazz record label
• Le Cygne (classical composition) or The Swan, a short musical composition for cello and piano
• Swan Lee, a Danish band featuring Pernille Rosendahl on vocals
• Swan Island (band), a five-piece rock band from Portland, Oregon

Swans were an influential American rock, experimental, folk and post-industrial band active from 1982 to 1997, led by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Michael Gira. ... Zwan was a short-lived indie supergroup that was formed by The Smashing Pumpkins lead singer Billy Corgan in 2001. ... Label of Swan record by Phil Napoleons jazz band Swan Records was a mid-20th century United States based record label based in Philadelphia. ... Label of 78rpm Swan Record by Phil Napoleons jazz band, recorded on April 1946. ... Le Cygne captures the idea of a swimming swan. ... Swan Lee was a Danish band featuring Pernille Rosendahl on vocals. ... Swan Island is a five-piece rock band from Portland, OR. Their music is influenced by classic rock, new wave, prog rock, and metal, as well as Queercore bands from the Pacific Northwest. ...

Entertainment

• The Swan (film), a 1925 silent film and its 1956 remake
• The Swan (TV series), a 2004 reality television series on the Fox network
• Swan Jake (Good Morning, Miami episode), episode 4 of season 1 of the NBC situation comedy Good Morning, Miami
• Swan's Place, a variety talk show hosted by Christian comedian Dennis Swanberg
• The Swan is the third DHARMA Initiative station in the television show Lost

The Swan is a 1956 remake, directed by Charles Vidor, of a 1925 movie about the daughter of a minor branch of a European royal house who is being considered as a wife for her cousin, the heir to the throne. ... The Swan was a 2004 U.S. reality television program broadcast on the Fox network in which average-looking women were given extreme makeovers that included several forms of plastic surgery. ... Swan Jake is episode 4 of season 1 of the NBC situation comedy Good Morning, Miami. ... Swans Place is a variety talk show hosted by Christian comedian Dennis Swanberg and shown on FamilyNet television affiliates. ... On the American television show Lost, the fictional DHARMA Initiative has built several research stations on islands located somewhere in the South Pacific. ...

Companies and products

• Swan Hellenic, a British cruise line
• Swan Hill railway line, Victoria, a railway line in Victoria, Australia
• Swan Hotel, a noteworthy public house in the West Midlands
• Swan Hunter, one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom
• Walt Disney World Swan, a hotel resort located within the Walt Disney World Resort
• Swan Boats, a ride at Walt Disney World at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
• Swan & Sugarloaf, a large old pub in South Croydon in South London
• Swan Soap, a brand of soap marketed by Lever Brothers Company in the 1940s and 1950s

Swan Hellenic is a cruise line specialising in tours of historical or cultural interest. ... The Swan Hill line is a railway line in Victoria, Australia. ... A famous drinking den run by landlord Colin through the heady days of the Stourbridge Indie rock scene in the early 1990s. ... Swan Hunter, formerly known as Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, is one of the best known shipbuilding companies in the United Kingdom. ... The Walt Disney World Swan is located between Epcot and Disney-MGM Studios behind Disneys BoardWalk Resort area and across from its sister resort, the Walt Disney World Dolphin. ... Swan Boats were a ride at Walt Disney World at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. ... The Swan and Sugarloaf is an old pub located in South Croydon in South London. ... Swan was a brand of soap marketed by Lever Brothers Company in the 1940s and 1950s. ...

Animals

• Swan Goose, a large goose with a natural breeding range in Mongolia and eastern Russia
• Swan mussel, a species of freshwater mussel of the family Unionidae

Binomial name Anser cygnoides (Linnaeus, 1758) The Swan Goose, Anser cygnoides, is a large goose breeding in Mongolia and eastern Russia. ... Subclasses Heterodonta Palaeoheterodonta A mussel is a bivalve mollusk that can be found in lakes, rivers, creeks, intertidal areas, and throughout the ocean. ...

Sports

• Swan (Exalted), a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing
• Swan IC, a football (soccer) club is located in the Swan Valley 20 kilometers from Perth
• Swan Districts Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in Bassendean a suburb east of Perth
• SwanCrystal, the third version of Bandai's WonderSwan handheld game console brand

Swan from the front cover of the novel A Shadow Over Heavens Eye written by Tim Waggoner and published by White Wolf Publishing. ... The Swan IC Football Club is a football (soccer) club is located in the Swan Valley 20 kilometers from Perth. ... Swan Districts are an Australian Rules Football club based in the suburb Bassendean to the east of Perth. ... The SwanCrystal is the third (and likely final) version of Bandais WonderSwan handheld game console brand, succeeding the WonderSwan and WonderSwan Color. ...

Vehicles

• Nautor's Swan, sailing yachts made by Nautor in Finland
• HMAS Swan, three warships of the Royal Australian warship
• Swan boat, a very long and narrow human powered boat
• Swan fan Makkum, a Brigantine, built in 1993 in the Gdansk shipyard, Poland

Oy Nautor AB was founded in Finland in 1966 by Pekka Koskenkylä. Koskenkyläs intention was to build the first 10m yacht capable of both cruising and racing, using a fibre glass mould. ... Three ships of the Royal Australian Navy have been named for the Swan River in Western Australia. ... Swan boat is a very long and narrow human powered boat used in the team paddling sport of swan boat racing. ... The Swan fan Makkum is a Brigantine, built in 1993 in the Gdansk shipyard, Poland. ...

Writings

• Swan of Tuonela, an 1895 tone poem by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius
• Swan (manga), Japanese shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko
• The Swan, a play by Ferenc Molnár

The Swan of Tuonela (Tuonelan joutsen) is an 1895 tone poem by the Finland-Swedish composer Jean Sibelius. ... Swan is a shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko. ... Ferenc Molnár (b. ...

Astronomy

• Solar Wind ANisotropies (SWAN), a component of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory
  • Comet SWAN, one of several comets named for the above component
• Swan bands, a characteristic of the spectra of carbon stars, comets and of burning hydrocarbon fuels

The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) is a spacecraft that was launched on 2 December 1995 to study the Sun, and began normal operations in May 1996. ... Comet (SWAN), formally designated C/2006 M4, is a non-periodic comet discovered June 20, 2006 by Robert D. Matson of Irvine, California and Michael Mattiazzo of Adelaide, South Australia. ... Spectrum of the blue flame from a butane torch showing excited molecular radical band emission and Swan bands. ...

Other

• Pulmonary artery catheter, frequently referred to as a Swan-Ganz catheter
• Swan's theorem, relates vector bundles to projective modules
• SwanCon, a science fiction convention held in Perth, Western Australia
• Swan Bells, a set of eighteen bells in Perth, Western Australia
• Swan Upping, an annual ceremonial and practical activity in England
• Swan diagram, represents the situation of a country with a currency peg
• Swan maiden, a mythical creature who shapeshifts from human form to swan form
• Swan neck duct, a jet engine component

In medicine or biomedical engineering, pulmonary artery catheterization is the insertion of a catheter into a pulmonary artery. ... Swans theorem relates vector bundles to projective modules and gives rise to a common intuition throughout mathematics: projective modules over commutative rings are like vector bundles on compact spaces. Differential geometry Suppose M is a compact C∞-manifold, and a smooth vector bundle V is given on M... SwanCon is a science fiction convention held in Perth, Western Australia. ... View down Barrack Street The Swan Bells (, ) are a set of eighteen bells hanging in a specially built 82. ... Swan Upping is an annual ceremonial and practical activity in England in which mute swans on the River Thames are rounded up, caught, marked, and then released. ... In economics, a Swan diagram, also known as the Australian model (because it was originally used by Australian economists to model the Australian economy during the Great Depression), represents the situation of a country with a currency peg. ... The Swan May or Swan Maiden is a legend in which a young, unmarried man steals a magic robe made of swan feathers from a swan maiden so that she will not fly away and winds up marrying her. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ...

See also

• Swan River
• Swan Island
• Swan Lake (disambiguation)
• Swan Song
• Cygnus (disambiguation)
• Swann
• Swan Valley

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