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Contents 1 Aeronautical engineering 2 Animals 3 Architecture 4 Astronomy 5 Biology 6 Companies and products 7 Dance 8 Economics 9 Events 10 Film 11 Games and sports 12 Hydrology 13 Language 14 Literature and poetry 15 Mathematics 16 Medicine and psychology 17 Music 18 Mythology 19 People 20 Places 20.1 Atlantic Ocean 20.2 Australia 20.3 Canada 20.4 Egypt 20.5 Europe 20.6 Latin America 20.7 United States 21 Railroads 22 Ships and boats 23 Television 24 Other 25 See also

Swan may refer to:

[edit] Aeronautical engineering

• Swan neck duct, a jet engine component

[edit] Animals

• Swan, a large water bird
• 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

[edit] Architecture

• The Swan Bells, a set of eighteen bells and their belltower in Perth, Western Australia

[edit] Astronomy

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

[edit] Biology

• Swan neck duct, a form of glassware used in microbiology, first used by Louis Pasteur

[edit] Companies and products

• Swan electronics, an American manufacturer of communications gear
• Swan Hellenic, a British cruise line
• 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 (Walt Disney World), a ride at Walt Disney World at the Magic Kingdom in Lake Buena Vista, Florida
• Swan Soap, a brand of soap marketed by Lever Brothers Company in the 1940s and 1950s
• Swan rolling papers, a brand of cigarette rolling papers

[edit] Dance

• The Dying Swan, a ballet dance choreographed to the music of the Le Cygne (The Swan)
• Danse des petits cygnes (Dance of the Little Swans), a famous dance from the ballet Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky.

[edit] Economics

• Swan diagram, which represents the situation of a country with a currency peg

[edit] Events

• SwanCon, a science fiction convention held in Perth, Western Australia
• Swan Upping, an annual ceremonial and practical activity in England

[edit] Film

• The Swan (film), a 1925 silent film and its 1956 remake
• Swan, a fictional gang member in the 1979 film, The Warriors

[edit] Games and 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, a piece of snooker equipment used for awkward shots; see List of snooker equipment

[edit] Hydrology

• Simulating WAves Nearshore, or SWAN a system of wave modelling ; see SWAN

[edit] Language

• Swan is used in some regional English language dialects as synonymous with swear (as in "I swan"). Origin is "Is'wan" from the dialect of northern England, meaning "I shall warrant", but "I swan" is mostly found in some local dialects of American English (i.e. parts of Appalachia and the Midwest, such as West Virginia, Kentucky, and Ohio).

[edit] Literature and poetry

• 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 Trumpet of the Swan, a classic 1971 children's book written by E.B. White.

[edit] Mathematics

• Swan's theorem, which relates vector bundles to projective modules

[edit] Medicine and psychology

• SWAN, an abbreviation for "Syndromes Without A Name"; see Syndrome
• Pulmonary artery catheter, frequently referred to as a "Swan-Ganz catheter"

[edit] Music

• The Swan Bells, a set of eighteen bells in Perth, Western Australia
• Swan Island (band), a five-piece rock band from Portland, Oregon
• Swan Lee, a Danish band featuring Pernille Rosendahl on vocals
• Swan Records, a mid-20th century United States-based record label
• Swan Records (jazz label), a 1940's jazz record label
• The Swan, also known as Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns), a short musical composition for cello and piano by Camille Saint-Saëns
• Swanee (singer), the stage name of Australian rock singer John Swan
• Swans (band), a band from New York
• Zwan, a band formed by Billy Corgan after the disbanding of the Smashing Pumpkins

[edit] Mythology

• Swan maiden, a mythical creature which shapeshifts from human form to swan form

[edit] People

• Swan, an earlier stage name of adult model Justine Joli (b. 1980)
• "Swan", a nickname carried by American musician and actor Anthony Kiedis (b. 1962), best known as lead vocalist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers
• "The Swan", a nickname carried by Christian comedian and former evangelical pastor Dennis Swanberg (b. ?)
• Anni Swan (1875-1958), Finnish writer
• Astrid Swan (b. 1982), a Finnish musician and singer
• Guy C. Swan III (b. ?), a United States Army major general
• Isabel Swan (b. 1983), a Brazilian sailor
• James Swan (b. 1974), an Australian boxer
• James Swan, mayor of Brisbane
• James G. Swan (1818-1900), a U.S. Indian agent
• Jeremy Swan (1922-2005), an Irish cardiologist
• Jeremy Swan (b. ?), a tatto artist in Los Angeles, California; see brokenarttatto.com]
• John Swan (b. 1952), a Australian rock singer known as Swanee
• Joseph Swan (1828-1914), an English physicist and chemist
• Maria Swan, the stage name of Czech adult and glamor model Jana Defi (b. 1984)
• Richard Swan (b ?), an American mathematician
• Wayne Swan (b. 1954), an Australian politician

[edit] Places

[edit] Atlantic Ocean

• Swan Islands, Falkland Islands

[edit] 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 Hill, Victoria
• Swan Hill Airport
• Swan Reach, South Australia, a river port in South Australia
• Swan View, Western Australia

[edit] Canada

• Swan Hills, Alberta

[edit] Egypt

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

[edit] Europe

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

[edit] Latin America

• Swan Islands, Honduras

[edit] United States

• Swan, Iowa, a city in Marion County, Iowa
• Swan, Texas, an unincorporated community in Smith County, Texas,
• Swan Creek Township, Fulton County, Ohio, one of the twelve townships of Fulton County, Ohio
• Swan Island Site, a site located in or near the city of Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois
• Swan's Island, Maine, an island town in Hancock County, Maine
• Swan Point Cemetery, a cemetery in Providence, Rhode Island
• Swan Pond, West Virginia
• Swan Quarter, North Carolina
• Swan Township, Vinton County, Ohio

[edit] Railroads

• Swan Hill railway line, Victoria, a railway line in Victoria, Australia

[edit] Ships and boats

• HMAS Swan, three ships of the Royal Australian Navy
• HMS Swan, nineteen ships of the British Royal Navy
• USS Swan, various ships of the United States Navy
• Nautor's Swan, sailing yachts made by Nautor in Finland
• Swan boat (racing), a very long and narrow human-powered boat
• Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts), a fleet of pleasure boats operating on the lake of the Boston Public Garden in Boston, Massachusetts
• Swan fan Makkum, a brigantine built in 1993 in the Gdansk shipyard in Poland

[edit] Television

• 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

[edit] Other

• Bella Swan, the protagonist of the Twilight series
• Elizabeth Swann, from the Pirates of the Caribbean film series

[edit] See also

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

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