BQ, Bq, or bq may refer to:

Places

* Navassa Island (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code BQ) * Caribbean Netherlands (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) **

.bq .bq is designated—but not in use—as the Internet country code top-level domain ( ccTLD) for '' Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba'' (the Caribbean Netherlands) following the assignment on December 15, 2010, by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency ...

, the country-code Top Level Domain for Caribbean Netherlands * British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)

Businesses and organizations

Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas (also known as Aeromar Airlines) was an airline based in the Dominican Republic. History The airline was founded as Aeromar Cargo in 1962 as an airfreight forwarder and all-cargo carrier. The airline was t ...

(IATA airline designator BQ) * Bin Quraya, leading heavy equipment rental firm in Saudi Arabia *

Birds Queensland The Queensland Ornithological Society Inc (QOSI), also known as Birds Queensland, was founded on 15 October 1969 when the Queensland branch of the Royal Australasian Ornithologists Union (RAOU) became defunct following drastic reform within th ...

, the ornithological society of Queensland, Australia *

Bloc Québécois The Bloc Québécois (BQ; , "Québécois people, Quebecer Voting bloc, Bloc") is a list of federal political parties in Canada, federal political party in Canada devoted to Quebec nationalism and the promotion of Quebec sovereignty movement, Que ...

, a political party of Canada * BQ (company), a Spanish user electronics company **

BQ Aquaris BQ (former name: Mundo Reader) was a Spanish company brand of user electronics devices, such as smartphones, tablets, e-readers and 3D printers among other products. Among BQ's most notable products are the first AndroidOne mobile phone in Eur ...

, the company's brand of devices

Science and technology

* Becquerel (Bq), the SI derived unit of radioactivity * Benzoquinone, a chemical compound * BQ.1 and

BQ.1.1 Omicron (B.1.1.529) is a variant of SARS-CoV-2 first reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) by the Network for Genomics Surveillance in South Africa on 24 November 2021. It was first detected in Botswana and has spread to become the p ...

(Cerberus), SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants *

BQ-788 BQ-788 is a selective ETB antagonist. See also * Endothelin Endothelins are peptides with receptors and effects in many body organs. Endothelin constricts blood vessels and raises blood pressure. The endothelins are normally kept in balan ...

, a selective ETB antagonist *

BQ-123 BQ-123, also known as cyclo(-D-Trp-D-Asp-Pro-D-Val-Leu-), is a cyclic pentapeptide that was first isolated from a fermentation broth of '' Streptomyces misakiensis'' in 1991. NMR studies indicate that the polypeptide backbone consists of a type II ...

, a cyclic peptide * Broadcast quality, a video quality standard for broadcast television

Other uses

* Boston Qualifier, a qualifier in the

Boston Marathon The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by several cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was i ...

* Band Queer, etymologically Band Qualified, a member of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band