Dow or DOW may refer to:

Business

Dow Jones Industrial Average The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), Dow Jones, or simply the Dow (), is a stock market index of 30 prominent companies listed on stock exchanges in the United States. The DJIA is one of the oldest and most commonly followed equity inde ...

, or simply the Dow, a stock market index *

Dow Inc. The Dow Chemical Company, officially Dow Inc., is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company is among the three largest chemical producers in the world. Dow manufactures plastics ...

, an American commodity chemical company **

Dow Chemical Company The Dow Chemical Company, officially Dow Inc., is an American multinational chemical corporation headquartered in Midland, Michigan, United States. The company is among the three largest chemical producers in the world. Dow manufactures plastic ...

, a subsidiary, an American multinational chemical corporation *

Dow Breweries Dow Breweries was a brewery based in the province of Quebec, Canada. The company was founded by William Dow (1800–1868). The Dow Brewery eventually came under the control of National Breweries of Quebec in the 1920s, which itself was bought ...

, a former Canadian brewing company

Ethnicities and languages

Dow people Dow or DOW may refer to: Business * Dow Jones Industrial Average, or simply the Dow, a stock market index * Dow Inc., an American commodity chemical company ** Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary, an American multinational chemical corporation ...

, an ethnic group of Brazil *

Dow language Dow or DOW may refer to: Business * Dow Jones Industrial Average, or simply the Dow, a stock market index * Dow Inc., an American commodity chemical company ** Dow Chemical Company, a subsidiary, an American multinational chemical corporation ...

*dow, the ISO 639-3 code for the

Doyayo language Doyayo (ethnonym: ''Dowayo'') is a language of the Duru branch of Adamawa languages spoken in Cameroon. ''Doyayo'' (Doo²³ya̰a̰¹yɔ¹ 'man's mouth'; alternatively Doo²waa²³ya̰a̰¹yɔ¹ 'man's child's mouth') is spoken by the Dowayo (or ...

of Cameroon

Places

County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers an area of and has a population of 531,665. It borders County Antrim to the ...

, Northern Ireland, Chapman code DOW *

Dow, Illinois Dow is an unincorporated community in Jersey County, Illinois, United States. History Dow was laid out in 1883 when the railroad was extended to that point. The community derives its name from its founder, John McDow. Education Dow was served by ...

, U.S. *

Dow City, Iowa Dow City is a city in Crawford County, Iowa, Crawford County, Iowa, United States, along the Boyer River. The population was 485 at the time of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. History Judge S. E. Dow settled at what is now Dow City i ...

, U.S. *

Dow, Kentucky Dow is an unincorporated area, unincorporated community located in Perry County, Kentucky, Perry County, Kentucky, United States. Its post office is closed. References

Unincorporated communities in Perry County, Kentucky Unincorporat ...

, U.S. *

Dow Village (disambiguation) Dow Village may refer to: * Dow Village, Couva, Trinidad and Tobago * Dow Village, South Oropouche, Trinidad and Tobago See also

* Dow, Kentucky, United States {{geodis ...

, two places in Trinidad and Tobago *

Downingtown station Downingtown station is a commuter and intercity passenger rail station located in the western suburbs of Philadelphia at West Lancaster Avenue & Stuart Avenue in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. It is served by most Amtrak '' Keystone Service'' and SEPT ...

, Pennsylvania, U.S., Amtrak station code DOW *

Dow Nunatak Dow Nunatak () is a small, relatively isolated nunatak 3.5 nautical miles (6 km) northwest of Mount Sinha in the southwest part of McDonald Heights, Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys ...

, Antarctica * Dow Peak, Antarctica

Other uses

Dow (surname) Dow () is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Albert G. Dow (1808–1908), New York politician * Arthur Wesley Dow (1857–1922), American painter, printmaker, photographer and arts educator. *Charles Dow (1851–1902), founder o ...

, including a list of people with the name *

Dow Finsterwald Dow Henry Finsterwald, Sr. (September 6, 1929 – November 4, 2022) was an American professional golfer who is best known for winning the 1958 PGA Championship. He won 11 Tour titles between 1955 and 1963, played on four Ryder Cup teams, and ser ...

(born 1929), American golfer *

Dow process The Dow process is the electrolytic method of bromine extraction from brine, and was Herbert Henry Dow's second revolutionary process for generating bromine commercially. This process was patented in 1891. In the original invention, bromide-conta ...

, a method of bromine extraction *

Dow Tennis Classic The Dow Tennis Classic or Dow Corning Tennis Classic (DCTC) is a WTA 125 level tennis tournament. It is played in October–November each year in Midland, Michigan. From 2010 to 2020, it used to be held as a $100,000 tournament as part of the ITF ...

, an ITF Women's Circuit tennis tournament *

Dow University of Health Sciences The Dow University of Health Sciences (DUHS) is a public medical university located in the Urban metropolitan area of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It was founded by Sir Hugh Dow, the then Governor of Sindh, in 1945. The university comprises two h ...

, in Pakistan *

Deep ocean water Deep ocean water (DOW) is the name for cold, salty water found deep below the surface of Earth's oceans. Ocean water differs in temperature and salinity. Warm surface water is generally saltier than the cooler deep or polar waters; in polar regio ...

, a marine term * Died of wounds, a military casualty classification * Doppler on Wheels, devices used for meteorological research * Dow Cook, a fictional character in the ''

Fusion Fusion, or synthesis, is the process of combining two or more distinct entities into a new whole. Fusion may also refer to: Science and technology Physics *Nuclear fusion, multiple atomic nuclei combining to form one or more different atomic nucl ...

'' comics series *

United States Department of War The United States Department of War, also called the War Department (and occasionally War Office in the early years), was the United States Cabinet department originally responsible for the operation and maintenance of the United States Army, a ...

, an extinct department of the United States government