Long may refer to:
Measurement
* Long, characteristic of something of great
duration
* Long, characteristic of something of great
length
Length is a measure of distance. In the International System of Quantities, length is a quantity with dimension distance. In most systems of measurement a base unit for length is chosen, from which all other units are derived. In the Inte ...
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Longitude
Longitude (, ) is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east– west position of a point on the surface of the Earth, or another celestial body. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees and denoted by the Greek let ...
(abbreviation: long.), a geographic coordinate
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Longa (music), note value in early music mensural notation
Places
Asia
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Long District, Laos
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Long District, Phrae
Long ( th, ลอง, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the western part of Phrae province, northern Thailand.
Geography
Neighboring districts are (from the north clockwise) Song, Nong Muang Khai, Mueang Phrae, Sung Men, Den Chai, and Wang C ...
, Thailand
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Longjiang (disambiguation)
Longjiang is the atonal pinyin romanization of various Chinese names, particularly or , meaning "DragonRiver". The same name also sometimes occurs as Lung Chiang, Keang, or Kiang. It may refer to:
Places Rivers
* Long River (Guangxi)
* Long Riv ...
or River Long (lit. "dragon river"), one of several rivers in China
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Yangtze River
The Yangtze or Yangzi ( or ; ) is the longest river in Asia, the third-longest in the world, and the longest in the world to flow entirely within one country. It rises at Jari Hill in the Tanggula Mountains (Tibetan Plateau) and flows ...
or Changjiang (lit. "Long River"), China
Elsewhere
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Long, Somme, France
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Long, Washington Long is an unincorporated community in Columbia County, in the U.S. state of Washington
Washington commonly refers to:
* Washington (state), United States
* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal governme ...
, United States
People
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Long (surname)
The Longs in Ireland got their names from a number of different origins. Some are of English, Scottish and Norman descent. The Norman de Long and le Lung arrived in the 11th century with the Anglo-Norman conquest in 1066 AD and established i ...
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Long (surname 龍)
LongThe approximate English pronunciation of the surname in Mandarin is . is the pinyin romanization of a Chinese surname. It includes / , which means "dragon" in Chinese, ranking number 80 on the list of common Chinese surnames in 2006, up fro ...
(Chinese surname)
Fictional characters
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Long (''Bloody Roar''), in the video game series
Sports
* Long, a
fielding term in cricket
* Long, in
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...
and similar games, beyond the service line during a serve and beyond the baseline during play
Other uses
* , a U.S. Navy ship name
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Long (finance)
In finance, a long position in a financial instrument means the holder of the position owns a positive amount of the instrument. The holder of the position has the expectation that the financial instrument will increase in value. This is known a ...
, a position in finance, especially stock markets
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Lòng
A longtang (, Shanghainese: ''longdhang'') is a lane in Shanghai and, by extension, a community centred on a lane or several interconnected lanes. It is sometimes called lilong (); the latter name incorporates the ''-li'' suffix often used in th ...
, name for a laneway in Shanghai
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Long integer
In computer science, an integer is a datum of integral data type, a data type that represents some range of mathematical integers. Integral data types may be of different sizes and may or may not be allowed to contain negative values. Integers are ...
, a computer data type denoted by in many programming languages
* Lóng, pinyin transliteration of 龍 or 龙, the Chinese characters for "
Chinese dragon
The Chinese dragon, also known as ''loong'', ''long'' or ''lung'', is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture at large. Chinese dragons have many Outline of life forms, animal-like forms such as Bixi (my ...
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Length (disambiguation)
Length in its basic meaning is the long dimension of an object.
Length may also refer to:
Mathematics
*Arc length, the distance between two points along a section of a curve.
* Length of a sequence or tuple, the number of terms. (The length of a ...
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Long County (disambiguation) Long County may refer to:
* Long County, Shaanxi (陇县), China
*Long County, Georgia
Long County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The county seat is Ludowici. Long County is part of the Hinesville-Fort Stewart Metropolit ...
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Long Island (disambiguation) Long Island is a densely populated island in the southeastern geographical area of the State of New York.
Long Island may also refer to:
Antarctica
* Long Island (Antarctica)
Antigua and Barbuda
* Long Island, Antigua
Australia
* Long ...
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Long Lake (disambiguation) Long Lake may refer to:
Cities, towns, places Canada
*Long Lake, Alberta, hamlet
*Long Lake (oil sands), an oil sands upgrader project in Alberta
*Long Lake Provincial Park (Alberta)
*Long Lake Provincial Park (Nova Scotia)
* Long Lake, Frontenac ...
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Long Mountain (disambiguation) Long Mountain may refer to:
Geography Jamaica
*Long Mountain (Jamaica), a mountain in the Kingston area
United Kingdom
* Long Mountain (Powys), on the borders of Powys, Wales and Shropshire, England
United States
*Long Mountain (Hampshire County ...
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Justice Long (disambiguation) Justice Long may refer to:
*Charles D. Long
Charles Dean Long (June 14, 1841 – June 27, 1902) was a justice of the Michigan Supreme Court from 1888 to 1902.
Early life and education
Born on a farm in the township of Grand Blanc, Michigan, Gran ...
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Long, Long, Long
"Long, Long, Long" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1968 album ''The Beatles'' (also known as "the White Album"). It was written by George Harrison, the group's lead guitarist, while he and his bandmates were attending ...
", a 1968 song by The Beatles
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Long long
In computer science, an integer is a datum of integral data type, a data type that represents some range of mathematical integers. Integral data types may be of different sizes and may or may not be allowed to contain negative values. Integers ar ...
, a type of integer data type in computing
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Longleng
Longleng (Pron:/ˈlɒŋˌlɛŋ/) is a town and the district headquarters of the Longleng District of Nagaland. The town is inhabited by the Phom Naga
Phom is a Naga tribe from Nagaland, India. Their traditional territory lies between the ter ...
a district of Phom people in Nagaland, India
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Short (disambiguation)
Short may refer to:
Places
* Short (crater), a lunar impact crater on the near side of the Moon
* Short, Mississippi, an unincorporated community
* Short, Oklahoma, a census-designated place
People
* Short (surname)
* List of people known as ...
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