Orel (meaning ''eagle'' in some
Slavic languages
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; also a common first name in
Israel
Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...
meaning ''Light of God'' in
Hebrew
Hebrew (; ; ) is a Northwest Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Historically, it is one of the spoken languages of the Israelites and their longest-surviving descendants, the Jews and Samaritans. It was largely preserved ...
) may refer to:
People
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Orel Hershiser
Orel Leonard Hershiser IV (born September 16, 1958) is an American former baseball pitcher who played 18 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1983 to 2000. He later became a pitching coach for the Texas Rangers from 2002 to 2005 and a bro ...
(born 1958), former professional right-handed pitcher
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Vladimir Orel
Vladimir Emmanuilovich Orël (russian: Владимир Эммануилович Орëл; 9 February 1952 – 5 August 2007) was a Russian linguist and etymologist.
Biography
At the Moscow State University he studied theoretical linguistics ( ...
(1952–2007), Russian linguist
Places
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Orel (Chrudim District)
Orel is a municipality and village in Chrudim District
Chrudim District ( cs, okres Chrudim) is a district ('' okres'') within Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. Its capital is the town of Chrudim.
Overview
The district has mostly flat terr ...
, a municipality and village in Pardubice Region, Czech Republic
*Orel, a village in
Sveti Nikole Municipality
Sveti Nikole ( mk, Свети Николе ) is a municipality in eastern Macedonia
Macedonia most commonly refers to:
* North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia
* Macedonia (ancient ki ...
, North Macedonia
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Orel, Russia
Oryol (russian: Орёл), alternatively spelled Orel, is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.
;Urban localities
*Oryol, a city in Oryol Oblast;
;Rural localities
* Orel, Altai Krai, a settlement in Zelenoroshchinsky Selsoviet o ...
(''Oryol''), several inhabited localities in Russia
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Lake Orel
Lake Orel () is a large freshwater lake in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia. It has an area of 314 km2 and a maximum depth of 3.8 m. It is located near the left bank of the Amur River
The Amur (russian: река́ Аму́р, ), or Heilong Jiang (, ...
, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Vehicles
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Orel (spacecraft)
Orel (russian: Орёл, , Eagle) or Oryol, formerly Federation (russian: Федерация, Federatsiya}), and PPPTS (russian: Перспективная Портативный Пилотируемая Транспортная Система, ...
, a Russian crewed spacecraft in development
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Antey-Class SSGN "Orel", a guided missile submarine
Fiction
* Dr. Orel Benton, a character in the Christmas fantasy drama film
''Prancer''
Other
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Orel (movement)
The Orel ("eagle" in Czech) is a Moravia-based Czech youth movement and gymnastics organization which emerged between 1896–1909 as Catholic Church-supported competitor of another Czech sport movement Sokol (founded 1862), oriented more nat ...
, a Moravian/Czech youth movement and gymnastics organization
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Project 1153 Orel, a Soviet aircraft carrier project
*Orel, a nickname given to French rapper and songwriter
Orelsan
Aurélien Cotentin (; born 1 August 1982), better known by his stage name Orelsan, sometimes stylized as OrelSan (), is a French Rapping, rapper, songwriter, record producer, actor and film director. He has released four studio albums: his debut ...
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Orel Anzio The Orel Anzio was a Minor League Baseball club that played in the Italian Baseball League in its 2006 season.
The team was based in Anzio, a city located on the coast of the Lazio region of Italy, about 33 miles south of Rome
, establis ...
, an Italian Baseball League club
See also
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Moral Orel
''Moral Orel'' is an American adult animation, adult Stop motion, stop-motion animated sitcom created by Dino Stamatopoulos which originally aired on Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim from December 13, 2005 to December 18, ...
'', a television show on Adult Swim
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Oryol (disambiguation)
Oryol is a city in Russia.
Oryol may also refer to:
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Places
* Oryol Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, of which Oryol is the capital
* Oryol Governorate, an administrative unit of the Russian Empire from 1796 to 1928
** Oryol electora ...
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