Paragon may refer to:
Places
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Paragon, Indiana
Paragon is a town in Ray Township, Morgan County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 467 at the 2020 census.
History
Paragon was founded in the early 1850s about the same time the first store was opened in the community in 1852. A ...
, a town in the United States
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Paragon, Nebraska
Paragon is a former community that was located in Cedar County, NE about 4.5 miles northeast of Hartington, NE. It was called a community because its cemetery, school, mill, post office and store were located within a radius of about one mile of ...
, former community in the United States
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The Paragon, Bath
The Paragon in the Walcot area of Bath, Somerset, England is a street of Georgian houses which have been designated as listed buildings. It was designed by Thomas Warr Attwood. It now forms part of the A4.
Numbers 1 to 21 are 3 storey houses ...
, a Georgian street in the Walcot area of Bath
* The Paragon, Blackheath, London, built by
Michael Searles
Michael Searles (1750–1813) was an English commercial architect of large houses, particularly in London. His most notable achievement is perhaps The Paragon in Blackheath.
Searles was the son of a Greenwich surveyor, also named Michael Searles ...
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The Paragon, Singapore
The Paragon is a luxury shopping complex located in the Orchard Road area of Singapore.
Background
It was redeveloped in the late 1990s, transforming it into a modern glass-covered building. It has been described as “posh and sleek”.
In Janu ...
, a shopping mall
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Siam Paragon
Siam Paragon ( th, สยามพารากอน) is a shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of the largest malls in Thailand, along with IconSiam, CentralWorld and CentralPlaza WestGate.
Siam Paragon includes a range of specialty sto ...
, a shopping complex in Bangkok, Thailand
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McLaren Technology Centre
The McLaren Technology Centre is the headquarters of the McLaren Group and its subsidiaries, located on a 500,000 m2 (50-hectare) site in Woking, Surrey, England. The complex consists of two buildings: the original McLaren Technology Centre, ...
, formerly called the Paragon Technology Centre
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Hull Paragon Interchange
Hull Paragon Interchange is a transport interchange providing rail, bus and coach services located in the city centre of Kingston upon Hull, England. The G. T. Andrews-designed station was originally named ''Paragon Station'', and together ...
, a railway station and transportation complex in Kingston upon Hull, England
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Paragon International School (Cambodia)
Paragon International School (Formerly Zaman International School) is a private bilingual international school in Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh. Paragon ISC is certified by the Cambodian Ministry of Education, is a CIS(Council o ...
, a private school in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Paragon International University
Paragon International University ( km, សាកលវិទ្យាល័យអន្តរជាតិផារ៉ាហ្គន), formerly Zaman University ( km, សាកលវិទ្យាល័យហ្សាម៉ាន់) from 2010 t ...
, a private university in Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Companies
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Paragon China
The Paragon China Company was a British manufacturer of bone china from 1919 to 1960, based in Longton, Stoke-on-Trent, previously known as the Star China Company, and more recently part of the Royal Doulton group. Paragon was noted for produci ...
, a British manufacturer of bone china
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Paragon Gaming
Paragon Gaming is a gaming company based in Enterprise, Nevada that owns and manages casinos in the United States and formerly in Canada.
History
Paragon Gaming was founded in 2000 by cousins Diana Bennett and Scott Menke, who were experienced ga ...
, an American casino company
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Paragon Group of Companies
The Paragon Banking Group PLC is one of the United Kingdom's largest providers of mortgages and personal loans. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
History
The company was established in 1985 as ...
, a British mortgage lender
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Paragon Software
Paragon Software Corporation was an American video game developer based in Greensburg, Pennsylvania. Founded on December 12, 1985, by Mark E. Seremet and Antony Davies, the company was best known for games developed around licenses from Marv ...
, a video game company founded in 1987
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Paragon Software Group
Paragon Software Group is a German software company that develops hard drive management software, low-level file system drivers and storage technologies. The Smart Handheld Device Division (SHDD) offers multilingual dictionaries, multilingual ha ...
, a software company founded in 1994
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Paragon Space Development Corporation
Paragon Space Development Corporation is an American company headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. Paragon is a provider of environmental controls for extreme and hazardous environments. They design, build, test and operate life-support systems and l ...
, a space hardware company
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Paragon Studios
Paragon Studios was a video game developer, and wholly owned subsidiary of NCsoft. Founded in November 2007 as NCsoft NorCal, the studio's remit was to further develop the ''City of Heroes'' and ''City of Villains'' franchises following the acq ...
, a video game company founded in 2007
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Parragon
Parragon Books Ltd, a United Kingdom publishing company, was formed in 1988 by friends Guy Parr and Paul Anderson. In 2001, it became part of D. C. Thomson & Co.
History
Parragon began its early years by developing business through overstocks ...
Books Ltd, a United Kingdom publishing company
In arts and entertainment
In comics
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Paragon (Cooper Roth), Marvel Comics superhero
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Paragon (Maya), a fictional character in the video game ''Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects''
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Paragon (DC Comics)
Paragon is a supervillain published by DC Comics. He first appeared in ''Justice League of America'' vol. 1 #224 (March 1984), and was created by Kurt Busiek and Chuck Patton.
Fictional character biography
In his initial appearance Paragon face ...
, a fictional supervillain published by DC Comics
In gaming
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Paragon (video game)
''Paragon'' was a free-to-play multiplayer online battle arena game developed and published by Epic Games. Powered by their own Unreal Engine 4, the game started buy-to-play early access in March 2016, and free-to-play access to its open beta sta ...
, a cancelled MOBA video game
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Paragon: The Overprime (video game), a MOBA video game by SoulEVE Netmarble
*Paragon, an elite member of Dwarven society, revered like a god by Dwarves in the game ''
Dragon Age: Origins''
*Paragon, one of the professions available in the PC game ''
Guild Wars Nightfall
''Guild Wars Nightfall'' is a fantasy action role-playing game and the third stand-alone campaign in the ''Guild Wars'' series developed by ArenaNet, a subsidiary of NCSOFT corporation. ''Nightfall'' was released worldwide on October 27, 2006 af ...
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*Paragon City, a fictional city in the computer game ''
City of Heroes
''City of Heroes'' (''CoH'') was a massively multiplayer online role-playing game which was developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSOFT. The game was launched in North America on April 28, 2004, and in Europe by NCsoft Europe on Febru ...
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*Paragon Levels, a leveling system in the computer game ''
Diablo 3
''Diablo III'' is a hack-and-slash action role-playing game developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment as the third installment in the ''Diablo'' franchise. It was released for Microsoft Windows and OS X in May 2012, PlayStation 3 and Xb ...
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*Paragon points, a type of scoring/level system in the game series ''
Mass Effect
''Mass Effect'' is a military science fiction media franchise created by Casey Hudson, Drew Karpyshyn and Preston Watamaniuk. The franchise depicts a distant future where humanity and several alien civilizations have colonized the known univers ...
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*Paragon, a solid-state pinball table from
Bally Manufacturing
Bally Manufacturing, later renamed Bally Entertainment, was an American company that began as a pinball and slot machine manufacturer, and later expanded into casinos, video games, health clubs, and theme parks. It was acquired by Hilton Hotel ...
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In music
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''Paragon'' (album), a 2004 album by Exists
*"Paragon", a song by Northlane from the album ''
Mesmer
Franz Anton Mesmer (; ; 23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He theorised the existence of a natural energy transference occurring between all animated and inanimate objects; this he called "anim ...
'', 2017
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Paragon (band)
Paragon is a speed metal band from Hamburg, Germany.
Biography
Paragon was founded by guitarist Martin Christian (who in many of the band's album booklets is written as Martin Wöbcke when it comes to songwriting-credits). After releasing some ...
, a heavy metal band from Germany
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The Paragons
The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, initially active in the 1960s. Their most famous track was "The Tide Is High", written by band member John Holt (singer), John Holt.
Career
The Parago ...
, a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica
*Paragon cymbals, a line of cymbals made by
Sabian Sabian may refer to:
*Sabians, name of a religious group mentioned in the Quran, historically adopted by:
**Mandaeans, Gnostic sect from the marshlands of southern Iraq claiming John the Baptist as their most important prophet
**Sabians of Harran, ...
, designed specifically for drummer Neil Peart
Other uses in arts and entertainment
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JBL Paragon
The JBL D44000 Paragon is a one-piece stereo loudspeaker created by JBL that was introduced in 1957 and discontinued in 1983; its production run was the longest of any JBL speaker. At its launch, the Paragon was the most expensive domestic loud ...
, an iconic loudspeaker system from JBL
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John Paragon
John Dixon Paragon (December 9, 1954 – April 3, 2021) was an American actor, writer and director. He is known for his work on the television series ''Pee-wee's Playhouse'', where he portrayed Jambi the Genie and provided the voice for Pterri ...
(1954–2021), actor, writer, and director
*Paragon, a sentient vessel from Robin Hobb's ''
Liveship Traders Trilogy
The ''Liveship Traders'' is a trilogy of fantasy novels by American author Robin Hobb. A nautical fantasy series, the ''Liveship Traders'' is the second trilogy set in the ''Realm of the Elderlings'' and features pirates, sea serpents, a family ...
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Other uses
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Paragon (typography), the size of type between great primer and double pica, standardized as 20-point
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Paragon (diamond) The largest flawless diamond in the world is known as The Paragon, a D-color gem weighing , and the tenth largest white diamond in the world. The gem was mined in Brazil and attracted attention for being an exceptional white, flawless stone of great ...
, a diamond that originated in Brazil weighing 137.82 carats
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Paragon CRT
Orthokeratology, also referred to as Night lenses, Ortho-K, OK, Overnight Vision Correction, Corneal Refractive Therapy (CRT), Accelerated Orthokeretology, Cornea Corrective Contacts, Eccentricity Zero Molding, and Gentle Vision Shaping System (GVS ...
, a method of corneal refraction developed by Paragon Vision Sciences
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Intel Paragon
The Intel Paragon is a discontinued series of massively parallel supercomputers that was produced by Intel in the 1990s. The Paragon XP/S is a productized version of the experimental ''Touchstone Delta'' system that was built at Caltech, launched ...
, a series of massively parallel supercomputers
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HMS ''Paragon'', the name of two ships of the Royal Navy
*Paragon, a mountain bike in the
Gary Fisher
Gary Christopher Fisher (born November 5, 1950) is considered one of the inventors of the modern mountain bike.
Fisher started competing in road and track races at age 12. He was suspended in 1968 because race organizers cited a rule that his ...
Collection
See also
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Paragons (disambiguation)
Paragons may refer to:
* Paragons (comics), one of the teams of mutants in the comic book series ''New X-Men: Academy X''
* The Paragons
The Paragons were a ska and rocksteady vocal group from Kingston, Jamaica, Kingston, Jamaica, initially ac ...
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