Picard may refer to:
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Picardy
Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France.
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, a region of France
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Picard language
Picard (, also , ) is a ''langue d'oïl'' of the Romance language family spoken in the northernmost part of France and Hainaut province in Belgium. Administratively, this area is divided between the French Hauts-de-France region and the Belgian ...
, a language of France
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Jean-Luc Picard
Jean-Luc Picard is a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' franchise, most often seen as the captain of the Federation starship . Played by Patrick Stewart, Picard has appeared in the television series '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' (''T ...
, a fictional character in the ''Star Trek'' franchise
Places
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Picard, California
Picard is a former settlement in Siskiyou County, California. It was at an elevation of 1300 m; all that remains is the cemetery.
Famous people
* Frank C. High, American soldier, recipient of the Medal of Honor
The Medal of Honor (MOH) is t ...
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Picard, Quebec, Canada
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Picard (crater)
Picard is a lunar impact crater that lies in Mare Crisium. The crater is named for 17th century French astronomer and geodesist Jean Picard. It is the biggest non-flooded crater of this mare, being slightly larger than Peirce to the north-northw ...
, a lunar impact crater in Mare Crisium
People
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Picard (name)
Picard is a surname meaning a person from Picardy, a historical region and cultural area of France.
People with the surname Picard
* Alexandre R. Picard (1985–), French Canadian professional ice hockey defenseman
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, a French surname (includes a list of people with this name)
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Picards, a religious sect in the fifteenth century
Star Trek
*The family of Jean-Luc Picard, see
List of Star Trek characters (N–S)
This is a list of characters from the ''Star Trek'' franchise and the media in which they appear. It lists both major and minor fictional characters including those not originally created for ''Star Trek'' but featured in it, alongside real-life ...
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Star Trek: Picard'', a television series focusing on the character of Picard
Other uses
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Picard (satellite), an orbiting solar observatory built by CNES
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Picard (grape)
Merlot is a dark blue–colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines. The name ''Merlot'' is thought to be a diminutive of ''merle'', the French name for the blackbird, probably a reference to the ...
, an alternative name for several wine grape varieties
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TSS Duke of Cumberland'' or ''Picard'', a steamship that operated between Tilbury and Dunkirk from 1927 to 1936
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Picard Surgelés, French retailer of frozen foods
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Berger Picard
The Berger Picard (, ) or Picardy Shepherd, is a French herding dog originating in Picardy. These dogs nearly became extinct after both World War I and World War II and remain a rare breed.
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The Berger Picard is a medium-sized ...
, French breed of dog of the herding group of breeds
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Les Fatals Picards
Les Fatals Picards is a French rock/punk band, founded in 1996.
The Fatals Picards (meaning "the fatal enfrom Picardy") are best known to general audiences because they represented France in the Eurovision Song Contest 2007 with the song " L'Am ...
, a French band
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MusicBrainz Picard
MusicBrainz Picard is a free and open-source software application for identifying, tagging, and organising digital audio recordings. It was developed by the MetaBrainz Foundation, a non-profit company that also operates the MusicBrainz databas ...
, a cross platform tagger for MusicBrainz database
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Picard group, a mathematical object describing the self-isomorphisms of a ringed space
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Picard horn, a cone shaped formation that represents the 'shape' of the universe according to the Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe
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Piccard, surname
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Piccardo, surname
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Pickard (disambiguation)
Pickard is a surname, an Anglicised version of Picard, originally meaning a person from Picardy, a historical region and cultural area of France.
Notable people with the surname include:
* Al Pickard (1895–1975), Canadian ice hockey admini ...
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