Rupert (name)
Rupert or Ruppert is an English truncation of Latin ''Rupertus'', which derives from Old High German ''Hruodoperht/Hruodoberht'' ('p' and 'b' are the voiceless and voiced cognates of the same consonant); which is also the source of the name Robert ...
, various people known by the given name or surname "Rupert"
Places
Canada
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Rupert, Quebec
Rupert is a village located about 10 kilometers NNW of Wakefield, Quebec
Wakefield is one of many villages of the Municipality La Pêche, with the village centre on the western shore of the Gatineau River, at the confluence of the La Pêche Rive ...
, a village
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Rupert Bay
Rupert Bay is a large bay located on the south-east shore of James Bay, in Canada. Although the coast is part of the province of Quebec, the waters of the bay are under jurisdiction of Nunavut Territory.
Geography
This bay has a width of 16 ...
, a large bay located on the south-east shore of James Bay
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Rupert River
The Rupert River is one of the largest rivers in Quebec, Canada. From its headwaters in Lake Mistassini, the largest natural lake in Quebec, it flows west into Rupert Bay on James Bay. The Rupert drains an area of .
There is some extremely la ...
, Quebec
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Rupert's Land
Rupert's Land (french: Terre de Rupert), or Prince Rupert's Land (french: Terre du Prince Rupert, link=no), was a territory in British North America which comprised the Hudson Bay drainage basin; this was further extended from Rupert's Land t ...
, a former territory in British North America
United States
* Rupert, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Taylor County
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Rupert, Idaho
Rupert is the county seat and largest city of Minidoka County, Idaho,. It is part of the Burley Micropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,554 at the 2010 census.Rupert, Ohio, an unincorporated community in Union Township, Madison County
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Rupert, Pennsylvania
Rupert is a census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It is part of Northeastern Pennsylvania. The population was 183 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bloomsburg– Berwick Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Geograp ...
, a census-designated place (CDP) in Columbia County
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Rupert, Vermont
Rupert is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 698 at the 2020 census.
The town is home tThe Maple News a trade publication focused on the maple syrup industry, and the former Jenks Tavern, built around 1807, ...
Ruperts, Saint Helena
Ruperts, sometimes also written ''Rupert's'', is a village of the island of Saint Helena, in Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom, in the South Atlantic Ocean.
History
It is believed that the ...
, a village in Jamestown District, Saint Helena
Fiction
* Rupert, a teddy bear owned by cartoon character Stewie Griffin on the television series ''Family Guy''
* Rupert, a squirrel in the 1950 Christmas film ''
The Great Rupert
''The Great Rupert'' is a 1950 comedy family film starring Jimmy Durante, Tom Drake and Terry Moore, produced by George Pal and directed by Irving Pichel. It is based on a story written by Ted Allan that has also been published as a children's ...
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Rupert Bear
Rupert Bear is a British children's comic strip character and franchise created by artist Mary Tourtel and first appearing in the ''Daily Express'' newspaper on 8 November 1920. Rupert's initial purpose was to win sales from the rival ''D ...
, a fictional British cartoon character
** '' The Adventures of Rupert Bear'', an early-1970s British television series based on Rupert Bear
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Rupert and the Frog Song
''Rupert and the Frog Song'' is a 1984 animated short film based on the comic strip character Rupert Bear, written and produced by Paul McCartney and directed by Geoff Dunbar. The making of ''Rupert and the Frog Song'' began in 1981 and ended in ...
'', a short animated film released in 1984, based on Rupert Bear and created by Paul McCartney
** ''Rupert'' (TV series), an animated television series based on Rupert Bear produced in Canada in the 1990s
** '' Rupert Bear, Follow the Magic...'', a 2006 CGI series, based on Rupert Bear.
* Rupert of Hentzau, a villainous henchman in Anthony Hope's novels, ''
The Prisoner of Zenda
''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in orde ...
'' and ''
Rupert of Hentzau
''Rupert of Hentzau'' is a sequel by Anthony Hope to ''The Prisoner of Zenda'', written in 1895 but not published in book form until 1898.
The novel was serialized in '' The Pall Mall Magazine'' and '' McClure's Magazine'' from December 1897 t ...
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Rupert Giles
Rupert Giles is a fictional character created by Joss Whedon for the television series '' Buffy the Vampire Slayer''. The character is portrayed by Anthony Stewart Head. He serves as Buffy Summers' mentor and surrogate father figure. The charac ...
, a watcher on the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer''
* Rupert, a fictional planet from ''
Mostly Harmless
''Mostly Harmless'' is a 1992 novel by Douglas Adams and the fifth book in the ''Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series. It is described on the cover of the first edition as "The fifth book in the increasingly inaccurately named Hitchhikers ...
'', the last book in ''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' series by Douglas Adams
* Dr.
Jacques von Hämsterviel
Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' is an American science fiction media franchise that began in 2002 with the animated film of the same name written and directed by Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois. The franchise, which consists of four animated film ...
, from Disney's ''Lilo & Stitch'' franchise
Other uses
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Rupert (paradummy)
A paradummy is a military deception device first used in World War II, intended to imitate a drop of paratroop attackers. This can cause the enemy to shift forces or fires unnecessarily, or lure enemy troops into staged ambushes
An amb ...
, British nickname for decoys dropped during the 1944 invasion of Normandy
* , more than one ship of the British Royal Navy
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Rupert Bear Museum
The Canterbury Heritage Museum (formerly the Museum of Canterbury) was a museum in Stour Street, Canterbury, South East England, telling the history of the city. It was housed in the 12th-century Poor Priests' Hospital next to the River Stour. ...
, a museum in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
* Rupert, British Army slang for an officer; see
See also
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Prince Rupert (disambiguation) Prince Rupert refers to Prince Rupert of the Rhine (Rupert, Count Palatine of the Rhine, Duke of Bavaria) (1619–1682), noted German and British soldier, admiral, scientist, sportsman, colonial governor, and amateur artist.
Prince Rupert may also ...
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Saint Rupert (disambiguation) Saint Rupert or Robert may refer to:
*Rupert of Salzburg (d. 710), bishop
*Rupert of Bingen (d. 732), pilgrim
* Robert de Turlande (c. 1001–1067), abbot
* Robert of Molesme (d. 1111), founder of the Cistercian Order
* Robert of Newminster (d. 1159 ...
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Rupertia
''Rupertia'' is a small genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. There are three species native to western North America, especially California
California is a state in the Western ...
, a genus of flowering plants
* Ruperto, a given name
* Ruppert, a given name and surname
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