Ross or ROSS may refer to:

People

* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan *

Ross (name) Ross is an English-language name derived from Gaelic, most commonly used in Scotland. It is also the name of a county in the highland area (Ross and Cromarty). It can be used as a given name, typically for males, but is also a typical family nam ...

, including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning *

Earl of Ross The Earl or Mormaer of Ross was the ruler of the province of Ross in northern Scotland. Origins and transfers In the early Middle Ages, Ross was part of the vast earldom of Moray. It seems to have been made a separate earldom in the mid 12th ...

, a peerage of Scotland

Places

* RoSS, the Republic of

South Sudan South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...

Antarctica

Ross Sea The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who vi ...

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between hi ...

Ross Dependency The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south. It is claimed by New Zealand, a claim accepted only b ...

Australia

Ross, Tasmania Ross is a village in the Midlands of the state of Tasmania in Australia. On the Macquarie River, Ross is located 78 km south of Launceston and 117 km north of Hobart. The town is listed on the Register of the National Estate and is ...

Chile

* Ross Casino, a former casino in Pichilemu, Chile; now the

Agustín Ross Cultural Centre Agustín Ross Cultural Centre (Spanish, '' Centro Cultural Agustín Ross''), previously known as Casino Ross (''Ross Casino''), is the cultural center of the city of Pichilemu in Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Region, Chile. It was constr ...

Ireland

*"Ross", a common nickname for

County Roscommon "Steadfast Irish heart" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Roscommon.svg , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Province , subdivision_name1 = Connacht , subdi ...

* Ross,

County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the Taxus baccata, yew trees") is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In the West Region, Ireland, West of Ireland, in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Conn ...

, a townland in Killursa civil parish, barony of Clare, County Mayo, bordering

Moyne Townland Moyne is a townland in the parish of Shrule in County Mayo, Ireland. It is bordered by Cloghmoyne and Gortbrack townlands to the west, by Toorard, Barnaboy, and Ross, County Mayo to the east. To the south is county Galway. This boundary is ...

* Ross,

County Westmeath "Noble above nobility" , image_map = Island of Ireland location map Westmeath.svg , subdivision_type = Sovereign state, Country , subdivision_name = Republic of Ireland, Ireland , subdivision_type1 = Provinces o ...

, a townland in

Noughaval Noughaval or Nohoval ( ga, Nuachabháil) is a Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in County Clare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Name The name of the parish means "new acquisition" or "new settlement". Geography Location The parish lies ...

civil parish, barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath * Ross,

County Wexford County Wexford ( ga, Contae Loch Garman) is a county in Ireland. It is in the province of Leinster and is part of the Southern Region. Named after the town of Wexford, it was based on the historic Gaelic territory of Hy Kinsella (''Uí Ceinns ...

* The Diocese of Ross in West Cork. The Roman Catholic diocese merged with Cork in 1958 to become the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross The Diocese of Cork and Ross ( ga, Deoise Chorcaí agus Rosa) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is Cathedral ...

, while the Church of Ireland diocese is now part of the

Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross The Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, also referred to as the United Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, is a diocese in the Church of Ireland. The diocese is in the ecclesiastical province of Dublin. It is the see of the Bishop of Cork, Cloyn ...

. This area, centered around

Rosscarbery Rosscarbery () is a village and census town in County Cork, Ireland. The village is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. Rosscarbery is in the Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats. History The ...

, was also the location of the influential

School of Ross The School of Ross was a monastic institution located in what is now called Rosscarbery, County Cork, Ireland, but formerly ''Ross-Ailithir'' (Ross of the Pilgrims), from the large number of monks and students who flocked to its halls from all ov ...

in the early Irish Catholic Church.

United Kingdom

* Ross, Northumberland, England, a village *

Ross, Scottish Borders Ross is a hamlet (place), hamlet on the coast of the Scottish Borders area of Scotland, south of Burnmouth, in the parish of Ayton, Scottish Borders, Ayton, and close to the A1. Ross is one of four small communities, the others being Lower Burnmo ...

, a hamlet *

Ross-on-Wye Ross-on-Wye (Welsh: ''Rhosan ar Wy'') is a market town in England, near the border with Wales. It had a population of 10,582 according to the 2011 census, estimated at 11,309 in 2019. It lies in south-eastern Herefordshire, on the River Wye and ...

, England *

Ross, Scotland Ross ( gd, Ros) is a region of Scotland. One of the provinces of Scotland from the 9th century, it gave its name to a later earldom and to the counties of Ross-shire and, later, Ross and Cromarty. The name ''Ross'' allegedly derives from a Gael ...

, a region of Scotland and former earldom *

County of Ross Ross-shire (; gd, Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire – a county consisting of ...

, Scotland, also known as ''Ross-shire''

United States

Ross, Arkansas Ross is an unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States."Feature Detail Report for: Ross, Arkansas." USGS The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency ...

Ross, California Ross is a small List of municipalities in California, incorporated town in Marin County, California, Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Ross is located west-southwest of San Rafael, California, San Rafael, at ...

Ross, Indiana Ross is an unincorporated community in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and large ...

Ross, Iowa Ross is an unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, in the United States. History Ross was platted in July 1882, in Leroy Township's Section 4. It was named in honor of a local farmer. Among the establishments in the community of Ross ...

Ross, Minnesota Ross is an unincorporated community in Dieter Township, Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located northwest of Roseau near the junction of State Highway 89 (MN 89) and Roseau County Road 10 (350th Street). Nearby places i ...

Ross, North Dakota Ross is a city in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 95 at the 2020 census. History Ross was founded in 1902. It was the site of the first structure built in the United States specifically intended to serve as a m ...

Ross, Ohio Ross is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,417 at the 2010 census. Ross sits along U.S. Route 27 between Cincinnati, Ohio and Oxford, Ohio. Ross is part of the Cincinnati me ...

Ross County, Ohio Ross County is a county in the Appalachian region of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 77,093. Its county seat is Chillicothe, the first and third capital of Ohio. Established on August 20, 1798, the ...

Ross, Texas Ross is a rural city in McLennan County, Texas, United States. The population was 234 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Waco Metropolitan Statistical Area. Geography Ross is located at (31.726723, –97.106170). According to the United Stat ...

Ross City, Texas Ross City is an unincorporated community in Howard County, Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles ...

Ross, Wisconsin (disambiguation) Ross in the U.S. state of Wisconsin may refer to: * Ross, Wisconsin, a town * Ross, Vernon County, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Ross Crossing, Wisconsin Exeter is a town in Green County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was ...

Ross Township (disambiguation) Ross Township may refer to: Illinois * Ross Township, Edgar County, Illinois * Ross Township, Pike County, Illinois * Ross Township, Vermilion County, Illinois Indiana * Ross Township, Clinton County, Indiana * Ross Township, Lake County, Indian ...

New Zealand

Ross, New Zealand Ross is a small town located in the Westland District on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island, south-west of Hokitika and north-east of Hari Hari by road. History Ross was established in the 1860s, during the West Coast Gold Rush, a ...

Space

Ross (lunar crater) Ross is a lunar impact crater that is located in the northwest part of the Mare Tranquillitatis. It was named after James Clark Ross (British explorer) and Frank E. Ross (American astronomer and optician). It lies south-southwest of the crater ...

Ross (Martian crater) Ross is an impact crater in the Thaumasia quadrangle of Mars located at 57.7 S and 107.84 W. It is 82.51 km in diameter. It was named after Frank E. Ross, an American astronomer (1874-1960). The crater's name was approved in 1973. Gull ...

Ross 248 Ross 248, also called HH Andromedae or Gliese 905, is a small star approximately from Earth in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Despite its proximity it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye. It was first catalogued by Fr ...

, a star * ''ROSS'',

Russian Orbital Service Station The Russian Orbital Service Station (russian: Российская орбитальная служебная станция, ''Rossiyskaya orbital'naya sluzhebnaya stantsiya'') (ROSS, russian: РОСС) is a proposed Russian orbital space sta ...

, a proposed space station

Groups, organizations, companies

Business

Ross (optics) Ross is the name of a succession of London-based lens designers and their company. Andrew Ross (1798–1859) founded his company in 1830; from 1840 he began producing camera lenses signed "A. Ross". During his lifetime, the company was one o ...

, a London, England-based lens company *

Ross Group The Ross Group was a British food company founded in Grimsby, England in 1920. The Ross brand remains prominent in the retail frozen fish market. David Ross, the co-founder and significant shareholder in mobile telephone retailer The Carphon ...

, a British fish and frozen food company * Ross Laboratories, a former subsidiary of the American Abbott Laboratories pharmaceutical company now known as Abbott Nutrition *

Ross Stores Ross Stores, Inc., operating under the brand name Ross Dress for Less, is an American chain of discount department stores headquartered in Dublin, California. It is the largest off-price retailer in the U.S.; as of 2018, Ross operates 1,483 stor ...

, an American department store chain *

Ross Technology Ross Technology, Inc. was a semiconductor design and manufacturing company, specializing in SPARC microprocessors. It was founded in Austin, Texas in August 1988 by Dr. Roger D. Ross, a leading computer scientist who headed Motorola's Advanced ...

, an American semiconductor company *

Ross Video Ross Video Ltd is a privately held Canadian company that designs and manufactures equipment for live event and video production. Ross Video's headquarters and manufacturing operations are located in Iroquois, Ontario, Canada, while their R&D lab ...

, a Canadian company that produces video production equipment

Academics

Ross University School of Medicine Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) is a private for-profit medical school. Its main campus is located in Barbados, and separate administrative offices are located in Iselin, New Jersey, and Miramar, Florida, in the United States. Prior t ...

, an international medical school in Dominica *

Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM), founded in 1982, is a university offering the Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree. As of 2014, RUSVM began offering Master of Science and PhD degrees in public health, global animal health, ...

, an international medical school in St. Kitts *

Ross School of Business The Stephen M. Ross School of Business, also known as Michigan Ross, is the business school of the University of Michigan, a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Founded in 1924, the school is ranked among the best business schools i ...

, part of the University of Michigan

Arts and entertainment

* ''Ross'' (play), a 1960 play by Terence Rattigan * ''Ross'' (1978 album), by Diana Ross * ''Ross'' (1983 album), by Diana Ross * ''Ross'' (Low Roar album)

Transportation

Ships

* , the name of several U.S. Navy ships * , a Royal Navy ship * , a radio ship

Land transport

Ross (bicycles) Ross Bicycles Inc. manufactured over 15 million bicycles under the Ross brand between 1946 and 1988. The company began in Williamsburg, New York, United States, later moving its headquarters and manufacturing to Rockaway Beach, Queens. The head ...

Ross (gasoline automobile) The Ross was a Brass era car, Brass era automobile manufactured in Detroit, Michigan from 1915 to 1918 by the Ross Automobile Company. History John L. Ross of Ross & Young Machine Company entered the automobile field by incorporating his R ...

, produced 1915-1918 * Ross (steam automobile), produced 1906-1909

Other uses

Ross procedure The Ross procedure, also known as pulmonary autograft, is a heart valve replacement operation to treat severe aortic valve disease, such as in children and young adults with a bicuspid aortic valve. It involves removing the diseased aortic valv ...

, a cardiac surgery operation *

Ross Mathematics Program Arnold Ephraim Ross (August 24, 1906 – September 25, 2002) was a mathematician and educator who founded the Ross Mathematics Program, a number theory summer program for gifted high school students. He was born in Chicago, but spent his youth ...

, a summer program at Ohio State University * Ross rifle *

Ross seal The Ross seal (''Ommatophoca rossii'') is a true seal (family Phocidae) with a range confined entirely to the pack ice of Antarctica. It is the only species of the genus ''Ommatophoca''. First described during the Ross expedition in 1841, it is ...

, a species of Antarctican seal *

Resource Ordering Status System {{Refimprove, date=January 2007 In the United States, the National Wildfire Coordinating Group operates a nationwide, web-based database system for managing wildland firefighting resources. The system, called National Interagency Resource Ordering ...

, a database for fighting wildfires *

Retuinskih's System ROSS Retuinskih System ROSS (russian: РОСС, short for Росси́йская Оте́чественная Систе́ма Самозащи́ты; Transliteration of Russian into English, English transliteration: ''Rossiyskaya Otechestvennaya Sistem ...

, a martial system * ROSS Intelligence, a software for a automated legal consulting