duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and sovereign princes. As royalty or nobility, they are ran ...
is an aristocrat of very high rank.
Duke or The Duke may also refer to:
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Duke University
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...
, a private research university in Durham, North Carolina
List of Oklahoma townships
The list of Oklahoma Townships provides an alphabetic list of the historic civil townships of Oklahoma. On August 5, 1913, Oklahoma voters passed the Oklahoma Township Amendment, also known as State Question 58. This allowed the creation or aboli ...
* (The) Duke City, a nickname for
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque ( ; ), ; kee, Arawageeki; tow, Vakêêke; zun, Alo:ke:k'ya; apj, Gołgéeki'yé. abbreviated ABQ, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. Its nicknames, The Duke City and Burque, both reference its founding in ...
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Duke Island (Alaska)
Duke Island is an island in the Gravina Islands of the Alexander Archipelago in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Alaska. The island is just north of the Canada–United States border. It is long and wide. It hosts an Alaskan-type ultram ...
Luke
People
*Luke (given name), a masculine given name (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke (surname) (including a list of people and characters with the name)
*Luke the Evangelist, author of the Gospel of Luke. Also known as ...
Jesse Duke
Jesse Chisholm Duke (March 7, 1853 – January 23, 1916) was a religious and political leader in Alabama who established and edited the Baptist '' Montgomery Herald'' newspaper and served as a Selma University trustee. He advocated for civil rig ...
Duke (G.I. Joe)
Duke is a fictional character from the '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' toyline, comic books, and animated series. He is the G.I. Joe Team's First Sergeant, and debuted in 1983. The character is also featured in both the '' G.I. Joe: Sigma 6'' ...
, from the G.I. Joe TV series, toy line and comic book series
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Uncle Duke
Uncle Duke is a fictional character in the comic strip ''Doonesbury'' by Garry Trudeau.
He is nominally Zonker Harris's uncle, albeit an " uncle by courtesy" only. Duke appeared in the strip July 1974 and was originally a straightforward carica ...
, from ''Doonesbury''
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Tony "Duke" Evers
This is a list of characters from the ''Rocky'' film series, consisting of ''Rocky'' (1976), '' Rocky II'' (1979), ''Rocky III'' (1982), ''Rocky IV'' (1985), ''Rocky V'' (1990), '' Rocky Balboa'' (2006), '' Creed'' (2015), ''Creed II'' (2018) a ...
, in the ''Rocky'' films
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Duke Lavery
Duke Lavery is a fictional character from ''General Hospital'', an American soap opera on the ABC network, primarily portrayed by Ian Buchanan. The role was created by executive producer Gloria Monty and co-head writer Norma Monty. Duke is introdu ...
, on the American soap opera ''General Hospital''
* Duke, from '' KOF: Maximum Impact''
* Duke, a narrow-gauge engine created by Rev W Awdry in ''
The Railway Series
''The Railway Series'' is a series of British books about a railway known as the North Western Railway, located on the fictional Island of Sodor. There are 42 books in the series, the first published in May 1945 by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry. Twen ...
'' and ''Thomas and Friends''
* Duke of New York, aka "The Duke, A Number One", gang leader in '' Escape from New York''
* Duke Nukem (character), the protagonist in over a dozen video games
* Duke, protagonist of the eponymous novel by
Hal Ellson
Harold "Hal" Ellson (1910 – October 31, 1994 in Brooklyn) in ''
* Duke, the family dog in the television series '' The Beverly Hillbillies''
* Duke, an anthropomorphic dog with a southern accent in the comic '' Kelly & Duke''
* Duke, a golden retriever who appears in commercials of Tennessee food producer Bush Brothers and Company (Bush's Baked Beans)
* Duke, the dog from ''Barnyard'' (film)
* Duke, a dog from '' The Secret Life of Pets''
* Duke Forrest, from the film version of ''
M*A*S*H
''M*A*S*H'' (Mobile Army Surgical Hospital) is an American media franchise consisting of a series of novels, a film, several television series, plays, and other properties, and based on the semi-autobiographical fiction of Richard Hooker.
The ...
Duke Blue Devils
The Duke Blue Devils are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Duke University, located in Durham, North Carolina. Duke's athletics department features 27 varsity teams that all compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Associatio ...
, the athletic teams of Duke University
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The Duke (racehorse)
The Duke was a racehorse that won the first Great Liverpool Steeplechase at Aintree, which would be later renamed the Grand National. His rider was Captain Martin Becher after whom the famous fence Becher's Brook was named. He won the Grand nati ...
, a 19th-century racing champion
* "The Duke", the official nickname of the
game ball
A game is a structured form of play (activity), play, usually undertaken for enjoyment, entertainment or fun, and sometimes used as an educational tool. Many games are also considered to be work (such as professional players of spectator s ...
used in the National Football League of American football
In business
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TVNZ Duke
TVNZ Duke ( mi, Te Reo Tātaki Tiuka), formerly Duke and stylized as TVNZ DUKE or DUKE, is a New Zealand television channel run by state broadcaster Television New Zealand. It screens programming targeted at a male audience. It was launched on 20 ...
, a New Zealand television channel
* Dukes Aerospace, a valve manufacturer and subsidiary of TransDigm Group
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Duke Energy
Duke Energy Corporation is an American electric power and natural gas holding company headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Overview
Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Duke Energy owns 58,200 megawatts of base-load and peak generation in ...
, a producer of gas and electric services in the United States
* Dukes Hotel, a luxury hotel in London
* Duke Realty, a real estate investment trust in the United States
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Duke Records
Duke Records was an American record label, started in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1952 by David James Mattis (WDIA program director and DJ) and Bill Fitzgerald, owners of Tri-State Recording Company. Their first release was Roscoe Gordon singing "Hey ...
, a Memphis, Tennessee record label active from 1952 to 1973
* Duke Video, Motorsport DVD distributor based in the Isle of Man
In the military
* , various ships and a shore establishment of the Royal Navy
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Duke Field
Duke Field , also known as Eglin AFB Auxiliary Field #3, is a military airport located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Crestview, in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States.
History
Duke Field was one of the f ...
, a US Air Force airport in Florida
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Forward Operating Base Duke
Forward Operating Base Duke is a base of the Iraqi Armed Forces located 20 km northwest of Najaf, Iraq.
History
In mid-April 2004 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, an element of Task Force 1st Armored Division. The "Dragoons" assumed control of ...
, a former US base in Iraq
Transportation
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Beechcraft Duke
The Beechcraft 60 Duke is an American-built twin-engine fixed-wing aircraft designed and produced by Beechcraft. The aircraft has retractable tricycle landing gear and a pressurized cabin. The two piston engines are turbocharged and the turboc ...
, a twin-engined airplane developed by Beechcraft in the 1960s and manufactured until 1983
* Duke motorcycles, such as the
KTM 690 Duke
The KTM 690 Duke is the latest generation in KTM's line of midrange single-cylinder engine supermoto, or naked motorcycles that began with the 1994 displacement Duke 620 or Duke I, followed by the 1998 Duke 640 or Duke II, followed by the Duke ...
and the KTM 390 Duke
* ''The Duke'', a short-lived 0-6-0 steam locomotive built in 1817 by George Stephenson for the
Kilmarnock and Troon Railway
The Kilmarnock and Troon Railway was an early railway line in Ayrshire, Scotland. It was constructed to bring coal from pits around Kilmarnock to coastal shipping at Troon Harbour, and passengers were carried.
It opened in 1812, and was the f ...
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GWR 3252 Class
The Great Western Railway 3252 or Duke Class were 4-4-0 steam locomotives with outside frames and parallel domed boilers. They were built in five batches between 1895 and 1899 for express passenger train work in Devon and Cornwall. William Dean ...
Klang Valley
Klang Valley ( ms, Lembah Klang; zh, 巴生谷; ) is an urban conglomeration in Malaysia that is centered in the federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, and includes its adjoining cities and towns in the state of Selangor. It is con ...
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Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
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Technology
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Duke (mascot)
Java is a set of computer software and specifications developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems, which was later acquired by the Oracle Corporation, that provides a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cros ...
, the mascot of the Java programming language
* Duke butterflies, species of the
brush-footed butterfly
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a redu ...
Duke Ellington
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1923 through the rest of his life. Born and raised in Washington, D.C., Ellington was based ...
, American jazz pianist, composer and arranger
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Duke Special
Duke Special (born Peter Wilson; 4 January 1971) is a songwriter and performer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. A piano-based songwriter with a romantic style and a warm, distinctly accented voice, he was previously known for his distinctiv ...
, Northern Irish singer-songwriter
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Duke (musician)
Duke (born Mark Carson Adams) is an English singer, songwriter and producer.
Biography
He had two Top 10 hits on the '' Billboard'' Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart: his deep house version of " So in Love with You", which was his biggest h ...
, a British vocalist/songwriter/composer/producer
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Rich Ward
Richard Park Ward (born January 16, 1969), also known by his stage name The Duke, is an American guitarist best known as a founding member of Stuck Mojo and as lead guitarist of heavy metal band Fozzy.
Early life
Ward grew up listening to man ...
, guitarist of metal band Fozzy whose stage name is "The Duke"
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MC Duke
MC Duke (later just Duke) was a British rapper from the East End of London, who recorded with DJ Leader 1. He was one of the pioneers of the early British hardcore sound and later went on to record as IC3.
Biography
Duke began his career at a D ...
Dave Brubeck
David Warren Brubeck (; December 6, 1920 – December 5, 2012) was an American jazz pianist and composer. Often regarded as a foremost exponent of cool jazz, Brubeck's work is characterized by unusual time signatures and superimposing contrasti ...
* "The Duke", a song by Blind Melon from ''
Soup
Soup is a primarily liquid food, generally served warm or hot (but may be cool or cold), that is made by combining ingredients of meat or vegetables with stock, milk, or water. Hot soups are additionally characterized by boiling solid ing ...
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In print
* ''Duke: The Life and Times of
John Wayne
Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), known professionally as John Wayne and nicknamed The Duke or Duke Wayne, was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films made during Hollywood's Gol ...
'' (1985)
* ''Duke'' (magazine), a defunct African-American men's magazine
* ''Duke'', a 1949 novel by
Hal Ellson
Harold "Hal" Ellson (1910 – October 31, 1994 in Brooklyn) in ''
Other uses
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Duke (Lombard) Among the Lombards, the duke or ''dux'' was the man who acted as political and military commander of a set of "military families" (the Fara), irrespective of any territorial appropriation.
Etymology
The proper Lombardic language term for the figu ...
, a type of political and military commander of the Lombards, 5th–8th centuries
* ''The Duke'' (board game)
* ''Duke'', an old English paper size measuring 7×5.5 inches (178×140 mm)
* "The Duke", an episode of the TV series ''
Adventure Time
''Adventure Time'' is an American fantasy animated television series created by Pendleton Ward for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series follows the adventures of a boy named Finn (Jeremy Shada) and ...
Duke and Sons
Duke and Sons Pvt. Ltd was an Indian manufacturing company based in Bombay. Established in 1889, Duke produced and marketed soft drinks. It was originally owned by the Pandole family, a well-known Parsi business name. In 1994, the company was a ...