A lark is a small terrestrial bird. Lark, The Lark, Larks or The Larks may also refer to:

Geography

* Lark, Utah, United States, a ghost town *

Lark, Wisconsin Lark is an unincorporated community in the town of Morrison, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located on Wisconsin Highway 96 State Trunk Highway 96 (often called Highway 96, STH-96 or WIS 96) is a state highway in the U.S. state of ...

, United States, an unincorporated community *

Lark Street Lark Street is a historic street in Albany, New York, USA. It is part of the Arbor Hill, Sheridan Hollow, Center Square, Park South and Hudson/Park neighborhoods, and is located one block east of Washington Park. Lark Street is the site of man ...

, Albany, New York, United States * River Lark, a river in England *

Lark Lane, Liverpool Lark Lane is a street in Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth larg ...

, England * Lark Wood, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England * Lark or

Larak Island Larak Island (also Lark Island) is an island off the coast of Iran, which has been one of Iran's major oil export points since 1987. The narrowest part of the Strait of Hormuz at distance of lies between the island and the Omani-owned Quoin Is ...

, in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran

Arts and entertainment

Music

* The Larks, an influential American vocal group active in the 1950s * Lark (band), an electronica band from South Africa * "The Lark", nickname given to String Quartet No. 53 in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, by Joseph Haydn * "The Lark", composed by

Mikhail Glinka Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka ( rus, link=no, Михаил Иванович Глинка, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka., mʲɪxɐˈil ɪˈvanəvʲɪdʑ ˈɡlʲinkə, Ru-Mikhail-Ivanovich-Glinka.ogg; ) was the first Russian composer to gain wide recogni ...

* "The Lark" or " Ciocârlia", composed by Angheluş Dinicu * ''Lark'' (album), a 1972 album by Linda Lewis

Films

* ''The Lark'' (1958 film), an Australian TV adaptation of Jean Anouilh's play (see below) * ''The Lark'' (1964 film), a Soviet film * ''The Lark'' (2007 film), a British film

Fictional characters

* Miss Lark, a recurring character in the ''Mary Poppins'' book series *

Lady Lark La Lunatica Lacuna Lady Bullseye Lady Deathstrike Lady Dorma Lady Grey Lady Lark Lady Lark (Linda Lewis), later named Skylark, is a character in the Marvel Comics series Squadron Supreme and hails from Earth-712. She first appeared in ...

, a Marvel Comics character * Lark, from the PlayStation 2 game '' Devil Kings'' * Lark, from the Nintendo 64 game '' Pilotwings 64''

Plays

* ''The Lark'' (play), a 1952 play about Joan of Arc by Jean Anouilh

In the military

* , sixteen Royal Navy ships * Hired armed lugger ''Lark'', used by the Royal Navy from 1799 to 1801 * , two US Navy ships * CSS ''Lark'', a Confederate paddle steamer and blockade runner during the American Civil War * SAM-N-2 Lark, an early U.S. Navy anti-aircraft missile *

Lark (Norwegian resistance) Lark was the code word for the group that was sent from the United Kingdom to Trondheim, Norway as part of the preparations for a possible Allied invasion of Norway. Lark developed into the main organisation for the Special Operations Executive (SOE ...

, a Second World War group sent into German-occupied Norway to prepare for a possible Allied invasion

Transportation

Studebaker Lark The Studebaker Lark is a compact car that was produced by Studebaker from 1959 to 1966. From its introduction in early 1959 until 1962, the Lark was a product of the Studebaker-Packard Corporation. In mid-1962, the company dropped "Packard" fr ...

, a compact car built by Studebaker in the 1950s and early 1960s *

Lark (passenger train) The ''Lark'' was an overnight passenger train of the Southern Pacific Company on the run between San Francisco and Los Angeles. It became a streamliner in 1941 and was discontinued on April 8, 1968. The ''Lark'' ran along the same route as the ' ...

, a passenger train operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad * Lark, a South Devon Railway 0-4-0 steam locomotive *

Curtiss Model 41 Lark The Curtiss Model 41 Lark was a commercial biplane manufactured by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company that was used by pioneering airmail, airline and bush pilots in the 1920s. Development The biplane was based on the Curtiss Carrier Pigeon, ...

, a commercial biplane introduced in 1925 *

Keleher Lark __NOTOC__ The Keleher JK-1 Lark is a single-seat aerobatic sport aircraft that was designed in the United States in the early 1960s and later marketed for homebuilding. It is a conventional, mid-wing, strut-braced monoplane with fixed tailwhee ...

, a single-seat aerobatic sport aircraft designed in the early 1960s *

Lark (dinghy) The Lark is a two-person, non-trapeze sailing dinghy, designed in 1966 by Michael Jackson (who was also responsible for many National 12 and Merlin Rocket designs). All Larks are made of glass-reinforced plastic (GRP). The Lark is a one-design cla ...

, a two-person racing dinghy * MV ''Larks'', a former name of the ferry MV ''Lucky Star'' (1976)

Sports

* Denver Larks, a former name of the

Denver Nuggets The Denver Nuggets are an American professional basketball team based in Denver. The Nuggets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the league's Western Conference Northwest Division. The team was founded as the D ...

National Basketball Association team * Larks, a nickname for the Montreal Alouettes Canadian Football League team *

Hays Larks The Hays Larks are a collegiate summer baseball team located in Hays, Kansas. The Larks evolved from Hays during the 1946 season. From 1869 to 1945, the team went by the name of The Hays Town Team and was sponsored by various organizations and busin ...

, a collegiate summer baseball team in Hays, Kansas *

Jersey Larks The Jersey Larks are a defunct professional ice hockey team which played in the Eastern Hockey League during the 1960-61 season. Based in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, they played their home games out of the Haddonfield Ice House. Coached by Ray Miron ...

, a professional ice hockey team which played in the Eastern Hockey League during the 1960–61 season * Oakland Larks, a baseball team in the West Coast Negro Baseball League in 1946 *

Mynavi ABC Championship The is a professional golf tournament on the Japan Golf Tour. It is played at the ABC Golf Club in Katō, Hyōgo, usually in October or November. It was founded in 1971 as a Japan vs. United States team match (there was also individual prize mone ...

, a Japan Golf Tour event called the ABC Lark Cup (1988-1991) and the Lark Cup (1992-1993)

People

Lark (name) Lark is a surname and a given name which may refer to: Surname * Frank Lark (died 1946), New Zealand politician * Hoyt W. Lark (1893–1971), a mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island, United States * Jim Lark, professor of systems engineering and applie ...

, a list of people with either the surname or given name * Lark (person), someone who prefers to get up early in the morning and go to bed in the early evening * Sarah Lark, a pen name of German author

Christiane Gohl Christiane Gohl (born 1958) is a German author who uses the pen names Ricarda Jordan, Sarah Lark and Elisabeth Rotenberg. In addition to writing children's books centered on horses, she is also a novelist. Biography Born in Bochum, Gohl studied ...

(born 1958) * Lark O'Neal, a pen name of American novelist Barbara O'Neal (fl. 1990-present) * K. Gordon Lark, American biologist

Other uses

* Lark (cigarette), a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris *

Lark Theater The Lark Theater is a single-screen Art Deco cinema in Larkspur, California. History The Lark Theater was built by the Blumenfeld family in 1936, over a horse-shoe pit. It anchors the North End of Larkspur's historic downtown district, and is ...

, a single-screen Art Deco cinema in Larkspur, California, United States * Lark Hotels, an American hotel management and development company * Lark, an XML syntax analyzer written by Tim Bray * Colloquial for a larrikin act * Lark (software), collaborative software * The Lark (theater), a New York-based new play theater organization