dragon
A dragon is a reptilian legendary creature that appears in the folklore of many cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but dragons in western cultures since the High Middle Ages have often been depicted as ...
is a legendary creature, typically with reptile-like traits.
Dragon may also refer to:
Places
Extra-terrestrial
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Draco (constellation)
Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. It was one of the 48 Lists of constellations, constellations listed by the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations today. Th ...
(Latin for Dragon), a constellation in the far northern sky
* The Dragon, a grouping of galaxies in the field of
Abell 370
Abell 370 is a galaxy cluster located nearly 5 billion light-years away from the Earth (at redshift ''z'' = 0.375), in the constellation Cetus. Its core is made up of several hundred galaxies. It was catalogued by George Abell, and is the most d ...
Terrestrial
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Dragon, Utah
Dragon is a ghost town in Uintah County, at the extreme eastern edge of Utah, United States. Founded in about 1888 as a Gilsonite mining camp, Dragon boomed in the first decade of the 20th century as the end-of-line town for the Uintah Railway. Al ...
, United States, a ghost town
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Dragon Cone
Dragon Cone is a monogenetic cinder cone located in Wells Gray Provincial Park in east-central British Columbia. It is the source of a long lava flow, called Dragon's Tongue. This lava covered the floor of narrow Falls Creek Valley and terminate ...
, a volcano in British Columbia, Canada
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Dragon Hill, Uffington
Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire.
Dragon Hill is a natural ...
, a mountain in England
* "The Dragon", a section of U.S. Route 129 between Deals Gap, North Carolina and Punkin Center, Tennessee, in the United States
People
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Vlad II Dracul
Vlad II ( ro, Vlad al II-lea), also known as Vlad Dracul () or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Impa ...
(1390–1447), duke of Wallachia, nicknamed "Vlad the Dragon"
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Goran Dragić
Goran Dragić (born 6 May 1986) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Dragon", he had played professional basketball in Slovenia and Spain before entering ...
(born 1986), Slovenian basketball player
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G-Dragon
Kwon Ji-yong (; born August 18, 1988), also known by his stage name G-Dragon (지드래곤), is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer, known as the " King of K-pop". G-Dragon is the recipi ...
(born 1988), South Korean rapper
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Carmen Dragon
Carmen Dragon (July 28, 1914 – March 28, 1984) was an American conductor, composer, and arranger who in addition to live performances and recording, worked in radio, film, and television.
Early years
Dragon was born in Antioch, California, ...
(1914–1984), American conductor and composer
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Daryl Dragon
Daryl Frank Dragon (August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American musician, known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille with his then-wife, Toni Tennille.
Career
Born into a musical family, Dragon was the son of El ...
(1942–2019), American musician, one half of the duo Captain & Tennille; son of Carmen Dragon
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Tatsumi Fujinami
(born December 28, 1953) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on a legend's contract. Fujinami is most well known for his long tenure with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a six-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. H ...
(born 1953), Japanese professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
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Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (; born Lee Jun-fan, ; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was a Hong Kong and American martial artist and actor. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy drawing from different combat disciplines that ...
(1940–1973), Chinese actor and martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
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Lyoto Machida
(born 30 May 1978), is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and karateka, who currently competes in the Light heavyweight division. He formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a former UFC Light ...
(born 1978), Brazilian martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
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Ricky Steamboat
Richard Henry Blood Sr. (born February 28, 1953), better known by his ring name Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Jim Crockett Promot ...
(born 1953), American professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
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Matthew Stevens
Matthew Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other triple c ...
, Welsh snooker player nicknamed "The Welsh Dragon"
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Don "The Dragon" Wilson
Donald Glen Wilson (born September 10, 1954), nicknamed "The Dragon", is an American martial artist, film actor, and former professional kickboxer. An 11-time world champion who scored 47 knockouts in four decades, he has been called by the STAR ...
(born 1954), American champion kickboxer and actor
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Ryuji Kumita
Ryuji Kumita (born 25 January 1967 in Yokohama), better known by his pseudonym "Dragon", is a racing driver and team owner from Japan.
A late starter to motorsport at 46, he mostly competes in Japanese junior formulae, such as the All-Japan F ...
(born 1967), Japanese racing driver who uses the pseudonym "Dragon"
Dragon (Middle-earth)
J. R. R. Tolkien
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (, ; 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973) was an English writer and philologist. He was the author of the high fantasy works ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings''.
From 1925 to 1945, ...
, a type of fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's books
* Dragon (''Shrek''), a character in ''Shrek''
* Dragon, a member of Gen13
* Dragon, the leading character in the Image Comics title ''
Savage Dragon
The Savage Dragon is a fictional superhero created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic features the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon. The character first appeared ...
Dragons (Pern)
The Dragons of Pern are a fictional race created by Anne McCaffrey as an integral part of the science fiction world depicted in her Dragonriders of Pern novels.
In creating the Pern setting, McCaffrey set out to subvert the clichés associated w ...
Richard Dragon
Richard Dragon (or simply Dragon) is the alias of two fictional, comic book characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Although both incarnation differ in alignment, they're portrayed as extremely accomplished martial arti ...
, a DC Comics character
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Dragon Shiryū
is a fictional character from the ''Saint Seiya'' universe created by Masami Kurumada. As one of the protagonists of this media franchise, he has made appearances in the several manga, the original anime adaptation, OVAs, films and video games. ...
, a ''Saint Seiya'' character
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Dragon (One Piece)
The ''One Piece'' manga features an extensive cast of characters created by Eiichiro Oda. The series takes place in a fictional universe where vast numbers of pirates, soldiers, revolutionaries, and other adventurers fight each other, using var ...
Harry A. Pollard
Harry A. Pollard (23 January 1879 – 6 July 1934) was an American silent film actor and Film director, director. His wife was silent screen star Margarita Fischer.
Biography
Harry A. Pollard was born in Republic, Kansas, and began his career on ...
Dragons 3D
''Dragons 3D'' (also known as ''Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures - 2D/3D'') is a 2013 short 3D film for IMAX and Giant Screen Theaters. The movie was directed and written by Marc Fafard, and stars Max von Sydow as a dream therapist trying ...
'', a 2013 IMAX film starring Max von Sydow
* '' Dragons: Fire and Ice'' (2004 film), animated Mega-Blocks film
Gaming
* ''Dragon,'' a version of the video game ''
Mega Man Star Force
, , and are 2006 action role-playing video games developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console; combined, they are the first game in the ''Mega Man Star Force'' series, a sub series of the greater ''Mega Man'' ...
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* Dragon tiles, a type of honor tile in mahjong
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Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation
In chess, the Dragon Variation is one of the main lines of the Sicilian Defence and begins with the moves:
:1. b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4, e4 b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c5, c5
:2. b:Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...c5/2. Nf3, Nf3 b:Chess ...
Dragon (fantasy series)
The ''Dragon'' series is a tetralogy of fantasy novels by American author Laurence Yep. Yep had already written several books including the Newbery Honor novel ''Dragonwings'' by 1980, when, after undertaking careful research, he decided to adapt ...
Douglas Niles
Douglas Niles (born December 1, 1954, in Brookfield, Wisconsin) is a fantasy author and game designer. Niles was one of the creators of the Dragonlance world and the author of the first three Forgotten Realms novels, the ''Star Frontiers'' space o ...
Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their sing ...
, an American pop rock band
Groups
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Dragon (band)
Dragon are a New Zealand rock band which was formed in Auckland in January 1972, and, from 1975, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The band was originally fronted by singer Graeme Collins, but rose to fame with singer Marc Hunter ...
, a New Zealand/Australian rock group
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Dragons (band)
Dragons were an English rock band, formed in 2005 in Bristol by drummer David Francolini.
Although originally a studio project recorded by Francolini in Francolini's own studio "Ohm Recordings", they toured the album with several other musici ...
, an English group
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The Dragons (band)
The Dragons were a rock band based in San Diego, California, that released seven albums between 1991 and 2005. The band was notably fronted by singer/guitarist Mario Escovedo, whose musical family also includes Alejandro Escovedo, Pete Escovedo, ...
, an American rock group
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Imagine Dragons
Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their sing ...
Martin Garrix
Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix and also as Ytram and GRX, is a Dutch disc jockey and music producer who was ranked number one on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—201 ...
* "Dragon", by
Miriam Bryant
Miriam Melanie Bryant (born 8 March 1991) is a Finnish-Swedish singer and songwriter.
Biography
Influenced by her British father's musical heritage and her Finnish mother's melancholy, Miriam Bryant began to write songs in November 2011 togethe ...
* "Dragon", by the Sugarcubes from ''
Life's Too Good
''Life's Too Good'' is the debut studio album by Icelandic alternative rock group the Sugarcubes. It was released in April 1988 by One Little Indian in the UK and Europe and in May 1988 by Elektra Records in the US. The album was an unexpected suc ...
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* "Dragons", by Caravan Palace from ''
Caravan Palace
Caravan Palace is a French electronic band based in Paris. The band's influences include Django Reinhardt, Vitalic, Lionel Hampton, and Daft Punk. The band released their debut studio album, '' Caravan Palace'', on the Wagram label in October 2 ...
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Roller coasters
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Dragon (Adventureland)
The Dragon was an O.D. Hopkins steel roller coaster located at Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa. The coaster opened for Adventureland's sixteenth season of operation on May 12, 1990, and was partially dismantled during the spring/summer of 2020 t ...
, in Altoona, Iowa
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Dragon Challenge
Dragon Challenge (known as Dueling Dragons from 1999 to 2010) was a pair of intertwined, inverted roller coasters in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter area of Universal Studios' Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, United States. The ri ...
, in Orlando, Florida
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Dragon Coaster (Playland)
The Dragon Coaster is a wooden roller coaster at Playland amusement park in Rye, New York. Opened in 1929, it was designed and built by amusement ride creator Frederick Church, the co-inventor of the Racing Derby, another early 20th century am ...
, in Rye, New York
* The Dragon,
Ocean Park Hong Kong
Ocean Park Hong Kong, commonly known as Ocean Park, is a marine mammal park, oceanarium, animal theme park and amusement park situated in Wong Chuk Hang and Nam Long Shan in the Southern District of Hong Kong. It is the second largest th ...
, in Hong Kong, China
Television
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Dragon Television
Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV () is a provincial satellite TV station. It launched in October 1998 as "Shanghai Television" but changed its name to Dragon Television on October 23, 2003.''Dragon'' (TV series), a Canadian children's TV program
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DreamWorks Dragons
''Dragons'', commonly referred to as ''DreamWorks Dragons'', is an American computer-animated television series based on the 2010 film ''How to Train Your Dragon''. The series serves as a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel.
Jay ...
'', a TV series based on ''How to Train Your Dragon''
* "The Dragon" (''Arrow''), nineteenth episode of the 2018 sixth season of the TV show ''Arrow''
Draco volans
''Draco volans'', also commonly known as the common flying dragon, is a species of lizard in the family Agamidae. The species is endemic to Southeast Asia. www.reptile-database.org. Like other members of genus ''Draco'', this species has the ab ...
'', commonly known as the flying dragon, a species of lizard endemic to Southeast Asia
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Komodo dragon
The Komodo dragon (''Varanus komodoensis''), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a member of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang. It is the largest extant ...
, a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo
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Pogona
''Pogona'' is a genus of reptiles containing six lizard species which are often known by the common name bearded dragons. The name "bearded dragon" refers to the underside of the throat (or "beard") of the lizard, which can turn black and gain we ...
'', a genus of Australian lizards commonly called "bearded dragons"
* Many species of the lizard genus ''
Ctenophorus
''Ctenophorus'' is a genus of lizards, commonly known as comb-bearing dragons, in the family Agamidae. The genus contains the most diverse group of dragon lizards in Australia. It is the largest group of Australian lizards and it has an ex ...
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Tarragon
Tarragon (''Artemisia dracunculus''), also known as estragon, is a species of perennial herb in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread in the wild across much of Eurasia and North America and is cultivated for culinary and medicinal purposes.
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which is called dragon in several languages including its Latin name
Brands and enterprises
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Cathay Dragon
Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (), also known as Cathay Dragon () and Dragonair, was a Hong Kong-based international regional airline, with its corporate headquarters and airline hub, main hub at Hong Kong International Airport. In the f ...
, an international airline based in Hong Kong, previously known as Dragonair
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Dragon Models Limited
Dragon Models Limited (Dragon or DML for short) is a Hong-Kong-based manufacturer of plastic model kits, diecast models and military action figures. Founded in 1987, the company shares distribution agreements with Stevens International in the Un ...
Dragon School
("Reach for the Sun")
, established = 1877
, closed =
, type = Preparatory day and boarding school and Pre-Prep school
, religion = Church of England
, president =
, head_label = Head
, head = Emma Goldsm ...
, a British preparatory school in Oxford, England
* The Dragon Academy, a private school in Ontario, Canada
Dragon (remote sensing) Dragon is a remote sensing image processing software package. This software provides capabilities for displaying, analyzing, and interpreting digital images from earth satellites and raster data files that represent spatially distributed data. All ...
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AMD Dragon
AMD Dragon is a platform engineered for gamers, designed for use with the Advanced Micro Devices, AMD Phenom II X4 Microprocessor, processor family. The goal for the platform is to offer the user a powerful gaming system.
Having a level 3 cache me ...
, a platform engineered for gamers
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Comodo Dragon
Comodo Dragon is a freeware web browser. It is based on Chromium and is produced by Comodo Group. Sporting a similar interface to Google Chrome, Dragon does not implement Chrome's user tracking and some other potentially privacy-compromising f ...
, a freeware web browser
* Dragon chip, a line of Chinese CPUs
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Dragon curve
A dragon curve is any member of a family of self-similar fractal curves, which can be approximated by recursive methods such as Lindenmayer systems. The dragon curve is probably most commonly thought of as the shape that is generated from repe ...
, a family of fractal curves
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Dragon Data
Dragon Data Ltd. was a Welsh producer of home computers during the early 1980s. These computers, the Dragon 32 and Dragon 64, strongly resembled the Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer ("CoCo")—both followed a standard Motorola datasheet config ...
, a Welsh computer manufacturer
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Dragon 32/64
The Dragon 32 and Dragon 64 are home computers that were built in the 1980s. The Dragons are very similar to the TRS-80 Color Computer, and were produced for the European market by Dragon Data, Ltd., initially in Swansea, Wales before mov ...
, the names of two 1980s home computers
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Dragon NaturallySpeaking
Dragon NaturallySpeaking (also known as Dragon for PC, or DNS) is a speech recognition software package developed by Dragon Systems of Newton, Massachusetts, which was acquired in turn by Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, Nuance Communications ...
, a speech recognition software package
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DRAKON
DRAKON is a free and open source algorithmic visual programming and modeling language developed within the Buran space project following ergonomic design principles. The language provides a uniform way to represent flowcharts of any com ...
(Russian: ДРАКОН, "dragon"), a programming language used in flight controllers for rockets and space vehicles
Military
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Dragon (firearm)
A dragon is a shortened version of blunderbuss, a firearm with a short, large caliber barrel which is flared at the muzzle and frequently throughout the entire bore. Dragons were typically issued to dragoon cavalry, who needed a lightweight, easi ...
, the short version of the blunderbuss
* "Dragons", a USMC helicopter squadron (see:
VMM-265
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (VMM-265) is a United States Marine Corps transport squadron consisting of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The squadron, known as the "Dragons", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma, Okinawa, Japa ...
)
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BQM-147 Dragon
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The BAI Aerosystems (BAIA) BQM-147 Dragon unmanned aerial vehicle is a tactical battlefield UAV operated by the US Marine Corps.
Development
The Dragon began life in 1986, when the US Marines Corps contracted with the Applied Physics ...
, United States unmanned aerial vehicle
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Focke-Achgelis Fa 223
The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 ''Drache'' () was a helicopter developed by Germany during World War II. A single Bramo 323 radial engine powered two three-bladed rotors mounted on twin booms on either side of the cylindrical fuselage. Although the ...
, German World War II helicopter, known in English as ''Dragon''
* HMS ''Dragon'', the name of at least 14 ships (and a building) of the English/British Navy
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M47 Dragon
The M47 Dragon, known as the FGM-77 during development, is an American shoulder-fired, man-portable anti-tank guided missile system. It was phased out of U.S. military service in 2001, in favor of the newer FGM-148 Javelin system.
The M47 Drago ...
, an American anti-tank missile system
* The Dragons, a display team consisting of 4 x
Hawker Hunter
The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly developed Rolls-R ...
s of No. 4 Flying Training School RAF, during 1973
* , a Union Navy steamer during the American Civil War
* Dragón, a Spanish development of the
Mowag Piranha V
The Piranha V Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) is one variant of the fifth generation of the Mowag Piranha family of vehicles. It was designed by Mowag, General Dynamics European Land Systems - Mowag GmbH.
Design
Mobility
While the Piranha V is ...
Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Nobility and royalty
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Dragon Throne
The Dragon Throne () was the throne of the Emperor of China. As the dragon was the emblem of divine imperial power, the throne of the Emperor was known as the Dragon Throne. The term can refer to very specific seating, as in the special seating i ...
, the throne of the Emperor of China
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Order of the Dragon
The Order of the Dragon ( la, Societas Draconistarum, literally "Society of the Dragonists") was a monarchical chivalric order only for selected higher aristocracy and monarchs,Florescu and McNally, ''Dracula, Prince of Many Faces''. pp. 40–2. ...
, a former monarchical chivalric order
Sports teams
Africa
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AS Dragons
Amicale Sportive Dragons is a Congolese football club based in KinshasaAs of the 2007/2008 season they play in the Linafoot league, the top level of professional football in DR CongoTheir home games are played at Stade 24 Novembre.
In the past, ...
, a soccer team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé
The Association Sportive Dragons FC de l'Ouémé known as Dragons de l'Ouémé is a football club in Benin, playing in the town of Porto-Novo. They play in the Beninese first division, the Benin Premier League.
Achievements
*Benin Premier League ...
, a soccer team in Benin
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Dragón FC
Dragón Fútbol Club is an Equatoguinean football club based in the city of Bata.
Honours
Domestic
*Equatoguinean Premier League: 1
::1983
*Equatoguinean Cup The Equatoguinean Cup (Spanish: ''Copa de Su Excelencia'') is the top knockout tourname ...
, a soccer team in Equatorial Guinea
* Drakensberg Dragons, South Africa field hockey club
Asia
* CEC Dragons, the sports teams of the Cebu Eastern College in the Philippines
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China Dragon
The China Dragon () was a professional ice hockey team which played its home games in three cities in China, including Harbin, Qiqihar, and Shanghai. The team was a member of Asia League Ice Hockey between 2007 and 2017. The team was formed in 1954 ...
, an ice hockey team in China
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Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011) ...
, a baseball team in Japan
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Jeonnam Dragons
The Jeonnam Dragons (Korean: 전남 드래곤즈) are a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The Dragons play thei ...
(formerly spelled as Chunnam Dragons), a football team in South Korea
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Jiangsu Dragons
Jiangsu Dragons Kentier (), also known as Jiangsu Dragons or Jiangsu Kentier, are a Chinese professional basketball team in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Nanjing, Jiangsu.
History
In the 2004–05 season ...
, a Chinese Basketball Association team
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Kuala Lumpur Dragons
Kuala Lumpur Dragons is a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that currently plays in the ASEAN Basketball League. It also played as the Blustar Detergent Dragons in the Philippines' PBA Developmental League in 2016.
H ...
, a Malaysian basketball team
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Shanghai Dragons
The Shanghai Dragons () are a professional ''Overwatch'' esports team based in Shanghai, China. The Dragons compete in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's East region. Founded in 2017, Shanghai Dragons are one of the league's ...
, an Overwatch eSports team in China
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Sichuan Dragons
Sichuan Dragons (四川蛟龙) is a baseball team based in Chengdu, Sichuan and a member of the China Baseball League since 2005. They play out of 2,000-capacity Jinnui Stadium.
Roster
*Pitchers
** Kun Chen
**Bo Zhao
Bo or BO may refer to
Ar ...
, a baseball team in China
* Team Dragon, nickname for China men's national basketball team
* Welcoat Dragons, a basketball team in the Philippines
Europe
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AS Dragon (Guadeloupe) AS Dragon may refer to:
* AS Dragon (Guadeloupe), a football team in Guadeloupe, relegated from Guadeloupe Division of Honour in 2011
*AS Dragon (Tahiti), a football team in Tahiti
*AS Dragons (Kinshasa), a football in the Democratic Republic of th ...
, an association football team
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Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe)
The Barcelona Dragons was an American football team that was a part of the World League of American Football and later in the resurrected NFL Europe. Their home field in Barcelona was the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuic, the 1992 Olympic Stadium, ...
, an American football team active in Spain from 1991 to 2003
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Barcelona Dragons (ELF)
The Barcelona Dragons are an American football team based in Reus, Spain, that plays in the European League of Football (ELF).
History
On 11 January 2021, it was announced that a new franchise in Barcelona will be one of the eight teams to pla ...
, an American football team active in Spain since 2021
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Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons ( French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from ...
, a rugby league club in France
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Celtic Dragons
Celtic Dragons are a Welsh netball team based in Cardiff. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the league. Their best performance in the Superleague came in 2013 when they finished as r ...
, a netball team in Wales, U.K.
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Delft Dragons
Delft Dragons are an American football team based in Delft, Netherlands.
History
*Foundations
Sometime in 1981 the Chairman of the Amsterdam Rams (the only Dutch American Football team at the time), Rene Koningferander, appeared in the TV progr ...
, an American football team in the Netherlands
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Dragons (rugby union)
Dragons RFC ( cy, Dreigiau) are one of the four professional rugby union regional teams in Wales. They are owned by the Welsh Rugby Union and play their home games at Rodney Parade, Newport and at other grounds around the region. They play in ...
, a rugby union team in South East Wales, U.K.
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Dragons de Rouen
Rouen Hockey Élite 76 (also known as the Dragons de Rouen (Rouen Dragons)) is a French ice hockey team based in Rouen playing in the Ligue Magnus.
The team was founded in 1982 and plays home games at the Île Lacroix.
History
Only 3 years aft ...
, an ice hockey team in France
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Dragons Rhöndorf
Dragons Rhoendorf is a professional basketball club based in Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The team had its most successful years from 1995 to 1999 when it played in the Basketball Bundesliga and reached the semi-finals in 1999. Si ...
, a German basketball team
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Dragons (women's cricket)
Dragons are an Irish women's cricket team that compete in the Women's Super Series. They first competed in the Super Series from its inception in 2015 until 2019, after which the tournament was reduced to two teams during the COVID-19 pandemic, ...
, a women's cricket team in Ireland
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Dublin Dragons
Dublin Dragons were an American Football team based in Lucan, Dublin, Ireland. In 2014, they reconstituted as a member-run club, changing their name to the South Dublin Panthers
The South Dublin Panthers are an American Football team, for ...
, an American football team in Ireland
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Dudelange Dragons
The Ligue Francophone de Football Americain de Belgique (LFFAB) is one of the two conferences of the Belgian Football League (BFL). It consists of teams from the French Community, whereas the Flemish American Football League (FFL) consists of team ...
, an American football team in Luxembourg
* Glamorgan Dragons, a cricket team in the United Kingdom
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KHC Dragons
Koninklijke Hockey Club Dragons, also known as KHC Dragons or simply Dragons, is a Belgian professional field hockey club based in Brasschaat, Antwerp Province. The club was founded in 1946. Since the end of the eighties the club competes in Belgiu ...
, a field hockey club in Belgium
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RC Dragon Brno
RC Dragon Brno is a Czech rugby club in Brno. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. They have also been involved in the Central & Eastern European Rugby Cup since its inception in 2008.
History
The club started out as Sokol Brno I, with ...
, a rugby union team in the Czech Republic
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Wrexham A.F.C.
Wrexham Association Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Wrecsam) is a Welsh professional association football club based in Wrexham, Wales. The team competes in the National League, the fifth tier of the English football league system. Formed ...
, a Welsh association football team known as the Red Dragons
North America
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C.D. Dragón
Club Deportivo Dragón is a Salvadoran football (soccer), football club, based in San Miguel, El Salvador; founded in 1939. Dragón has won the Salvadoran Primera División, league title twice in the 1951 and 1953 and finished as runner-up on thre ...
, a soccer team in El Salvador
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Chesapeake Dragons
The Chesapeake Dragons were an American soccer team, founded in 2001. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, until 2004, when the team left the league a ...
, a soccer team in the U.S.
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Dayton Dragons
The Dayton Dragons are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. They are located in Dayton, Ohio, and play their home games at Day Air Ballpark, formerly known as Fifth Third Field. In 2 ...
, a baseball team in the U.S.
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Dragon Racing
Dragon Racing (formerly Luczo-Dragon Racing) is an American auto racing team that is involved in many areas of motorsport. Dragon Racing was founded in 2007 by Jay Penske and Stephen J. Luczo. The team competed in the IndyCar Series from 2007 ...
, an American auto racing team
* Dragons, nickname of sports teams at
Jefferson High School
This is a list of memorials to Thomas Jefferson, the 3rd president of the United States and the author of the United States Declaration of Independence.
Buildings Elementary schools
*Jefferson Elementary School, in Cammack Village, Arkansas
*Thoma ...
in Jefferson, Georgia in the U.S.
* Dragons, nickname of sports teams at
Lake Orion High School
Lake Orion High School is a public secondary school located in Orion Township, Michigan, United States. It is a part of Lake Orion Community Schools.
"Once a dragon, always a dragon." - Jeff Heath
Athletics
State Championships
* 1925 - Boys' Ba ...
in Lake Orion, Michigan in the U.S.
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Drexel Dragons
The Drexel Dragons are the athletic teams of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
The school's athletic program includes eighteen NCAA Division I sports including nine men's and nine women's teams, with most sports teams competing in ...
, the sports teams of Drexel University in the U.S.
* Jersey Dragons, a soccer team in the U.S.
* Lane College Dragons, the sports teams of
Lane College
Lane College is a private historically black college associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and located in Jackson, Tennessee. It offers associate and baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences.
History
Lane College was ...
Los Angeles Dragons
The Los Angeles Dragons are an Australian rules football team, based in Los Angeles, California. They were founded in 2010 and play in the United States Australian Football League.
History
The Los Angeles Dragons were founded in 2010 by a group ...
, an Australian rules football team in the U.S.
* Moorhead Dragons, the sports teams of
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) is a public university in Moorhead, Minnesota. The school has an enrollment of 7,534 students in 2019 and 266 full-time faculty members. MSUM is a part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities s ...
in the U.S.
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New York Dragons
The New York Dragons were a professional arena football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Dragons participated in the Arena Football League's (AFL) National Conference as a member of the Eastern Division. The team was founded in ...
, an Arena Football League team in the U.S.
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Portland Forest Dragons
Portland most commonly refers to:
* Portland, Oregon, the largest city in the state of Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States
* Portland, Maine, the largest city in the state of Maine, in the New England region of the northeas ...
, a former name of the Oklahoma Wranglers, an Arena Football team in the U.S.
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San Antonio Dragons
The San Antonio Dragons were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League (IHL) for two seasons in 1996–97 and 1997–98. The Dragons were based in San Antonio, Texas, and played at the Freeman Coliseum and occ ...
, an ice hockey team in the U.S.
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San Francisco Dragons
The San Francisco Dragons were a professional field lacrosse team based in San Francisco and San Jose, California. From 2006–2008, they played in Major League Lacrosse and they ceased operations before the 2009 season due to the economic situati ...
, a field lacrosse team in the U.S.
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Seattle Dragons
The Seattle Sea Dragons (formerly known as the Seattle Dragons) are a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. The team is a franchise of the new XFL and plays its home games at Lumen Field in Seattle. Originally founded ...
, an American football team in the U.S.
* Shreveport Swamp Dragons, formerly the Shreveport Captains, a baseball team in the U.S.
* Thomasville Dragons, a women's soccer team in the U.S.
* Tiffin Dragons, the sports teams at Tiffin University in the U.S.
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Verdun Dragons
The Verdun Dragons were a hockey team based in Verdun, Quebec. The team was part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey. The Dragons played at the Verdun Auditorium. They won the Futura Cup against the Saint-Georges Garaga in 2003–2004.
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, an ice hockey team in Canada
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Wisconsin Dragons
The Wisconsin Dragons were a team of the Women's Football Alliance who played for the 2011, 2012, 2018 and 2019 seasons. The Dragons were based in southeastern Wisconsin
Wisconsin () is a state in the upper Midwestern United States. Wisc ...
Engadine Dragons
The Engadine Dragons Junior Rugby League Football Club is a rugby league football club that was formed in 1958 and competes in the Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League. The club is based out of Engadine in the Sutherland Shire wher ...
, a junior rugby league team
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Northcote Football Club
Northcote Football Club (/ˈnoːθ.kət/), nicknamed The Dragons, was an Australian rules football club which played in the VFA from 1908 until 1987. The club's colours for most of its time in the VFA were green and yellow and it was based in ...
, aka the Northcote Dragons, an Australian rules Football team
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St. George Dragons
The St. George Dragons is an Australian rugby league football club from St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales competition and Australian Rugby League competitions from the 1921 until the ...
, a rugby league team
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St. George Illawarra Dragons
The St. George Illawarra Dragons is an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League since 1999 after a joint-ve ...
South Dragons
The South Dragons were an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). They made their debut in the 2006/07 season and played their final season in 2008/09. The club was based at MSAC in Melbourne's in ...
, a former team in the Australasian National Basketball League (2006-2009)
Transport
Air
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de Havilland Dragon
The de Havilland DH.84 Dragon is a successful small commercial aircraft that was designed and built by the de Havilland company.
Design and construction
Following the commercial success of its single-engined de Havilland Fox Moth that had fir ...
, a small commercial aircraft
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Douglas B-23 Dragon
The Douglas B-23 Dragon is an American twin-engined bomber developed by the Douglas Aircraft Company as a successor to (and a refinement of) the B-18 Bolo.
Design and development
Douglas proposed a number of modifications designed to improve th ...
, a twin-engined bomber aircraft
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Independence Dragon
The Independence Dragon is a German single-place, paraglider that was designed by Michaël Nesler and produced by Independence Paragliding of Eisenberg, Thuringia. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Director ...
, a German paraglider design
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Sopwith Dragon
The Sopwith Dragon was a British single-seat fighter biplane developed from the Sopwith Snipe.
Design and development
In April 1918, the sixth Snipe prototype was fitted with a 320 hp (239 kW) ABC Dragonfly I radial engine.Mason 1992 ...
, a British single-seat fighter biplane
Land
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Dennis Dragon
The Dennis Dragon (also sold as the Dennis Condor) is a three-axle step-entrance double-decker bus manufactured by Dennis in England between 1982 and 1999.
History
The Dennis Dragon was originally built for Kowloon Motor Bus. In Hong Kong t ...
, a bus
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Dragon Automobile Company
The Dragon Automobile Company manufactured automobiles from 1906 to 1908, first in Detroit, Michigan, and then in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Kaiser Dragon
The Kaiser Dragon is a car model based on the second-generation Kaiser that was manufactured by Kaiser Motors Corporation in 1953. The dragon name was first used in 1951 for a special trim option on Kaiser cars featuring vinyl upholstery claim ...
, a 1950s American car
* ''Dragon'' (1848–1872), a
GWR Iron Duke Class
The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.
History
The prototype locomotive, ''Great Western'', was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon con ...
locomotive
* ''Dragon'' (1873–1892), a
South Devon Railway Buffalo class
The ten Buffalo class locomotives were broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required.
These lo ...
locomotive
* ''Dragon'' (1880–1892), a
GWR Rover class
The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 was a class of broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work.
History
The prototype locomotive, ''Great Western'', was built as a 2-2-2 locomotive in April 1846, but was soon ...
locomotive
* ''Dragon'' (1891-1915), a
GWR 3031 Class
The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...
locomotive
* ''Dragon'' (2009–present) Newag E6ACT, an electric freight locomotive
Space
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Dragon (rocket)
The Dragon is a two-stage French solid propellant sounding rocket used for high altitude research.
The dragon's first stage was a Stromboli engine (diameter 56 cm) which burned 675 kg of fuel in 16 seconds and so produced a maximum ...
, a French research sounding rocket
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SpaceX Dragon
American private space transportation company SpaceX has developed and produced several spacecraft named Dragon. The first family member, now referred to as Dragon 1, flew 23 cargo missions to the ISS between 2010 and 2020 before being retired ...
capsule, used to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station
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SpaceX Dragon 2
Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed and manufactured by American aerospace manufacturer SpaceX, primarily for flights to the International Space Station (ISS). SpaceX has also launched Private spaceflight, private m ...
capsule, also used to transport crew to and from the International Space Station
Water
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Dragon (keelboat)
Dragon racing in 2008.
The Dragon is a one-design keelboat designed by Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929. In 1948 the Dragon became an Olympic Class, a status it retained until the Munich Olympics in 1972. The Dragon's long keel and elegant metre ...
, a sailing yacht, used in racing
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Dragon boat
A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province. These were made of teak, but in other parts of China, different kinds of wood are used. It is one of a family of t ...
, a narrow canoe-style boat, used for the sport of dragon boat racing
Other uses
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Dragon (Ninurta)
The Dragon ( Sumerian: ''Ušum'' or ''Ushum'') was one of the warriors slain by Ninurta, patron god of Lagash, in Sumerian religion. Its body was hung on the seat of his chariot according to the ancient source.lines 55-6
See also
* Zu (mytholog ...
, a figure in Sumerian religion
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Dragon (zodiac)
The Dragon, also known as Loong, () is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Dragon is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 辰, pronounced ''chen''.
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, in the Chinese zodiac
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Dragon reactor
DRAGON Reactor Experiment (DRE) was an experimental high temperature gas-cooled reactor at Winfrith in Dorset, England, an experimental reactor of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (O.E.C.D) High Temperature Reactor Projec ...
, a gas-cooled nuclear reactor in England
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Satan
Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as Devil in Christianity, the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an non-physical entity, entity in the Abrahamic religions ...
, referred to several times in the Book of Revelation as the "Dragon"
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Welsh Dragon
The Welsh Dragon ( cy, y Ddraig Goch, meaning 'the red dragon'; ) is a heraldic symbol that represents Wales and appears on the national flag of Wales.
As an emblem, the red dragon of Wales has been used since the reign of Cadwaladr, King of ...
, the flag of Wales
* In the Japanese board game
shogi
, also known as Japanese chess, is a strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as Western chess, ''chaturanga, Xiangqi'', Indian chess, and '' janggi''. ''Shōgi'' ...
, the rook and bishop promote to a "dragon (king)" and a "dragon horse"
* The 2020 Middle East storms of 23 March 2020 and following days are sometimes called the "Dragon storms"
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Draconian (disambiguation)
Draconian is an adjective meaning "of great severity", that derives from Draco, an Athenian law scribe under whom small offenses had heavy punishments ( Draconian laws).
Draconian may also refer to:
* Draconian (band), a death/doom metal band fro ...
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Dracaena (disambiguation)
Dracaena (romanized form of the Greek ''δράκαινα'' - ''drakaina'', "female dragon") can mean:
*Drakaina (mythology), a Greek mythological entity
* ''Dracaena'' (plant), a genus of plants
*''Cordyline australis'', a plant commonly known as ...
Draco (disambiguation)
Draco is the Latin word for serpent or dragon.
Draco or Drako may also refer to:
People
* Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων; 7th century BC), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, Greece, from whom the term ''draconian'' is derived
* D ...