Wright Wright is an occupational surname originating in England. The term 'Wright' comes from the circa 700 AD Old English word 'wryhta' or 'wyrhta', meaning worker or shaper of wood. Later it became any occupational worker (for example, a shipwright i ...

an occupational surname originating in England, meaning worker or shaper of wood. Wright or Wrights may also refer to:

Places

Earth

;Australia * Wright, Australian Capital Territory *

Division of Wright The Division of Wright is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. Geography Federal electoral division boundaries in Australia are determined at redistributions by a redistribution committee appointed by the Australian Electoral Commi ...

, federal electoral division in Queensland *

Electoral district of Wright Wright is a single-member electoral district for the South Australian House of Assembly. Named after the 19th century South Australian architect Edmund Wright, it is a suburban electorate in Adelaide's outer north-east, taking in the suburbs ...

, state electoral district in South Australia * Wright railway station, Melbourne * Wright Rock, Tasmanian island in northern Bass Strait ;Canada * Wright, Quebec *

Mont Wright (Quebec) Mont Wright was a mountain in Fermont, Quebec, a site of major iron ore mining operations since the 1970s by Québec Cartier Mining Company. It is located in Caniapiscau Regional County Municipality. Mont Wright itself does not exist anymore; it ...

, mountain near Fermont, Quebec ;United States *

Wright, Florida Wright is a census-designated place (CDP) in Okaloosa County, Florida, United States. The population was 23,127 at the 2010 United States Census. It is part of the Fort Walton Beach– Crestview– Destin Metropolitan Statistical Area. G ...

* Wright, Iowa * Wright, Kansas *

Wright, Minnesota Wright is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 127 at the 2010 census. Minnesota State Highway 210 serves as a main route in Wright. Wright is located 28 miles west of Cloquet. Wright is located 6 miles we ...

Wright, New York Wright is a town in Schoharie County, New York, United States. The population was 1,547 at the 2000 census. The town was named after governor Silas Wright. The Town of Wright is on the county's northeastern corner and is west of Albany. Histor ...

* Wright, West Virginia *

Wright, Wyoming Wright is a town in Campbell County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 1,807 at the 2010 census. History Ten thousand years ago, the first people came to the high plains to hunt buffalo and antelope. In more recent times, the Sioux a ...

Wright City, Missouri Wright City is a city in Warren County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Interstate 70 at mile marker 200 approximately west of downtown St. Louis. Wright City is a small, semi-rural community area with primarily single-family housing, wi ...

Wright City, Oklahoma Wright City is a town in McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States, along the Little River. The population was 762 at the 2010 census, a decline of slightly more than 10 percent from the figure of 848 recorded in 2000. Wright City hosts one of th ...

* Wright County (disambiguation), several counties * Wright Township (disambiguation), several townships

Solar System

1747 Wright 1747 Wright, provisional designation , is a stony asteroid and a sizable Mars-crosser, approximately 6 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 14 July 1947, by American astronomer Carl Wirtanen at Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton near S ...

, asteroid * Wright (lunar crater), Moon * Wright (Martian crater), Mars

Art, entertainment, and media

*Pastor Leon Wright, a fictional character in ''The Returned'' (U.S. TV series) *'' Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney'', a game with the name of the titular character for the Game Boy Advance

Brands, enterprises and organizations

Wright Aeronautical Wright Aeronautical (1919–1929) was an American aircraft manufacturer headquartered in Paterson, New Jersey. It was the successor corporation to Wright-Martin. It built aircraft and was a supplier of aircraft engines to other builders in the ...

, an American aircraft and aircraft engine manufacturer *

Wright Company The Wright Company was the commercial aviation business venture of the Wright Brothers, established by them on November 22, 1909, in conjunction with several prominent industrialists from New York and Detroit with the intention of capitalizing o ...

, the Wright brothers' initial aviation business * Wright Electric, an American company developing an electric airliner * Wright State University, located in Dayton, Ohio *

Wilbur Wright College Wilbur Wright College, formerly known as Wright Junior College, is a public community college in Chicago. Part of the City Colleges of Chicago system, it offers two-year associate's degrees, as well as occupational training in IT, manufacturing, ...

, a community college in Chicago * Wright's Coal Tar Soap, a popular brand of antiseptic soap *

Wrightbus Wrightbus is a Northern Ireland based bus manufacturer and a pioneer of the low-floor bus. The company was established in 1946 by Robert Wright and was later run by his son William Wright, until it was acquired in 2019 by British businessman ...

, an Irish bus body manufacturer * Wrights (textile manufacturers)

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