Belle may refer to:

People and fictional characters

* Belle (given name), a list of people and fictional characters * Belle (surname), a list of people * Southern belle, a stock character representing a young woman of the American South's upper class * Belle (Disney character), the heroine and protagonist of

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winning animated film '' Beauty and the Beast''.

Brands and enterprises

* Belle Air, a former airline with headquarters in Tirana, Albania * Belle Air Europe, a subsidiary of Belle Air in the Kosovo * Belle Baby Carriers, an American baby carrier manufacturer * Belle International, a Chinese footwear retailer

Film and television

* ''Belle'' (1973 film), a Belgian-French drama film by André Delvaux * ''Belle'' (2013 film), a British film by Amma Asante * ''Belle'' (2021 film), a Japanese animated film by Mamoru Hosoda * '' Belle's'', an American comedy TV series that premiered in 2013

Music

* ''Belle'' (album), a 2011 album by Bic Runga * "Belle" (Patrick Fiori, Daniel Lavoie and Garou song), a song from the 1998 musical adaptation of Victor Hugo's novel ''Notre Dame de Paris'' * "Belle" (Disney song), a song written for Disney's 1991 film ''Beauty and the Beast'' * ''Belle'' (2014 soundtrack), the soundtrack for the 2013 British drama film ''Belle'' * ''Belle'' (2021 soundtrack), the soundtrack for the 2021 Japanese animated film ''Belle'' * ''Belle'', a 1961 musical by Wolf Mankowitz (lyrics) and Monty Norman (music) * "Belle", a 1977 song written by Al Green, Fred Jordan and Reuben Fairfax, Jr.

Places

* Belle, Flanders or Bailleul, Nord, a commune in France * Belle, Udupi, a village in India * Belle, Missouri, a town in the United States * Belle Township, Holt County, Nebraska, United States * Belle, West Virginia, a town in the United States * Belle River (disambiguation)

Railway trains

* '' Bournemouth Belle'', a named train run by the Southern Railway (Great Britain) from 1931 until 1948 * '' Brighton Belle'', a passenger train operated by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway * '' Devon Belle'', a passenger train operated by the Southern Railway and then British Railways from 1947 to 1954

Science and technology

* Belle (chess machine), an early chess computer * Belle experiment, an accelerator-based particle physics experiment * Belle, the current version of Nokia's Symbian mobile operating system

Ships

* ''La Belle'' (ship), a ship lost in 1686 during a French colonization attempt in Texas * USCS ''Belle'' (1848), a survey ship in service with the United Coast Survey from 1848 to 1857 * USS ''Belle'' (1864), a Union Navy steamer in the American Civil War

Sports teams

* Battle Creek Belles, part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1951–1952) * Doncaster Belles, now Doncaster Rovers Belles L.F.C., an English semi-professional women's football club * Memphis Belles, member of the Independent Women's Football League * Muskegon Belles, part of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1953) * Racine Belles, a team of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (1943–1950)

Other uses

* Belle (card game), a 17th-century gambling card game * ''Belle'' (magazine), an Australian design magazine * Hurricane Belle, a storm of the 1976 Atlantic hurricane season * Mount Belle, a mountain in New Zealand