Eland may refer to:
Animals
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Taurotragus
''Taurotragus'' is a genus of large antelopes of the African savanna, commonly known as elands. It contains two species: the common eland ''T. oryx'' and the giant eland ''T. derbianus''.
Taxonomy
''Taurotragus'' is a Genus (biology), genus ...
'', a genus of antelope
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Common eland
The common eland (''Taurotragus oryx''), also known as the southern eland or eland antelope, is a savannah and plains antelope found in East and Southern Africa. It is a species of the family Bovidae and genus '' Taurotragus''. An adult male ...
of East and Southern Africa
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Giant eland
The giant eland (''Taurotragus derbianus''), also known as the Lord Derby eland and greater eland, is an open-forest and savanna antelope. A species of the family Bovidae and genus ''Taurotragus'', it was described in 1847 by John Edward Gray. T ...
of Central and Western Africa
Places
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Eland, Wisconsin
Eland (formerly Eland Junction) is a village in Shawano County, Wisconsin, in the United States. The population was 202 at the 2010 census.
History
Eland was originally called Eland Junction, and under the latter name was platted by the railroad ...
, United States
* An old spelling of
Elland
Elland is a market town in Calderdale, in the county of West Yorkshire, England. It is situated south of Halifax, by the River Calder and the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Elland was recorded as ''Elant'' in the Domesday Book of 1086. It ...
, West Yorkshire
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Eland Mountains
The Eland Mountains () are a range of mountains which rise above and extend about in a northeast–southwest direction along the south side of Clifford Glacier, northeast of the Clark Hills on the east coast of Palmer Land. The mountains were ...
, Antarctica
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Elands River (disambiguation)
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Elands, New South Wales
Elands is a village on the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales. Ellenborough Falls
Ellenborough Falls, a horsetail waterfall on the headwaters of the Ellenborough River, is located in the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Austra ...
Businesses
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Eland Books
Eland Books is an independent London-based publishing house founded in 1982 with the aim of republishing and reviving classic travel books that have fallen out of print over time.
Its list currently runs to around 160 titles and is highly rega ...
, a publishing house
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Eland Oil & Gas
Eland Oil & Gas PLC was a Nigeria focused upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production company with operational offices in Abuja, Nigeria and Aberdeen, Scotland.
History
The Company was founded in 2009 with the vision and strategy t ...
, a Nigeria-focused upstream oil and natural gas exploration and production company
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E-Land Group
E·Land Group (hangul:이랜드그룹) is a South Korean conglomerate headquartered in Changjeon-dong Mapo-gu Seoul, South Korea. E-Land Group takes part in retail malls, restaurants, theme parks, hotels and construction businesses as well as its ...
, a South Korean conglomerate
Technology
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Eland Mk7
The Eland is an air portable light armoured car based on the Panhard AML. Designed and built for long-range reconnaissance, it mounts either a 60mm (2.4 in) breech-loading mortar or a Denel 90mm (3.5 in) gun on a very compact chassi ...
, a South African armoured car
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Napier Eland
The Napier Eland was a British turboshaft or turboprop gas-turbine engine built by Napier & Son in the early 1950s. Production of the Eland ceased in 1961 when the Napier company was taken over by Rolls-Royce.
Design and development
The Ela ...
, a type of turboshaft
Other uses
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Eland (surname) Eland is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Ivan Eland (born 1958), American defense analyst and author
* John Eland (chemist) (born 1941), British chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society
* John Eland (MP) (died 1542), English po ...
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Eland House
Verde is an office building at 10 Bressenden Place, formerly known as Eland House, in Westminster, London. It was originally designed by EPR Architects and built by Mowlem for Landsec, and although finally completed in 1998, staff of the form ...
, an office building in Westminster, London
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Operation Eland
Operation Eland, also known as the Nyadzonya Raid, was a military operation carried out by operatives of the Rhodesian Selous Scouts at Nyadzonya in Mozambique on 9 August 1976. The Rhodesians initially claimed 300 ZANLA and 30 FAM (Armed Forc ...
, a 1976 attack by Rhodesian Selous Scouts at Nyadzonya, Mozambique
See also
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Elan (disambiguation)
Elan or Élan may refer to:
People
* Elan Atias (born 1975), American singer-songwriter
*Elán (musician) (born 1983), Mexican singer
* Poets of Elan, a group of Ecuadorian poets
Fictional characters
* Elan (Order of the Stick), a character in t ...
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Elaan (disambiguation)
Elaan may refer to:
* ''Elaan'' (1947 film), a Bollywood film directed by Mehboob Khan
* ''Elaan'' (1971 film), a Bollywood thriller film directed by K. Ramanlal
* ''Elaan'' (1994 film), a Hindi film directed by Guddu Dhanoa
* ''Elaan'' (2005 ...
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