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Orbis may refer to:


Companies

* Orbis Business Intelligence, a British private intelligence firm * Orbis Technology, a British bookmaker software company now called OpenBet * Orbis (Polish travel agency), a Polish travel agency, established in 1920


Entertainment

* ''Orbis'' (audio drama), a Doctor Who audio play * ''Orbis Pictus'' (film), a 1997 Slovak film


Historical

* The "Orbis Terrarum", a map of the world created by
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa (; BC – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. Agrippa is well known for his important military victories, notably the B ...
in 20 A.D. * Orbis, Rhineland-Palatinate, a municipality in the Donnersbergkreis district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany * '' Orbis Pictus'', a 1658 children's book by Czech educator Jan Ámos Komenský


Publishing

* Orbis Books, a U.S. publishing imprint of the Maryknoll order *
Orbis Publishing Orbis Publishing Ltd. was a United Kingdom-based publisher of books and partworks. Company history Orbis Publishing Limited was founded in 1970. The company was originally registered on 25 November 1969 under the name Reefdell Limited with t ...
, a British publisher of partworks and books *
Orbis Pictus Award The Orbis Pictus Award for Outstanding Nonfiction for Children recognizes books which demonstrate excellence in the "writing of nonfiction for children." It is awarded annually by the National Council of Teachers of English to one American book p ...
, awarded by the National Council of Teachers of English for outstanding children's nonfiction literature * ''Orbis'', a 2002 alternative history novel by Scott Mackay


Periodicals

* ''Orbis'' (journal), a quarterly journal of international affairs published by the Foreign Policy Research Institute * '' Orbis Litterarum'', a bimonthly literary journal published by Wiley-Blackwell * '' Vanderbilt Orbis'', a progressive student newspaper at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee


Other uses

* Orbis Cascade Alliance, an academic library consortia in the U.S. states of Washington, Oregon and Idaho * Orbis International (the "Flying Eye Hospital"), a charitable organization devoted to treating and preventing blindness * a development kit for
PlayStation 4 The PlayStation 4 (PS4) is a home video game console developed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. Announced as the successor to the PlayStation 3 in February 2013, it was launched on November 15, 2013, in North America, November 29, 2013, in ...
** Orbis OS, the proprietary operating system used by PlayStation 4 * Orbiting Binary Black Hole Investigation Satellite (ORBIS), a space telescope in development by Japan * ORBIS: The Stanford Geospatial Network Model of the Roman World, an interactive site co-developed by
Walter Scheidel Walter Scheidel (born 9 July 1966) is an Austrian historian who teaches ancient history at Stanford University, California. Scheidel's main research interests are ancient social and economic history, pre-modern historical demography, and co ...
* a company database provided by Bureau van Dijk


See also

* * Orb (disambiguation) * Orbiso, a village in Montaña Alavesa, Spain * Orbit (disambiguation) {{disambiguation