Oriole Explained

Oriole or Orioles may refer to:

Animals

• Old World oriole, colorful passerine birds in the family Oriolidae
• New World oriole, a group of birds in the family Icteridae

Music

• The Orioles, an R&B and doo-wop group of the late 1940s and early 1950s
• Oriole (band), a London-based world music jazz fusion band active in the 2000s
• Oriole Records (UK), a record label
• Oriole Records (U.S.), a record label

Places

Australia

• Oriole Park (Sydney), a park and a former baseball stadium in the western suburb of Auburn

United States

• Oriole, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Oriole, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Oriole, Maryland, an unincorporated community
• Oriole, Missouri, an unincorporated community

Canada

• Oriole (provincial electoral district), a provincial electoral district
• Oriole GO Station, a station in the GO Transit network located in North York, Ontario

Sports teams

United States

• Baltimore Orioles, a Major League Baseball team
• Baltimore Orioles (1882–1899), an American Association and National League baseball team from 1882 to 1899
• Baltimore Orioles (1901–1902), an American League baseball team
• Baltimore Orioles (minor league), two minor league baseball teams
• Baltimore Orioles (ice hockey), a hockey team from 1932 to 1942
• Charlotte Knights, a minor league baseball team known as the Charlotte Orioles from 1976 to 1988
• Cordele Reds, a minor league baseball team known as the Americus-Cordele Orioles in 1954 and the Cordele Orioles in 1955 before folding
• Dublin Irish, a minor league baseball team known as the Dublin Orioles in 1958
• Erie Sailors, a minor league baseball team known as the Erie Orioles from 1988 to 1989
• Fitzgerald Pioneers, a minor league baseball team known as the Fitzgerald Orioles in 1957
• Gulf Coast League Orioles, a minor league baseball team
• Leesburg Athletics, a minor league baseball team known as the Leesburg Orioles from 1960 to 1961

Elsewhere

• Dominican Summer League Orioles, a Dominican minor league baseball team
• Orioles de Montréal, a Canadian junior baseball team
• West Coast Fever, formerly Perth Orioles, Western Australia's Commonwealth Bank Trophy (netball) representatives

Naval ships

• , various United States Navy ships
• , the sail training vessel of the Canadian Forces
• , a Clyde-built paddlesteamer that was requisitioned by the British Admiralty during World War I and II

Aircraft

• Curtiss Oriole, an American general-purpose biplane first flown in 1919
• Doyle O-2 Oriole, an American parasol-wing airplane first flown in 1928

Other uses

• Orioles family, a Sicilian noble family
• "Oriole" (Homeland), a 2015 episode of the TV series Homeland
• A fluorescent gel stain made by Bio-Rad for visualization and quantitation of proteins
• Oriole, a Dixon Ticonderoga pencil brand