Swan (disambiguation) explained

A swan is a bird of the genus Cygnus (true swans) or Coscoroba (coscoroba swans).

Swan, swans, or The Swan may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

Film and television

• The Swan (1925 film), a 1925 silent film
• The Swan (1956 film), a 1956 remake of a 1925 film of the same title
• Swan (1976 film), a Bulgarian drama film
• Swan, a television ident for BBC Two first aired in early 1998, see BBC Two '1991–2001' idents
• The Swan (TV series), a U.S. reality TV series from 2004
• Swan (2011 film), a Portuguese film directed by Teresa Villaverde

Literature

• Swan (manga), a shōjo manga by Ariyoshi Kyoko
• "The Swan" (Baudelaire), a poem by Baudelaire
• The Swan (newspaper), a student newspaper of St. Hugh's College, Oxford
• The Swan (novel), an English translation edition of 1991 novel by Guðbergur Bergsson
• "The Swan" (short story), a 1977 story by Roald Dahl
• The Swan, a 1920 play by Ferenc Molnár
• The Swan, a 1993 play by Elizabeth Egloff
• Trumpet of the Swan by EB White

Music and dance

• Swans (band), an experimental rock group
  • Swans (EP), a 1982 EP by the band Swans
• Swan (album), a 2011 album by Unwritten Law
• "The Swan", a song by Jay Chou from the 2007 album Secret
• The Swan (ballet), better known as The Dying Swan
• Le Cygne (Saint-Saëns), a movement of the musical suite The Carnival of the Animals

Fictional Characters

• Black Swan, a playable character in

Organisations

• Swan (rolling papers), a subsidiary of Swedish Match
• Swans (eyewear), a Japanese eyewear brand
• Swan Electronics, a radio gear manufacturer
• Swan Records (jazz label)
• Swan Records, a pop record label

People

• Howard E. Johnson (1908–1991), American swing alto saxophonist, nicknamed Swan
• Joseph Swan (1828—1914), English physicist, chemist, and inventor (most notably of the filament lightbulb)
• Howard Swan (1906–1995), American choral conductor and music educator
• Swan (surname), a list of people with the name
• Swan Hennessy (1866–1929), Irish-American composer based in Paris
• Swan King (1845–1886), nickname for Ludwig II of Bavaria
• Swan of Stowe, nickname for the Catholic saint Hugh of Lincoln
• Bunny Swan, Chinese character on Madtv played by Alex Borstein

Places

• The Swan, County Laois, Ireland
• Swan River (disambiguation)
• Swan Township (disambiguation)
• Swan Valley (disambiguation)

Australia

• City of Swan, Perth
  • Division of Swan, an electoral district based on the surrounding area
• Swan Bay, Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia
• Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia

United States

• Swan, Indiana
• Swan, Iowa
• Swan, Missouri
• Swan Range, a mountain range in Montana
• Swan, Texas
• Swan, Wisconsin
• Swan Township, Holt County, Nebraska
• Swan's Island, Maine

In space

• Comet SWAN (disambiguation), the name of several comets
• Cygnus (constellation), a constellation also known as the Swan

Elsewhere

• The Swan, County Laois, Ireland
• Erasmusbrug, a bridge nicknamed "The Swan" in Rotterdam, Netherlands
• Swans, Punjab, Pakistan

Science and technology

• Swan's theorem, a concept in mathematics
• Solar Wind Anisotropies, an instrument of the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory spacecraft
• Syndrome without a name, a term indicating an unknown idiopathic disease
• Swan (nuclear primary), a prototype thermonuclear primary

Computing

• Scottish Wide Area Network (SWAN), the secure network for Scotland’s public services
• State Wide Area Network, in the National e-Governance Plan of India

Ships and boats

• HMAS Swan, several Royal Australian Navy ships
• HMS Swan, several British Royal Navy ships
• Nautor's Swan, a line of Finnish luxury sailing yachts
• Swan boat (racing), a long and narrow human-powered boat
• Swan Boats (Boston, Massachusetts), a fleet of pleasure boats
• Swan Boats (Magic Kingdom), a ride at the Magic Kingdom, Walt Disney World, (1973–1983)
• Swan Hellenic, a cruise line
• Swan (sternwheeler), a stern-wheel steamboat
• USS Swan, several United States Navy ships

Sports

• Swan Districts Football Club, an Australian rules football club based in Bassendean, Australia
• Swan Racing, a NASCAR racing team
• Swan United FC, a football club based in Swan Valley, Australia
• Sydney Swans, an Australian rules football club

Venues

England

• Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, England, a theatre belonging to the Royal Shakespeare Company
• Wycombe Swan, a theatre in High Wycombe
• The Swan (theatre), in London
• The Swan, Hammersmith, a public house in London
• The Swan, Little Totham, a pub in Little Totham, Essex, England
• The Swan, West Wycombe, a public house in Buckinghamshire
• The Swan, York, a pub in York
• The Swan (Tetsworth inn), an historic Elizabethan coaching inn in Tetsworth
• Swan Inn, Westminster, London

Other venues

• Walt Disney World Swan, a US resort hotel

Other uses

• Swan (beer), a beer label, Western Australia
• Swan (chair), designed in 1958 by Arne jacobsen
• Swan (Dungeons & Dragons)
• Swan (Exalted), a role-playing game published by White Wolf Publishing
• Swan (Fabergé egg), commissioned in 1906 by Tsar Nicholas II
• Swan Bells, a set of bells in Perth, Australia
• Swan diagram, an economics model
• Swan Soap, a brand of soap introduced by the Lever Brothers Company
• SwanCon, a science fiction convention

See also

• • Coscoroba swan, a relative of true swans
• Swan goose, a type of goose
• Swan mussel, a type of mollusk
• The Swans (disambiguation)
• Swann (disambiguation)
• Wild Swans (disambiguation)
• Cygnus (disambiguation)