Wing (disambiguation)

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A wing is an appendage used for flight by an animal or an apparatus used to create lift in aeronautics or a way to increase width (leverage) on a sailboat.

Wing may also refer to:

Places

England

  • Wing, Buckinghamshire, England
  • Wing, Rutland, England

United States

  • Wing, Alabama, United States
  • Wing, North Dakota, United States

People with the name

  • Wing (singer) (born 1960), the stage name of Wing Han Tsang, a New Zealand singer from Hong Kong
  • Amelia Kempshall Wing (1837-1927), American author and philanthropist
  • Anna Wing (1914–2013), English actress
  • Brad Wing (born 1991), American-football player from Australia
  • Craig Wing (born 1979), rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters
  • Donald Wing (1904–1972), Yale Librarian, compiler of a notable short title catalogue of books
  • Helen Wing ( (1892 – 1981) American author, composer, and pianist
  • Jeannette Wing, computer science researcher and corporate vice president of Microsoft Research
  • Jerry L. Wing (1923–1994), American businessman and politician
  • Joseph Wing (1810–1898), and William Ricketson Wing (1830–1908), owners of whaling company J. & W. R. Wing Company
  • Lorna Wing (1928–2014), Asperger syndrome researcher
  • Toby Wing (1915–2001), American actress
  • Warner Wing (1805–1876), American jurist and legislator
  • Wings Hauser (1805–1876), American actor and occasional director

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

  • Wing (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
  • Wing (Hunter × Hunter), a character from the manga series Hunter × Hunter
  • Wing (Transformers), a character from the Transformers universe
  • Colleen Wing, a samurai in the Marvel Comics universe
  • Cure Wing, a character in Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

  • Wings (1990 TV series), American sitcom television series that ran for eight seasons on NBC
  • Wing (poetry collection), by Matthew Francis
  • "Wing" (South Park), an episode of South Park featuring the singer Wing
  • Wing (waltz), a ballroom dance move
  • WING, an AM radio station in Dayton, Ohio
  • Wing Records, a record label
  • "Wing", a song by Patti Smith from Gone Again, 1996

Brands and enterprises

  • Wing (company), a subsidiary of Alphabet
  • T-Mobile Wing, a Pocket PC phone
  • The Wing (workspace), a women-focused co-working space in the United States

Computing

  • WinG, a Windows interface in computing
  • Wing IDE, an integrated development environment for Python

Transportation

  • Wing, another term for fender, the panel which surrounds the wheel on a motor vehicle
  • Wing, a type of spoiler, an aerodynamic device intended to generate downforce on a motor vehicle
  • Wing configuration, is an aircraft design for fixed-wing aircraft, pertaining to its arrangement of lifting and related surfaces

Other uses

  • Wing (basketball), a combination shooting guard and small forward
  • Wing (building), part of a building subordinate to the main
  • Wing (military unit), a unit of command, usually comprising two or more squadrons; the associated rank is Wing commander (rank)
  • Wing, part of the backplate and wing device worn by scuba divers
  • Wing, one of several botanical terms
  • Wing, a slang term for a human arm

See also

  • Left wing
  • Right wing
  • Take Wing
  • Wing and a Prayer (disambiguation)
  • Winger (sports), a position in several sports
  • Wings (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Wing
  • All pages with titles containing Wing
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