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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. For information about animal wings, see Insect wing and Bird flight.

Wing (plural:wings) may also mean:

Places:

  • Wing, Buckinghamshire, a village in England.
  • Wing, Rutland, a village in England.
  • Port Wing, a town in the United States.
  • Wing, North Dakota, a city in the United States.
  • Wing River Township, Minnesota, a township in the United States.

People:

  • Craig Wing, a rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters.
  • Lorna Wing, a researcher of Asperger's Syndrome.
  • Wing Yee, a Canadian singer-songwriter.
  • Wing Han Tsang, a New Zealand singer originally from Hong Kong.
  • Wings Hauser

Entertainment:

  • Wings (film), a 1927 film about fighter pilots in World War I.
  • Wings (1966 movie), a 1966 movie by Soviet filmmaker Larisa Shepitko.
  • Wings (band), Paul McCartney's 1970s band.
  • Wings (novel), by Mikhail Kuzmin.
  • Wings, the third in The Bromeliad trilogy of children's books by Terry Pratchett.
  • Wings (TV series), which ran on NBC from 1990 to 1997.
  • Wings (BBC TV series), which was a BBC drama which ran from 1976 to 1977.
  • Wings (Discovery Channel TV series), documentary programs about aircraft.
  • Wings (album), released in 2005 by singer Bonnie Tyler.
  • Wings (game), a 1981 wargame by Yaquinto.
  • Wings (computer game), a 1990 World War I computer game by Cinemaware.
  • Wing (South Park), an episode of South Park featuring Wing (singer).
  • Wings (manga magazine) is a manga magazine.
  • Wings (play) is a 1978 Arthur Kopit play
  • "Wings", a song by Hawkwind from their 1990 album Space Bandits

Other:

  • Kalamazoo Wings, a UHL ice hockey team based in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
  • Wing (air force unit), a basic unit of an air force.
  • Wings Alliance, an airline alliance. All of its participants joined the Skyteam Alliance.
  • Wing Van or Wing Body, a body type of truck which side opens.
  • Wing, an arm of a building extending from the main central section.
  • WinG, a Windows interface in computing.
  • Buffalo wings, or chicken wings, a foodstuff.
  • Wings 3D, an open source computer graphics modeling program.
  • WING (Wrestling International New Generations), a former professional wrestling promotion in Japan.
  • Wing (lingerie), an underwear brand by Wacoal.
  • Winger (sport), a position in sports.
  • The Wings, an area of the stage not visible to the audience. See Stage (theatre)#Proscenium stage.
  • Wings (perfume), a scent by Giorgio Beverly Hills, now a subsidiary of Procter & Gamble
  • WINGs, a Widget toolkit used by Window Maker
  • Wings (board game) is a board game by Yaquinto Publications
  • The panel on an automobile which surrounds the wheel. See fender.
  • A type of buoyancy compensation device (BCD) worn by scuba divers. See Backplate and wing.
  • Wings (haircut), a haircut style
  • WINGs Display Manager, an X display manager

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