Dragon (disambiguation)

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A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with reptile-like traits.

Dragon may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Characters and fictional entities

  • Chinese dragon
  • Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons), a monstrous creature
  • Dragon (Middle-earth)
    , a type of fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's books
  • Dragon (Shrek), a character in Shrek
  • The Dragon, a title for the world's champion against the forces of darkness in Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series
  • Dragon, a member of
    Gen13
  • Dragon, the leading character in the Image Comics title Savage Dragon
  • Dragons (Dragon Prince)
    , mythical beasts
  • Dragons (Pern)
    , by Anne McCaffrey
  • The Dragon (Beowulf)
  • Richard Dragon, a DC Comics character
  • Dragon Shiryū, a Saint Seiya character
  • Dragon (One Piece)

Films

Gaming

Literature

Periodicals

Music

Groups

Albums

Songs

Roller coasters

Television

Other arts and entertainment

Biology

Animals

  • Agamidae, a family of lizards, of which many genera are known as dragons, especially in subfamilies Amphibolurinae and Draconinae
    • Amphibolurinae
      • Ctenophorus, an Australian genus of lizards, of which many species are known as dragons
      • Pogona, a genus of Australian lizards, commonly called "bearded dragons"
    • Draconinae
      • Acanthosaura, commonly named as "horned dragons," a genus of lizards, endemic to Southeast Asia
      • Draco, commonly known as "flying dragons," a genus of lizards, endemic to Southeast Asia
  • Dragonfish (disambiguation) § Fish, many fish
  • Dragonet, fish of the Callionymidae
  • Komodo dragon, a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo

Other uses in biology

  • Antirrhinum, a genus of plants, known as "snap dragon"
  • Dracaena, a genus of trees, also known as "dragon tree"
  • DRAGON (protein)
    , a membrane receptor protein
  • Pitaya, also called "dragon fruit," fruit of several different cactus species
  • Saururus cernuus, a species of plants, also called "water dragon"
  • Tarragon, a species of perennial herbs, which is called dragon in several languages including its Latin name

Brands and enterprises

Education

Mathematics and computing

Military

  • Dragon (firearm), the short version of the blunderbuss
  • "Dragons", a USMC helicopter squadron (see: VMM-265)
  • BQM-147 Dragon, United States unmanned aerial vehicle
  • Focke-Achgelis Fa 223
    , German World War II helicopter, known in English as Dragon
  • HMS Dragon, the name of at least 14 ships (and a building) of the English/British Navy
  • M47 Dragon, an American anti-tank missile system
  • The Dragons, a display team consisting of 4 x Hawker Hunters of No. 4 Flying Training School RAF, during 1973
  • USS Dragon (1861), a Union Navy steamer during the American Civil War
  • Dragón, a Spanish development of the Mowag Piranha V Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Nobility and royalty

People

  • Vlad II Dracul (1390–1447), duke of Wallachia, nicknamed "Vlad the Dragon"
  • Goran Dragić (born 1986), Slovenian basketball player
  • G-Dragon (born 1988), South Korean rapper
  • Carmen Dragon (1914–1984), American conductor and composer
  • Daryl Dragon (1942–2019), American musician, one half of the duo Captain & Tennille; son of Carmen Dragon
  • Tatsumi Fujinami (born 1953), Japanese professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • Bruce Lee (1940–1973), Chinese actor and martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • Lyoto Machida (born 1978), Brazilian martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • Ricky Steamboat (born 1953), American professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
  • Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player nicknamed "The Welsh Dragon"
  • Don "The Dragon" Wilson
    (born 1954), American champion kickboxer and actor
  • Ryuji Kumita (born 1967), Japanese racing driver who uses the pseudonym "Dragon"

Places

Extra-terrestrial

Terrestrial

Sports teams

Africa

Asia

  • CEC Dragons
    , the sports teams of the Cebu Eastern College in the Philippines
  • China Dragon, an ice hockey team in China
  • Chunichi Dragons, a baseball team in Japan
  • Jeonnam Dragons (formerly spelled as Chunnam Dragons), a football team in South Korea
  • Jiangsu Dragons, a Chinese Basketball Association team
  • Kuala Lumpur Dragons, a Malaysian basketball team
  • Shanghai Dragons, an Overwatch eSports team in China
  • Sichuan Dragons, a baseball team in China
  • Team Dragon
    , nickname for China men's national basketball team
  • Welcoat Dragons
    , a basketball team in the Philippines

Europe

North America

Oceania

Transport

Air

Land

Space

  • Dragon (rocket), a French research sounding rocket
  • SpaceX Dragon capsule, used to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station
  • SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule, also used to transport crew to and from the International Space Station

Water

Other uses

  • Dragon (Ninurta), a figure in Sumerian religion
  • Dragon (zodiac), in the Chinese zodiac
  • Dragon reactor, a gas-cooled nuclear reactor in England
  • Satan, referred to several times in the Book of Revelation as the "Dragon"
  • Welsh Dragon, the flag of Wales
  • In the Japanese board game shogi, the rook and bishop promote to a "dragon (king)" and a "dragon horse"
  • The 2020 Middle East storms of 23 March 2020 and following days are sometimes called the "Dragon storms"

See also