Titan

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Contents 1 Mythology 2 Music 3 Science 4 Ships 5 Military 6 Fiction 6.1 Literature 6.2 Television 6.3 Other uses 7 Geography 8 Gaming 9 Sports 10 Companies and products 11 Other uses 12 See also

Titan most often refers to:

• Titan (mythology), a class of deities who preceded the Olympians in Greek mythology
• Titan (moon), the largest moon of the planet Saturn
• Titan (rocket family)

[edit] Mythology

• Helios, Greek sun-deity sometimes referred to as "Titan"

[edit] Music

• Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), nicknamed "Titan"
• Titãs, a Brazilian Pop/Rock band
• Titán, a Mexican band
• Titan, A 2005 music album by the group 300.000 V.K.

[edit] Science

• Titan beetle, the largest beetle in the Amazon rainforest
• Titin, the largest protein known

[edit] Ships

• USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15), a ship in the United States Navy
• Titan, a British merchant ship torpedoed in 1940 whose survivors were resucued by HMCS St. Laurent (H83)
• ST Titan, a Gold Coast tugboat

[edit] Military

• HMH-769, United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Titan

[edit] Fiction

[edit] Literature

• Titan (Imperial Guard), a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guards in the Marvel Universe
• Titan (DC Comics), the moon of Saturn, as depicted in the fictional universe of DC Comics
• Titan (Marvel Comics), the moon of Saturn, as depicted in the fictional universe of Marvel Comics
• Titan (Stephen Baxter novel), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
• Titan (John Varley), the first book in the Gaea Trilogy, by science fiction author John Varley
• Teen Titans, also known as The Teen Titans, a group of DC Comics superheroes
• Titan (Dark Horse Comics), a superhero turned supervillain in the Dark Horse Comics imprint Comics' Greatest World
• Titan (Dune), a group of immortal cymeks in Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's book The Butlerian Jihad
• Titan (Ben Bova), a novel in the "Grand Tour" series
• The Titan, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
• Titan (Jean Paul), a German romance novel by Jean Paul from the early nineteenth century
• The Titan (collection), a collection of short stories by P. Schuyler Miller
• Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan, 1898 novella written by Morgan Robertson about a fictional ship that bears remarkable similarities to the real-life story of the Titanic
• Titan (Warhammer 40,000), giant bipedal war machines used by the Imperium of Man to fight their enemies (some of which have their own versions)
• The Sirens of Titan, a novel written by Kurt Vonnegut

[edit] Television

• Titan A.E., an animated sci-fi space adventure movie
• USS Titan (Star Trek), a Starfleet ship in Star Trek
• Titans (TV series), starring Casper Van Dien and Yasmine Bleeth
• Titans (Canadian TV series), hosted by Patrick Watson
• Titan, a Gladiator played by Michael O'Hearn in the 2008 TV series "American Gladiators"
• Titan ('Stingray' TV series), ruler of an underseas people on the TV series Stingray

[edit] Other uses

• Titans, an elite counter-insurgency group in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
• Hades God Titan of the Infershia Pantheon from Mahou Sentai Magiranger
• Titan, the moon of Saturn, depicted as the stage for a massive war in the years preceding the anime Cowboy Bebop

[edit] Geography

• Titan, Bucharest, a neighbourhood
• Titan metro station, located in the Titan neighbourhood of Bucharest
• Titan (cave), in Derbyshire, the largest known pitch in the United Kingdom
• Titan, Afghanistan
• The Titan (Fisher Towers), a natural tower near Moab, Utah

[edit] Gaming

• Titan (game), a fantasy war board game
• Titan (world), the Fighting Fantasy Game Books world that was created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone
• Titan (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons race of Outsiders
• Titan (game engine), a game engine developed by Stainless Steel Studios
• Titan (1988 computer game), an obscure Arkanoid/Breakout-clone made by Titus
• Titan (Final Fantasy character), a summoned beast in the Final Fantasy series
• Age of Mythology: The Titans, an expansion pack to the game Age of Mythology
• Titan (Battlefield 2142), huge transport and assault vehicles in Battlefield 2142
• Crash of the Titans, a Crash Bandicoot game
• Titan Quest, a PC action role-playing game developed by Iron Lore Entertainment
• Titans, a race of alien beings in the Imperion browser game, one of the three races a user can play
• Titans, the ancient Gods of Heavy Metal in the game Brütal Legend

[edit] Sports

• Acadie-Bathurst Titan, hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
• Gold Coast Titans, Australian rugby league team
• Newport Titans, a rugby league side who play out of Newport, South Wales
• Titans cricket team, the Nashua Titans, a South African cricket team based in Centurion and Benoni
• Tennessee Titans, American football team in the National Football League
• New York Titans, former name of the New York Jets, an American football team
• New York Titans (lacrosse), a team in the National Lacrosse League
• Orlando Titans, a team in the National Lacrosse League
• Ulster Titans, Rugby Union team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Victoria Titans, former professional basketball team from Melbourne in the NBL

[edit] Companies and products

• Chevrolet Titan, a cabover tractor-trailer truck by Chevrolet
• HTC Titan, a PDA phone running Windows Mobile by HTC
• Leyland Titan, a chassis for double-decker buses, made from 1927 to 1970
• Leyland Titan (B15), a double-decker bus, made from 1977 to 1984
• Nissan Titan, a pickup truck
• Titan Aircraft, a company specializing in ultralight aircraft kits
• Titan Airways, a charter airline
• Titan Books, a UK publisher of Titan Magazines graphic novels
• Titan Cement, a Greek multinational company
• Titan Corp., a private military contractor
• Titan Industries, an Indian watchmaker
• Titan Media, American pornographic film company
• TITAN2D, a software application for simulating granular avalanches
• Titan (roller coaster), at Six Flags Over Texas
• Titan (computer), prototype Atlas 2 computer developed in the early 1960s
• Titan, a South Devon Railway Gorgon class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
• Terex Titan, the prototype of a large dump truck
• Titan Sports, the former parent company of World Wrestling Entertainment
• Volkswagen Titan, a truck from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
• Cessna 404 Titan II, a small twin-propeller aircraft
• Titan, an engine test stand series from Horiba
• Titan-IC, a flying machine being designed and built at Imperial College, London to enter the Red Bull Flugtag 2009

[edit] Other uses

• Titan, banknote with a nominal value of 100 million Pounds Sterling
• Titan (dog), world's tallest dog

[edit] See also

• List of sports teams nicknamed Titans
• Titanium, a light, strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant metal
• Titanic (disambiguation)

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