Harper may refer to:
Names
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Harper (name), a surname and given name
Places
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Harper Islands
Harper Islands is a small uninhabited island group with an area of , which is part of the Baffin Island group located in the Arctic Archipelago in the territory of Nunavut. The group lies at the confluence of Frobisher Bay and the Labrador Sea. Oth ...
, Nunavut
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Harper, Prince Edward Island
Harper (sometimes referred to collectively as Harper Road, PEI, Harper Road) is a Canadian rural community located in western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Prince County, Prince Edward Island.
Among other roads, Harper is located on Route ...
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*Harper, former name of
Costa Mesa, California
Costa Mesa (; Spanish for " Table Coast") is a city in Orange County, California. Since its incorporation in 1953, the city has grown from a semi-rural farming community of 16,840 to an urban area including part of the South Coast Plaza–John ...
in Orange County
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Harper, Illinois
Harper is an unincorporated community in Ogle County
Ogle County is a county in the northern part of the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2010 United States Census, it had a population of 53,497. Its county seat is Oregon, and its ...
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Harper, Indiana
Harper is an unincorporated community in Decatur County, Indiana, in the United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North Am ...
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Harper, Iowa
Harper is a city in Keokuk County, Iowa, United States. The population was 118 at the time of the 2020 census.
Geography
Harper's longitude and latitude coordinatesin decimal form are 41.3625116, -92.0510106.
According to the United States Cens ...
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Harper, Kansas
Harper is a city in Harper County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 1,313.
History
Harper was founded in 1877 by a colony from Iowa. The city of Harper, like Harper County, is named for Sergeant Mar ...
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Harper, Kentucky Harper is an unincorporated community in Magoffin County, Kentucky. A post office was established on March 7, 1915, and named after its first postmaster
A postmaster is the head of an individual post office, responsible for all postal activiti ...
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Harper, Missouri
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Harper, Logan County, Ohio
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Harper, Ross County, Ohio Harper is an unincorporated community in Ross County, in the U.S. state
In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdictio ...
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Harper, Oregon
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Harper, Texas
Harper is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP), located west of Fredericksburg on U.S. Highway 290, in Gillespie County, in the U.S. state of Texas. The population was 1,192 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Harper is loc ...
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Harper, Utah
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Harper, Washington Harper is an unincorporated community in Kitsap County, in the U.S. state of Washington. It is part of the Southworth census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census B ...
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Harper, Wyoming
;Elsewhere
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Harper, Liberia
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Harper River in Canterbury, New Zealand
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Harper Adams University
Harper Adams University, founded in 1901 as Harper Adams College, is a public university located close to the village of Edgmond, near Newport, in Shropshire, England. Established in 1901, the college is a specialist provider of higher educa ...
, Shropshire, United Kingdom.
Court cases
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''Harper'' ''v''. ''Virginia Board of Elections'', 383 U.S. 663 (1966), overruling
''Breedlove'' ''v''. ''Suttles'', 302 U.S. 277 (1937)
Other uses
* Harper, a
harp
The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orc ...
player
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''Harper'' (film), a 1966 film starring Paul Newman and Lauren Bacall
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Harper (publisher)
Harper is an American publishing house, the flagship imprint of global publisher HarperCollins based in New York City.
History
J. & J. Harper (1817–1833)
James Harper and his brother John, printers by training, started their book publishin ...
, an American publishing house, the imprint of global publisher HarperCollins
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Harper College, a community college in Palatine, Illinois, USA
* Short name for ''
harper by Harper's Bazaar''
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Harper (''Forgotten Realms''), a member of a fictional semi-secret organization
See also
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Harper County (disambiguation)
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Harper Road (disambiguation)
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Harper Township (disambiguation)
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Harpers (disambiguation)
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Harper's (disambiguation) Harper's most commonly refers to ''Harper's Magazine'', an American monthly general-interest publication.
Harper's may also refer to:
Publications
* ''Harper's Bazaar'', an American fashion magazine
* ''Harpers Magazine'' (trade publication), a ...
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Harpers Ferry (disambiguation)
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Harp (disambiguation)
A harp is a type of stringed musical instrument.
Harp, harps, HARP, or ''variation'', may also refer to:
Art, entertainment, and media
Music
* Blues harp, a style of harmonica-playing in blues
* French harp, or harmonica
* Jew's harp or Jaw har ...
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Happer (disambiguation)
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