Common meanings
*Arts and media
Fictional entities
Characters and species
* Orion (character), a DC Comics character * Orion (''Star Trek''), a sentient alien species * Orion, code name of Stephen J. Bartowski on the television show ''Chuck'' * Orion, in the fighting game '' Brawlhalla'' * Orions, a race in the '' Starfire'' board game and book series * Orion, a character from ''Power Rangers Super Megaforce'' * Captain Orion, in the Japanese series '' X-Bomber'' * Orion Pax, the former name of Optimus Prime. Orion Black, the father of Sirius Black and Regulus Black, in the Harry Potter SeriesVessels
* ''Orion'', a spaceplane in the film ''2001: A Space Odyssey'' * ''Orion'', a spaceship in '' Raumpatrouille Orion'' (''Space Patrol Orion'' in English), the first German science fiction television series * ''"Orion"''-class spaceship, on the television series '' Ascension''Literature
* ''Orion'', an 1843 poem by Richard Henry Horne * ''Orion'', a 1978 novel byMusic
Albums and long-form compositions
* ''Orion'' (Ryan Adams album) * ''Orion'' (X Ambassadors album) * ''Orion'' (Vivier), a 1979 orchestral work by Claude Vivier * ''Orion'' (Lacoste), an opera by the French composer Louis Lacoste * ''Orion'', a 2004Songs
* "Orion" (Girl Next Door song) * "Orion" (Mika Nakashima song) * "Orion" (Metallica song), an instrumental piece on the album ''Master of Puppets'' * "Orion", a song by 12012 * "Orion", a song in the boxed set '' Dead Can Dance (1981–1998) '' by Dead Can Dance * "Orion", a song on the album '' Stormwatch'' by Jethro Tull * "Orion", a 2017 non-album single by Kenshi YonezuOther uses in music
* Orion Records (1960s–'80s), a classical record label * Orion (singer) (Jimmy Ellis, 1945–1998), American singer * Youth (musician) (Martin Glover, born 1960), British musician also known as OrionPeriodicals
* ''Orion'' (manga), by Masamune Shirow * ''Orion'' (magazine), a magazine on nature, environment and culture * ''Orion'' (1840s magazine), an American literary magazine that ran from 1842 to 1844 * ''ORiON'', the journal of the Operations Research Society of South Africa * '' Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion'', a manga by Yoshihiro Takahashi * ''The Orion'' (California State University, Chico), a student newspaperOther uses in arts and media
* ''Orion'' (film), a Canadian film * ''Orion'' (sculpture), work by Mark di Suvero * Miss Riboet's Orion (1925–42), a theatrical troupe active in the Dutch East IndiesBuildings
* The Orion (skyscraper) in New York City * Orion Assembly, a General Motors assembly plant in Orion Township, Michigan * Orion Building, a residential building in Birmingham, England * Orion, the movie theater of Finland's National Audiovisual Archive * Orion Theatre, largest avant-garde theatrical/artist stage in Stockholm, Sweden * Orion Mall, Bangalore, India; a shopping mallCompanies
Arts and media
* Orion Pictures, an American film production company, now a subsidiary of MGM * Orion Publishing Group, a UK-based book publisher * Orion Records (1960s–'80s), a classical record label * Orion Broadcasting, a broadcasting company in Louisville, KentuckyElectrical power and electronics
* Orion Electric, a Japanese electronics company * Orion Electronics, a Hungarian company * Orion Energy Systems, an American power technology company * Orion New Zealand Limited, a New Zealand electricity distribution companyFood and beverage
* Orion Breweries, the fifth-largest beer brewery in Japan * Orion (chocolate), a Czech chocolate confectionery, subsidiary of Nestlé since 1999 * Orion Corporation (South Korean company), a South Korean confectionery companyTransportation and vehicles
Transport carriers
* Orion Airways, a UK airline that operated from 1979 to 1989 * Orion Air, a Seychelles airline * Orion Expedition Cruises, an Australian cruise line * Orionair, a Spanish charter airline * Orionair, name used by Luxembourg airline Lionair when operating flights to the United StatesVehicle manufacturers
* Orion Bus Industries, a Canadian bus manufacturer * Orion Space, a Nepalese company producing the Nepal PQ-1 picosatellite * Orionette, also known as Orion AG für Motorfahrzeuge, a German motorcycle manufacturerOther companies
* Orion Telescopes & Binoculars, an American company * Orion Corporation (pharmaceutical company), a Finnish pharmaceutical company * Orion Group (Bangladesh), a Bangladeshi industrial conglomerates ** Orion Pharma (Bangladesh), a Bangladeshi pharmaceutical company * Orion Group (recruitment company), Scottish international recruiting companyPeople
* Orion (name) * Orion, industry name of record producer Darren Tate (born 1972) * Orion, stage name ofPlaces
United States
* Orion, Alabama, an unincorporated community * Orion, Illinois, a village ** Orion Township, Fulton County, Illinois ** Orion High School, in Orion, Illinois * Orion, Wisconsin, a town ** Orion (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Orion Township, Michigan * Orion Township, MinnesotaElsewhere
* Orion, Alberta, Canada, a hamlet * Orion, Bataan, the Philippines, a municipality * Orion, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France, a commune * Orion, Queensland, Australia, a village in the Central Highlands Region * Orion Passage, a narrow sailing route on the northwestern tip of AntarcticaScience and technology
Astronomy
*Biology
* ''Orion'' (beetle), a genus of beetles * Orion (grape), a white wine grape variety * '' Historis odius'', the Orion, a butterfly in the genus ''Historis''Computing
* ORION (research and education network), the provincial research network of Ontario, Canada * Orion (system-on-a-chip), used in network-attached storage * Ferranti Orion, a mid-range mainframe computer introduced in 1959 * HLH Orion, a series of minicomputers produced in the 1980s * Orion Application Server, a Java EE application server * Orion Browser, aOther technologies
* Orion (laser), a large laser installation in the UK * Orion (space telescope), two research instruments on crewed 1970s Soviet spacecraftSports
Football (soccer)
* A.D. Orión, a Panamanian football club * Orión F.C., a Costa Rican football club * Orion F.C., a Scottish football clubOther sports
* Goyang Orion Orions, a South Korean basketball team * Orions, former name of theTransportation and military
Air
* Lockheed P-3 Orion, a maritime patrol aircraft, with several variants * Lockheed Model 9 Orion, a passenger aircraft introduced in 1931 * Aurora Flight Sciences Orion, a long-endurance uncrewed aircraft * Bristol Orion, a cancelled two-shaft turboprop aero engine developed by Bristol Siddeley * Kronshtadt Orion, Russian UCAV droneLand
* Ford Orion, a car based on the Ford Escort but with a larger boot and four doors * ''Orion'', a South Devon Railway Comet-class steam locomotive * ''Orion'', a GWR 3300-class steam locomotive * Mitsubishi Orion engine, a series of internal combustion engines produced by Mitsubishi MotorsSea
Military vessels
* , several U.S. Navy vessels * , several Royal Navy vessels * , a series of super-dreadnoughts of the Royal Navy * , an ''Oberon''-class of the Royal Australian Navy * , a Swedish ELINT vessel * , a ''Téméraire''-class of the French Navy * , World War II merchant raider * BAE ''Orion'' (H-101), Ecuadorian Navy ship, originally * NRP ''Oríon'' (P1156), a Portuguese NavyOther vessels
* , a ship which sank off Portpatrick, Scotland in 1850 * , a cruise ship * , an ocean liner of the Orient Steam Navigation Company * , a Swedish steel steamship decommissioned in 1979, now a museum ship * Orion 50, an American sailboat design * ''Orion'' (ship, 1904), built as a whale-catcher, she later served as a fireboat in VancouverSpace
Rockets
* Orion (rocket), a US sounding rocket * Orión (rocket), an Argentine sounding rocket * Orion (rocket stage), a series of rocket motors used in the Pegasus rockets * Project Orion (nuclear propulsion), a 1958 US nuclear pulse propulsion study projectSpace vehicles
* Blok DM-03, a variant of the Russian upper stage rocket * Orion (spacecraft), NASA crew vehicle first flown in 2022 * Orion (space telescope), two instruments flown aboard Soviet spacecraft * ''Orion'', the Lunar Module used in theOther uses
* Orion (dog), a rescue dog * Orion (roller coaster), a steel roller coaster at Kings Island, in Mason, Ohio, US * Orion, the flagship wine of American winemaker Sean Thackrey * Our Race is Our Nation, a slogan used by theSee also
* Arion (disambiguation) * EURion constellation, anti-counterfeiting patterns integrated into various kinds of currency * Exercise Orion (disambiguation) * ''Orione'' (opera) (1653), by Francesco Cavalli * O'Ryan * Orion 1 (disambiguation) * Orion 2 (disambiguation) * Orion the Hunter (disambiguation) * Project Orion (disambiguation) * {{Disambiguation, geo, ship