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A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with reptile-like traits. Dragon may also refer to:


Places


Extra-terrestrial

* Draco (constellation) (Latin for Dragon), a constellation in the far northern sky * The Dragon, a grouping of galaxies in the field of
Abell 370 Abell 370 is a galaxy cluster located nearly 5 billion light-years away from the Earth (at redshift ''z'' = 0.375), in the constellation Cetus. Its core is made up of several hundred galaxies. It was catalogued by George Abell, and is the most ...


Terrestrial

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Dragon, Utah Dragon is a ghost town in Uintah County, at the extreme eastern edge of Utah, United States. Founded in about 1888 as a Gilsonite mining camp, Dragon boomed in the first decade of the 20th century as the end-of-line town for the Uintah Railway. Al ...
, United States, a ghost town *
Dragon Cone Dragon Cone is a monogenetic cinder cone located in Wells Gray Provincial Park in east-central British Columbia. It is the source of a long lava flow, called Dragon's Tongue. This lava covered the floor of narrow Falls Creek Valley and terminate ...
, a volcano in British Columbia, Canada *
Dragon Hill, Uffington Dragon Hill is a small hillock immediately below the Uffington White Horse on the border of the civil parishes of Uffington and Woolstone in the English county of Oxfordshire. In 1974 it was transferred from Berkshire. Dragon Hill is a natura ...
, a mountain in England * "The Dragon", a section of U.S. Route 129 between Deals Gap, North Carolina and Punkin Center, Tennessee, in the United States


People

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Vlad II Dracul Vlad II ( ro, Vlad al II-lea), also known as Vlad Dracul () or Vlad the Dragon (before 1395 – November 1447), was Voivode of Wallachia from 1436 to 1442, and again from 1443 to 1447. He is internationally known as the father of Vlad the Im ...
(1390–1447), duke of Wallachia, nicknamed "Vlad the Dragon" *
Goran Dragić Goran Dragić (born 6 May 1986) is a Slovenian professional basketball player for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "the Dragon", he had played professional basketball in Slovenia and Spain before entering ...
(born 1986), Slovenian basketball player *
G-Dragon Kwon Ji-yong (; born August 18, 1988), also known by his stage name G-Dragon (지드래곤), is a South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, entrepreneur and fashion designer, known as the " King of K-pop". G-Dragon is the recipi ...
(born 1988), South Korean rapper *
Carmen Dragon Carmen Dragon (July 28, 1914 – March 28, 1984) was an American conductor, composer, and arranger who in addition to live performances and recording, worked in radio, film, and television. Early years Dragon was born in Antioch, California, ...
(1914–1984), American conductor and composer *
Daryl Dragon Daryl Frank Dragon (August 27, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American musician, known as Captain from the pop musical duo Captain & Tennille with his then-wife, Toni Tennille. Career Born into a musical family, Dragon was the son of ...
(1942–2019), American musician, one half of the duo Captain & Tennille; son of Carmen Dragon *
Tatsumi Fujinami (born December 28, 1953) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to WWE on a legend's contract. Fujinami is most well known for his long tenure with New Japan Pro-Wrestling (NJPW), where he was a six-time IWGP Heavyweight Champion. ...
(born 1953), Japanese professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon" * Bruce Lee (1940–1973), Chinese actor and martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon" *
Lyoto Machida (born 30 May 1978), is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist and karateka, who currently competes in the Light heavyweight division. He formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a former UFC Light ...
(born 1978), Brazilian martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon" *
Ricky Steamboat Richard Henry Blood Sr. (born February 28, 1953), better known by his ring name Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat, is an American retired professional wrestler best known for his work with the American Wrestling Association (AWA), Jim Crockett Promot ...
(born 1953), American professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon" *
Matthew Stevens Matthew Stevens (born 11 September 1977) is a Welsh professional snooker player. He has won two of the game's Triple Crown events, the Masters in 2000 and the UK Championship in 2003. He has also been a two-time runner-up in the other triple ...
, Welsh snooker player nicknamed "The Welsh Dragon" *
Don "The Dragon" Wilson Donald Glen Wilson (born September 10, 1954), nicknamed "The Dragon", is an American martial artist, film actor, and former professional kickboxer. An 11-time world champion who scored 47 knockouts in four decades, he has been called by the STAR ...
(born 1954), American champion kickboxer and actor *
Ryuji Kumita Ryuji Kumita (born 25 January 1967 in Yokohama), better known by his pseudonym "Dragon", is a racing driver and team owner from Japan. A late starter to motorsport at 46, he mostly competes in Japanese junior formulae, such as the All-Japan F ...
(born 1967), Japanese racing driver who uses the pseudonym "Dragon"


Arts and entertainment


Characters and fictional entities

* Dragon (''Dungeons & Dragons''), a monstrous creature *
Dragon (Middle-earth) J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium features dragons based on those of European legend, but going beyond them in having personalities of their own, such as the wily Smaug, who has features of both Fafnir and the ''Beowulf'' drago ...
, a type of fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's books * Dragon (''Shrek''), a character in ''Shrek'' * Dragon, a member of Gen13 * Dragon, the leading character in the Image Comics title ''
Savage Dragon The Savage Dragon is a fictional superhero created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic features the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon. The character first appeared ...
'' * Dragons (''Dragon Prince''), mythical beasts * Dragons (Pern), by Anne McCaffrey * The Dragon (''Beowulf'') *
Richard Dragon Richard Dragon (or simply Dragon) is the alias of two fictional, comic book characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Although both incarnation differ in alignment, they're portrayed as extremely accomplished martial arti ...
, a DC Comics character * Dragon Shiryū, a ''Saint Seiya'' character * Dragon (One Piece)


Films

* ''The Dragon'' (1916 film), directed by
Harry A. Pollard Harry A. Pollard (23 January 1879 – 6 July 1934) was an American silent film actor and director. His wife was silent screen star Margarita Fischer. Biography Harry A. Pollard was born in Republic, Kansas, and began his career on the stage. In ...
* ''Dragon'' (2006 film), an action/fantasy film * ''Dragon'' (2011 film), a Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts thriller * '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'', a 1993 biographical film * '' Dragons 3D'', a 2013 IMAX film starring Max von Sydow * '' Dragons: Fire and Ice'' (2004 film), animated Mega-Blocks film


Gaming

* ''Dragon,'' a version of the video game ''
Mega Man Star Force , , and are 2006 action role-playing video games developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console; combined, they are the first game in the ''Mega Man Star Force'' series, a sub series of the greater ''Mega Man'' ...
'' * Dragon tiles, a type of honor tile in mahjong *
Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation In chess, the Dragon Variation is one of the main lines of the Sicilian Defence and begins with the moves: :1. e4 c5 :2. Nf3 d6 :3. d4 cxd4 :4. Nxd4 Nf6 :5. Nc3 g6 In the Dragon, Black fianchettoes their bishop on g7, castling on th ...
, a chess opening * Dragon by Komodo Chess, a chess engine


Literature

* ''Dragon'' (Brust novel), a 1998 novel by Steven Brust * ''Dragon'' (Cussler novel), a 1990 novel by Clive Cussler *
Dragon (fantasy series) The ''Dragon'' series is a tetralogy of fantasy novels by American author Laurence Yep. Yep had already written several books including the Newbery Honor novel ''Dragonwings'' by 1980, when, after undertaking careful research, he decided to adapt ...
, fantasy novels by Laurence Yep (1982–1992) * Dragon (Kalapugama short story), "Dragon" (Kalapugama short story), by Anandasiri Kalapugama (1975) * Dragon (poem), ''Dragon'' (poem), by Aleksey Tolstoy (1875) * The Dragon (poem), "The Dragon" (poem), by Abd al-Wahhab Al-Bayyati (1996) * "Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale", a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1919) * The Dragon (fairy tale), an Italian fairy tale * The Dragon (short story), "The Dragon" (short story), by Ray Bradbury (1955) * ''The Dragons'', a 1996 fantasy novel by Douglas Niles


Periodicals

* Dragon (magazine), ''Dragon'' (magazine), a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' magazine * Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo), ''Dragon Magazine'' (Fujimi Shobo), a Japanese light novel magazine (1988-current)


Music


Bands

* Imagine Dragons, an American pop rock band


Groups

* Dragon (band), a New Zealand/Australian rock group * Dragons (band), an English group * The Dragons (band), an American rock group * Imagine Dragons, an American pop rock band


Albums

* Dragon (Loudness album), ''Dragon'' (Loudness album) * Dragon (Jake Shimabukuro album), ''Dragon'' (Jake Shimabukuro album) * The Dragon (album), ''The Dragon'' (album), by Vangelis


Songs

* "Dragon", by Martin Garrix discography#Singles, Martin Garrix * "Dragon", by Miriam Bryant * "Dragon", by the Sugarcubes from ''Life's Too Good'' * "Dragons", by Caravan Palace from ''Caravan Palace''


Roller coasters

* Dragon (Adventureland), in Altoona, Iowa * Dragon Challenge, in Orlando, Florida * Dragon Coaster (Playland), in Rye, New York * The Dragon, Ocean Park Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, China


Television

* Dragon Television, a Chinese provincial satellite TV station * Dragon (TV series), ''Dragon'' (TV series), a Canadian children's TV program * ''DreamWorks Dragons'', a TV series based on ''How to Train Your Dragon'' * The Dragon (Arrow), "The Dragon" (''Arrow''), nineteenth episode of the 2018 sixth season of the TV show ''Arrow''


Other arts and entertainment

* Dragon (M. C. Escher), ''Dragon'' (M. C. Escher), a 1952 wood-engraving print by M. C. Escher * The Dragon (theatre play), ''The Dragon'' (theatre play), by Evgeny Shvarts (1944) * ''Dragon, Oliver Emanuel#Dragon'', a 2013 play written by Oliver Emanuel


Biology

* DRAGON (protein), a membrane receptor protein * ''Draco volans'', commonly known as the flying dragon, a species of lizard endemic to Southeast Asia * Komodo dragon, a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo * ''Pogona'', a genus of Australian lizards commonly called "bearded dragons" * Many species of the lizard genus ''Ctenophorus'' * Tarragon which is called dragon in several languages including its Latin name


Brands and enterprises

* Cathay Dragon, an international airline based in Hong Kong, previously known as Dragonair * Dragon Models Limited, a toy manufacturer * Dragon Petroleum, a Welsh fuel company


Education

* Dragon School, a British preparatory school in Oxford, England * The Dragon Academy, a private school in Ontario, Canada


Mathematics and computing

* Dragon (cipher) * Dragon (remote sensing) * AMD Dragon, a platform engineered for gamers * Comodo Dragon, a freeware web browser * Dragon chip, a line of Chinese CPUs * Dragon curve, a family of fractal curves * Dragon Data, a Welsh computer manufacturer ** Dragon 32/64, the names of two 1980s home computers * Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a speech recognition software package * DRAKON (Russian: ДРАКОН, "dragon"), a programming language used in flight controllers for rockets and space vehicles


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, 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 * , 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

* Dragon Throne, the throne of the Emperor of China * Order of the Dragon, a former monarchical chivalric order


Sports teams


Africa

* AS Dragons, a soccer team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo * AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé, a soccer team in Benin * Dragón FC, a soccer team in Equatorial Guinea * Drakensberg Dragons, South Africa field hockey club


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

* AS Dragon (Guadeloupe), an association football team * Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe), an American football team active in Spain from 1991 to 2003 * Barcelona Dragons (ELF), an American football team active in Spain since 2021 * Catalans Dragons, a rugby league club in France * Celtic Dragons, a netball team in Wales, U.K. * Delft Dragons, an American football team in the Netherlands * Dragons (rugby union), a rugby union team in South East Wales, U.K. * Dragons de Rouen, an ice hockey team in France * Dragons Rhöndorf, a German basketball team * Dragons (women's cricket), a women's cricket team in Ireland * Dublin Dragons, an American football team in Ireland * Dudelange Dragons, an American football team in Luxembourg * Glamorgan Dragons, a cricket team in the United Kingdom * KHC Dragons, a field hockey club in Belgium * RC Dragon Brno, a rugby union team in the Czech Republic * Wrexham A.F.C., a Welsh association football team known as the Red Dragons


North America

* C.D. Dragón, a soccer team in El Salvador * Chesapeake Dragons, a soccer team in the U.S. * Dayton Dragons, a baseball team in the U.S. * Dragon Racing, an American auto racing team * Dragons, nickname of sports teams at Jefferson City School District, Jefferson High School in Jefferson, Georgia in the U.S. * Dragons, nickname of sports teams at Lake Orion High School#Athletics, Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan in the U.S. * Drexel Dragons, the sports teams of Drexel University in the U.S. * Jersey Dragons, a soccer team in the U.S. * Lane College Dragons, the sports teams of Lane College in the U.S. * Los Angeles Dragons (American football), a former American football team in the U.S. * Los Angeles Dragons, an Australian rules football team in the U.S. * Moorhead Dragons, the sports teams of Minnesota State University Moorhead in the U.S. * New York Dragons, an Arena Football League team in the U.S. * Portland Forest Dragons, a former name of the Oklahoma Wranglers, an Arena Football team in the U.S. * San Antonio Dragons, an ice hockey team in the U.S. * San Francisco Dragons, a field lacrosse team in the U.S. * Seattle Dragons, an American football team in the U.S. * Shreveport Swamp Dragons, formerly the Shreveport Captains, a baseball team in the U.S. * Thomasville Dragons, a women's soccer team in the U.S. * Tiffin Dragons, the sports teams at Tiffin University in the U.S. * Verdun Dragons, an ice hockey team in Canada * Wisconsin Dragons, a women's tackle football team in the U.S.


Oceania

* A.S. Dragon (Tahiti), a soccer team * Darwin Dragons SC, a soccer team * Engadine Dragons, a junior rugby league team * Northcote Football Club, aka the Northcote Dragons, an Australian rules Football team * St. George Dragons, a rugby league team * St. George Illawarra Dragons, a rugby league football club * Shellharbour City Dragons, a rugby league team * South Dragons, a former team in the Australasian National Basketball League (2006-2009)


Transport


Air

* de Havilland Dragon, a small commercial aircraft * Douglas B-23 Dragon, a twin-engined bomber aircraft * Independence Dragon, a German paraglider design * Sopwith Dragon, a British single-seat fighter biplane


Land

* Dennis Dragon, a bus * Dragon Automobile Company, an American manufacturer (1906-1908) * Kaiser Dragon, a 1950s American car * ''Dragon'' (1848–1872), a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive * ''Dragon'' (1873–1892), a South Devon Railway Buffalo class locomotive * ''Dragon'' (1880–1892), a GWR Rover class locomotive * ''Dragon'' (1891-1915), a GWR 3031 Class locomotive * ''Dragon'' (2009–present) Newag Dragon, Newag E6ACT, an electric freight locomotive


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

* Dragon (keelboat), a sailing yacht, used in racing * Dragon boat, a narrow canoe-style boat, used for the sport of dragon boat racing


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

* * * * Draconian (disambiguation) * Dracaena (disambiguation) * Drache (disambiguation) * Draco (disambiguation) * Dragone (disambiguation) * Dragon I (disambiguation) * Dragon II (disambiguation) * Red Dragon (disambiguation) {{Disambiguation, geo, surname