Bess or BESS may refer to: __NOTOC__

People and fictional characters

Bess (name) Bess is both a surname and a feminine given name, usually the shortened form (hypocorism) of Elizabeth. Notable people with the name include: Given name * Elizabeth I (1533–1603), Queen of England, also known as "Good Queen Bess" * Bess of Hard ...

, a given name, nickname and surname, including lists of people and fictional characters so named *

Bess (singer) Bess Essi Miia Marianna Launimo (born 1993), known professionally as BESS (stylized in all caps), is a Finnish singer. She combines pop, electro and house in her music. Bess makes music together with her producer Nopsajalka. Bess has a doubl ...

, Finnish singer Essi Miia Marianna Launimo (born 1993)

Geography

Mount Bess Mount Bess is located on the border of Alberta and British Columbia. It is the 83rd highest peak in Alberta. It was named in 1910 by J. Norman Collie after Bessie Gunn, who accompanied Collie's expedition. See also *List of peaks on the Alberta ...

, on the border between Alberta and British Columbia, Canada *

Lake Bess Lake Bess is a natural freshwater lake southeast of Winter Haven, Florida. It is pear shaped and has a surface area. Two blocks from its northeast shore is a WalMart supercenter and just north of that is Cypress Gardens Boulevard. On its north-no ...

, Florida, United States

BESS

Basic Enlisted Submarine School Basic Enlisted Submarine School (BESS) is the U.S. Navy's submarine training school for enlisted sailors. Located on Naval Submarine Base New London (NAVSUBASE NLON) in Groton, Connecticut, Groton, New London County, Connecticut, the school is a ...

, the United States Navy's school for enlisted submariners *

Battery energy storage system A battery energy storage system (BESS), battery storage power station, battery energy grid storage (BEGS) or battery grid storage is a type of energy storage technology that uses a group of batteries in the grid to store electrical energy Elec ...

BESS (experiment) BESS is a particle physics experiment carried by a balloon. ''BESS'' stands for Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer. See also * BOOMERanG experiment References External linksBESS webpage
on the NASA website High ene ...

(Balloon-borne Experiment with Superconducting Spectrometer), a particle physics experiment

Other uses

List of storms named Bess The name Bess has been used for one tropical cyclone A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system with a low-pressure area, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that ...

Delta Bessborough The Delta Hotels Bessborough, formerly and commonly known as the Bessborough (), is a historic hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. The hotel is within the Central Business District, Saskatoon, Central Business District, a commercial distric ...

or The Bess, a hotel in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada *

Bess Press Bess Press is an American publisher, based in Hawaii, that issues various books on Hawaiian and Pacific history and culture. It was founded in 1979 by Benjamin "Buddy" Bess, who came to Hawaii in 1976 from New York New York most commonly refe ...

, an American publisher *

Bess (Dane) Bess or Bessus was a legendary Danish general mentioned in Gesta Danorum. His master, Prince Gram gave his wife to him after he grew tired of her. Later Bess served as the principal general of Gram during his invasion of Sweden Sweden, ...

, legendary Danish general mentioned in ''Gesta Danorum'' *

Bess beetle Bess or BESS may refer to: __NOTOC__ People and fictional characters * Bess (name), a given name, nickname and surname, including lists of people and fictional characters so named * Bess (singer), Finnish singer Essi Miia Marianna Launimo (born ...

, a family of beetles *

Porgy and Bess ''Porgy and Bess'' ( ) is an English-language opera by American composer George Gershwin, with a libretto written by author DuBose Heyward and lyricist Ira Gershwin. It was adapted from Dorothy Heyward and DuBose Heyward's play ''Porgy (play), ...

, American opera by George Gershwin *

Secure Web SmartFilter EDU {{primarysources, date=December 2010 Secure Web SmartFilter EDU, formerly known as Bess, is a brand of content-control software made by Secure Computing Corporation, which acquired maker N2H2 in 2003; it is usually used in libraries and schools. T ...

, formerly called Bess, a brand of web filtering software