Collins may refer to:
People
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Collins O. Bright (1917–?), Sierra Leonean diplomat
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Collins Chabane (1960–2015), South African Minister of Public Service and Administration
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Collins Cheboi
Collins Cheboi Kiprotich (born 25 September 1987) is a Kenyan middle-distance runner who specialises in the 1500 metres. His personal best for the event is 3:31.53 minutes.
He was a silver medallist at the 2011 All-Africa Games and was part of ...
(born 1987), Kenyan middle-distance runner
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Collins Denny
Collins Denny (May 28, 1854 – May 12, 1943) was an American clergyman and educator. He was Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy at Vanderbilt University from 1891 to 1910. He served as bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South from 1 ...
(1854–1943), American Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
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Collins Denny Jr. (1899–1964), American pro-segregationist lawyer.
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Collins Hagler (born 1935), Canadian football player
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Collins Injera (born 1986), Kenyan rugby player
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Collins John
Collins John (born 17 October 1985) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker. Born in Liberia, he represented the Netherlands national team.
John notably played in the Premier League for Fulham where he notched up 23 goal ...
(born 1985), Liberia-born Dutch footballer
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Collins H. Johnston (1859–1936), American football player, medical doctor, surgeon, and civic leader
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Collins Mbesuma
Collins Mbesuma (born 3 February 1984) is a Zambian professional footballer who plays for South African club Pretoria Callies. He is nicknamed ''The Hurricane'' or ''Ntofontofo''.
Club career
Mbesuma was born in Luanshya. His father, Franci ...
(born 1984), Zambian footballer nicknamed ''The Hurricane'' or ''Ntofontofo''
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Collins Mensah (born 1961), Ghanaian sprinter
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Collins Nweke (born 1965), Belgian politician of the Green Party
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Collins Obuya (born 1981), Kenyan cricketer
Companies
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COLLINS, American design company founded and run by
Brian Collins
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Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace is an American technology company that is one of the world's largest suppliers of aerospace and defense products. It was formed in 2018 from the merger of Rockwell Collins and UTC Aerospace Systems. Headquartered in Charlotte, ...
, avionics manufacturer (successor to Rockwell Collins)
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Rockwell Collins
Rockwell Collins, Inc. was a multinational corporation headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, providing avionics and information technology systems and services to government agencies and aircraft manufacturers. It was formed when the Collins Radi ...
, defunct avionics manufacturer
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Collins Radio Company
Rockwell Collins, Inc. was a multinational corporation headquartered in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, providing avionics and information technology systems and services to government agencies and aircraft manufacturers. It was formed when the Collins Rad ...
, manufacturer of shortwave radio and broadcast equipment, later acquired by
North American Rockwell
North American Aviation (NAA) was a major American aerospace manufacturer that designed and built several notable aircraft and spacecraft. Its products included the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F- ...
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Collins Booksellers, an Australian book store chain founded in 1922 in Melbourne
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Collins Classics
Collins Classics is a record label which specialises in classical music. It was founded in 1989 as a musical subsidiary of HarperCollins Publishers and distributed through Pinnacle Entertainment (United Kingdom).
Artists who recorded for th ...
, former record company
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Collins Line
The Collins Line, formally the New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamship Company, was an American maritime transport company started by Israel Collins and then built up by his son Edward Knight Collins. Under Edward Collins' guidance, t ...
, common nickname for the New York and Liverpool United States Mail Steamship Company, an American transatlantic steamship line in the 1800s
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Collins Industries
Collins Industries is an American Bus manufacturing, bus manufacturer headquartered in South Hutchinson, Kansas. Best known for production of School bus, yellow school buses, the company produces buses for multiple applications; all bodies design ...
, bus builder
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HarperCollins
HarperCollins Publishers LLC is a British–American publishing company that is considered to be one of the "Big Five (publishers), Big Five" English-language publishers, along with Penguin Random House, Hachette Book Group USA, Hachette, Macmi ...
, publisher
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William Collins, Sons
William Collins, Sons & Co., often referred to as Collins, was a Scotland, Scottish printing and publishing company founded by a Presbyterianism, Presbyterian schoolmaster, William Collins (publisher), William Collins, in Glasgow in 1819, in par ...
, defunct publisher (merged into HarperCollins)
Places
United States
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Collins, Arkansas
Collins is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Drew County, Arkansas
Arkansas ( ) is a landlocked state in the West South Central region of the Southern United States. It borders Missouri to the north, ...
, a census-designated place
* Collins, California, now incorporated into American Canyon
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Collins, Georgia
Collins is a city in Tattnall County, Georgia, United States. The population was 540 in 2020.
History
A post office called Collins has been in operation since 1890. The Georgia General Assembly incorporated Collins as a town in 1894, and as ...
, a city
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Collins, Idaho
Collins is an unincorporated community in Bingham County, Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest and Mountain states, Mountain West subregions of the Western United States. It borders Montana and Wyo ...
, an unincorporated community
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Collins, Indiana
Collins is an unincorporated community in Smith Township, Whitley County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is commonly referred to as a 'ghost town', however this is untrue; Collins just has a very low population and once contained an abandone ...
, an unincorporated community
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Collins, Iowa
Collins is a city in Story County, Iowa, United States. The population was 495 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Ames, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is a part of the larger Ames- Boone, Iowa Combined Statistical Area.
Geogra ...
, a city
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Collins, Mississippi
Collins is a city in Covington County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 2,586 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Covington County.
History
From Williamsburg Depot to Collins
Collins was originally incorporated as Willi ...
, a city
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Collins, Missouri
Collins is a village in St. Clair County, Missouri, United States. The population was 125 at the 2020 census.
History
Collins was platted in 1885. The community takes its name from Collins Township. A post office called Collins has been in ope ...
, a village
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Collins, New York, a town
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Collins, Ohio, a census-designated place
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Collins, Wisconsin, a census-designated place
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Collins Archeological District, an archaeological site in Illinois
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Collins Fork, a stream in Kentucky
Antarctica
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Collins Bay, on the Antarctic Peninsula
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Collins Glacier, Antarctica
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Collins Base, a research station on the glacier
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Collins Harbour, in the South Shetland Islands
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Collins Peak, Victoria Land
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Collins Point, in the South Shetland Islands
Other places
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Collins Reef
Collins Reef, also known as Johnson North Reef/Johnson Reef North; ; Roxas Reef (); Mandarin Chinese, Mandarin , is a Vietnamese occupied and controlled reef and the westernmost feature of Union Banks Atoll near the centre of Dangerous Ground (S ...
or Johnson North Reef, in the Spratly Islands, South China Sea
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Collins, Western Australia, a locality of the Shire of Manjimup, Western Australia
Other uses
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Camp Collins, a 19th-century Army outpost in Colorado
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Collins (crater), a lunar crater
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Collins Bird Guide'', a 1999 field guide to the birds of the Western Palearctic
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Collins Bridge
The Collins Bridge was a bridge that crossed Biscayne Bay between Miami and Miami Beach, Florida. At the time it was completed, it was the longest wooden bridge in the world. It was built by farmer and developer John S. Collins (1837–1928) wi ...
, a bridge that crossed Biscayne Bay, Florida
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Collins Correctional Facility, a medium security prison in Collins, New York
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Collins Crime Club, an imprint of William Collins, Sons, that published more than 2000 crime novels
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Collins English Dictionary
The ''Collins English Dictionary'' is a printed and online dictionary of English. It is published by HarperCollins in Glasgow. It was first published in 1979.
Corpus
The dictionary uses language research based on the Collins Corpus, which is ...
'', a printed and online dictionary of English
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Collins Observatory, an astronomical observatory in Corning, New York
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Collins glass
In American English, a collins glass is a glass tumbler which typically contains . It is commonly used to serve sparkling cocktails, especially long drinks like the Tom Collins or John Collins, as well as fruit juice, water or any cold drinks. ...
, in which the Tom Collins cocktail is traditionally served
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Collins Place, a hotel and office complex in Melbourne, Australia
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''Collins''-class submarine, a class of diesel-electric submarine operated by the Royal Australian Navy
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Tom Collins
The Tom Collins is a Collins cocktail made from gin, lemon juice, sugar, and carbonated water. This "gin and sparkling lemonade" drink is typically served in a Collins glass over ice with a cherry garnish. A non-alcoholic "Collins mix" drink mi ...
, a gin cocktail
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''R v Collins'' (1987), a Supreme Court of Canada case on exclusion of evidence
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R v Collins'', an English case on trespassing
See also
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Collin (disambiguation)
Collin may refer to:
People Surname
* Collin (surname)
* Jacques Collin de Plancy (1793–1881), French occultist, demonologist and writer
* Victor Collin de Plancy (1853–1924), French diplomat, bibliophile and art collector
* Jean-Baptiste Col ...
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Collings (disambiguation)
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Collins Township (disambiguation)
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Collinstown (disambiguation)
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Justice Collins (disambiguation)
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