Olin may refer to:
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OLIN, American landscape architecture firm
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Olin Business School at Washington University in St. Louis
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Olin College, an undergraduate engineering college in Massachusetts
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Olin Corporation, a chemical corporation with a history of producing chemicals and ammunition
* Olin Edirne, the former name of Turkish basketball team
Eskişehir Basket
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F. W. Olin Foundation, a foundation endowed by Franklin W. Olin
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John M. Olin Foundation, a foundation endowed by John M. Olin
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Preston and Olin Institute, a defunct Methodist boys' school now a part of
Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech (formally the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and informally VT, or VPI) is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia. It also ...
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Olin, Iowa
Olin is a city in Jones County, Iowa, United States. The population was 651 at the time of the 2020 census. It is part of the Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area.
History
Olin is named for D. A. Olin, general superintendent of the Chicago ...
, a small city in the United States
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Olin, North Carolina, an unincorporated community in the United States
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Olin, Poland
Olin is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Wronki, within Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.
The village has a population of 11.
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Olin's Covered Bridge
Olin's Bridge, or Olin Bridge, or Olin-Dewey Road Bridge is a covered bridge that carries Dewey Road over the Ashtabula River in Plymouth Township, Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The bridge, one of currently 16 drivable bridges in the c ...
, the only bridge in Ashtabula county, Ohio named for a family
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Olin Observatory
Olin Observatory is an astronomical observatory in New London, Connecticut (USA), owned and operated by Connecticut College. It is part of the F.W. Olin Science Center. The observatory hosts public stargazing events, and is also used for undergra ...
, an astronomical observatory in New London, Connecticut
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Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute
Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute (OSRUI) is a Jewish overnight summer camp and conference center located in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin. The camp attracts over 1,000 children each summer, mainly from the United States and Canada. It serves children in se ...
, a Jewish overnight summer camp in Wisconsin
Fictional characters
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Olin, a character on the TV series ''General Hospital''
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Gerald Olin
''1408'' is a 2007 American psychological horror film based on Stephen King's 1999 short story of the same name. It is directed by Mikael Håfström and stars John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson. The film was released in the United States on June 2 ...
, character in the 2007 film ''1408'' portrayed by
Samuel L. Jackson
Other uses
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Nahui Ollin'', also spelled Ōlīn, a concept in Aztec mythology potentially related to
Tōnatiuh
In Mesoamerican culture, Tonatiuh (Nahuatl: ''Tōnatiuh'' "Movement of the Sun") was an Aztec sun deity of the daytime sky and ruled the cardinal direction of east. According to Aztec Mythology, Tonatiuh was known as "The Fifth Sun" and was ...
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''Olin'' (spider), a spider genus in the family Trochanteriidae
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Olin Palladium Award The Olin Palladium Award (formerly the Palladium Medal Award) was established by The Electrochemical Society (ECS) in 1950 and is presented every 2 years to recognize outstanding contributions to the fundamental understanding of all types of electr ...
, an award given by the
Electrochemical Society
The Electrochemical Society is a learned society (professional association) based in the United States that supports scientific inquiry in the field of electrochemistry and solid-state science and related technology. The Society membership compris ...
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Olin Raschig process, an industrial process for manufacturing hydrazine
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