Ross or ROSS may refer to:

People

* Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan *

Ross (name) Ross is an English-language name derived from Gaelic, most commonly used in Scotland. It is also the name of a county in the highland area (Ross and Cromarty). It can be used as a given name, typically for males, but is also a typical family n ...

, including a list of people with the surname or given name Ross, as well as the meaning * Earl of Ross, a peerage of Scotland

Places

* RoSS, the Republic of

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Antarctica

Ross Sea The Ross Sea is a deep bay of the Southern Ocean in Antarctica, between Victoria Land and Marie Byrd Land and within the Ross Embayment, and is the southernmost sea on Earth. It derives its name from the British explorer James Clark Ross who vi ...

Ross Ice Shelf The Ross Ice Shelf is the largest ice shelf of Antarctica (, an area of roughly and about across: about the size of France). It is several hundred metres thick. The nearly vertical ice front to the open sea is more than long, and between h ...

Ross Dependency The Ross Dependency is a region of Antarctica defined by a sector originating at the South Pole, passing along longitudes 160° east to 150° west, and terminating at latitude 60° south. It is claimed by New Zealand, a claim accepted only ...

Australia

* Ross, Tasmania

Chile

* Ross Casino, a former casino in Pichilemu, Chile; now the Agustín Ross Cultural Centre

Ireland

*"Ross", a common nickname for County Roscommon * Ross,

County Mayo County Mayo (; ga, Contae Mhaigh Eo, meaning "Plain of the yew trees") is a county in Ireland. In the West of Ireland, in the province of Connacht, it is named after the village of Mayo, now generally known as Mayo Abbey. Mayo County Coun ...

, a townland in Killursa civil parish, barony of Clare, County Mayo, bordering Moyne Townland * Ross,

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, a townland in Noughaval civil parish, barony of Kilkenny West, County Westmeath * Ross, County Wexford * The Diocese of Ross in West Cork. The Roman Catholic diocese merged with Cork in 1958 to become the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cork and Ross The Diocese of Cork and Ross ( ga, Deoise Chorcaí agus Rosa) is a Roman Catholic diocese in southern Ireland, one of six suffragan dioceses in the ecclesiastical province of Cashel and Emly. The cathedral church of the diocese is Cathedral ...

, while the Church of Ireland diocese is now part of the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. This area, centered around

Rosscarbery Rosscarbery () is a village and census town in County Cork, Ireland. The village is on a shallow estuary, which opens onto Rosscarbery Bay. Rosscarbery is in the Cork South-West (Dáil Éireann) constituency, which has three seats. History The ...

, was also the location of the influential School of Ross in the early Irish Catholic Church.

United Kingdom

* Ross, Northumberland, England, a village * Ross, Scottish Borders, a hamlet * Ross-on-Wye, England * Ross, Scotland, a region of Scotland and former earldom *

County of Ross Ross-shire (; gd, Siorrachd Rois) is a historic county in the Scottish Highlands. The county borders Sutherland to the north and Inverness-shire to the south, as well as having a complex border with Cromartyshire – a county consisting o ...

, Scotland, also known as ''Ross-shire''

United States

Ross, Arkansas Ross is an unincorporated community in Pope County, Arkansas, United States."Feature Detail Report for: Ross, Arkansas." USGS The United States Geological Survey (USGS), formerly simply known as the Geological Survey, is a scientific agency ...

Ross, California Ross is a small incorporated town in Marin County, California, United States, just north of San Francisco. Ross is located west-southwest of San Rafael, at an elevation of . The population was 2,338 at the 2020 census. The town is bordered by ...

Ross, Indiana Ross is an unincorporated community in Calumet Township, Lake County, Indiana Indiana () is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States. It is the 38th-largest by area and the 17th-most populous of the 50 States. Its capital and lar ...

Ross, Iowa Ross is an unincorporated community in Audubon County, Iowa, in the United States. History Ross was platted in July 1882, in Leroy Township's Section 4. It was named in honor of a local farmer. Among the establishments in the community of Ros ...

Ross, Minnesota Ross is an unincorporated community in Dieter Township, Roseau County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located northwest of Roseau near the junction of State Highway 89 ( MN 89) and Roseau County Road 10 (350th Street). Nearby places ...

Ross, North Dakota Ross is a city in Mountrail County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 95 at the 2020 census. History Ross was founded in 1902. It was the site of the first structure built in the United States specifically intended to serve as a m ...

Ross, Ohio Ross is a census-designated place (CDP) in Ross Township, Butler County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,417 at the 2010 census. Ross sits along U.S. Route 27 between Cincinnati, Ohio and Oxford, Ohio. Ross is part of the Cincinnati ...

Ross County, Ohio Ross County is a county in the Appalachian region of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 77,093. Its county seat is Chillicothe, the first and third capital of Ohio. Established on August 20, 1798, t ...

* Ross, Texas * Ross City, Texas * Ross, Wisconsin (disambiguation) * Ross Township (disambiguation)

New Zealand

* Ross, New Zealand

Space

* Ross (lunar crater) * Ross (Martian crater) *

Ross 248 Ross 248, also called HH Andromedae or Gliese 905, is a small star approximately from Earth in the northern constellation of Andromeda. Despite its proximity it is too dim to be seen with the naked eye. It was first catalogued by Frank ...

, a star * ''ROSS'', Russian Orbital Service Station, a proposed space station

Groups, organizations, companies

Business

* Ross (optics), a London, England-based lens company * Ross Group, a British fish and frozen food company * Ross Laboratories, a former subsidiary of the American Abbott Laboratories pharmaceutical company now known as Abbott Nutrition * Ross Stores, an American department store chain * Ross Technology, an American semiconductor company * Ross Video, a Canadian company that produces video production equipment

Academics

* Ross University School of Medicine, an international medical school in Dominica * Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine, an international medical school in St. Kitts * Ross School of Business, part of the University of Michigan

Arts and entertainment

* ''Ross'' (play), a 1960 play by Terence Rattigan * ''Ross'' (1978 album), by Diana Ross * ''Ross'' (1983 album), by Diana Ross * ''Ross'' (Low Roar album)

Transportation

Ships

* , the name of several U.S. Navy ships * , a Royal Navy ship * , a radio ship

Land transport

* Ross (bicycles) * Ross (gasoline automobile), produced 1915-1918 *

Ross (steam automobile) The Ross was a brass era steam automobile built in Newtonville, Massachusetts from 1906 to 1909. Louis Ross Company founder Louis S. Ross (1877–1927) gained national fame in the early 1900s while an employee of Stanley Motor Carriage Company ...

, produced 1906-1909

Other uses

* Ross procedure, a cardiac surgery operation *

Ross Mathematics Program Arnold Ephraim Ross (August 24, 1906 – September 25, 2002) was a mathematician and educator who founded the Ross Mathematics Program, a number theory summer program for gifted high school students. He was born in Chicago, but spent his you ...

, a summer program at Ohio State University * Ross rifle * Ross seal, a species of Antarctican seal *

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, a database for fighting wildfires *

Retuinskih's System ROSS Retuinskih System ROSS (russian: РОСС, short for Росси́йская Оте́чественная Систе́ма Самозащи́ты; English transliteration: ''Rossiyskaya Otechestvennaya Sistema Samozashchity''; translated as ''Russi ...

, a martial system * ROSS Intelligence, a software for a automated legal consulting