dragon A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the Hi ...

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

Arts and entertainment

Characters and fictional entities

Chinese dragon The Chinese dragon or loong is a legendary creature in Chinese mythology, Chinese folklore, and Chinese culture generally. Chinese dragons have many animal-like forms, such as Bixi (mythology), turtles and Chiwen, fish, but are most commonly ...

* Dave Dragon, character played by Hulk Hogan in the 1998 American martial arts movie '' 3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain'' * 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'' dragon. ...

, a type of fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's books * Dragon (''Shrek''), a character in ''Shrek'' * The Dragon, a title for the world's champion against the forces of darkness in Robert Jordan's ''

The Wheel of Time ''The Wheel of Time'' is a series of high fantasy novels by the American author Robert Jordan, with American author Brandon Sanderson as co-writer of the final three installments. Originally planned as a trilogy, ''The Wheel of Time'' came to ...

'' series * Dragon, a member of Gen13 * Dragon, the leading character in the Image Comics title ''

Savage Dragon The Savage Dragon is the name of two superheroes created by Erik Larsen, published by Image Comics and taking place in the Image Universe. The comic initially follows the adventures of a superheroic police officer named the Dragon. The character ...

'' * Dragons (''Dragon Prince''), mythical beasts *

Dragons (Pern) The Dragons of Pern are a fictional race created by Anne McCaffrey as an integral part of the science fiction world depicted in her Dragonriders of Pern novels. In creating the Pern setting, McCaffrey set out to subvert the clichés associated ...

, by Anne McCaffrey * The Dragon (''Beowulf'') *

Richard Dragon Richard Dragon (or simply Dragon) is the alias of two characters appearing in media published by DC Comics. Although both incarnations differ in alignment, they are both portrayed as accomplished martial artists with connections to the League of ...

, a DC Comics character *

Dragon Shiryū is a fictional character from the ''Saint Seiya'' universe created by Masami Kurumada. As one of the protagonists of this media franchise, he has made appearances in the several manga, the original anime adaptation, OVAs, films and video games. ...

, a ''Saint Seiya'' character * Dragon (One Piece)

Films

* ''The Dragon'', a 1916 film directed by

Harry A. Pollard Harry Adolphus Pollard (23 January 1879 – 6 July 1934) was an American silent film actor and Film director, director. His wife was silent screen star Margarita Fischer. Biography Harry Adolphus Pollard was born in Republic, Kansas, and began h ...

* ''Dragon'' (2006 film), an action/fantasy film * ''Dragon'' (2011 film), a Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts film * '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'', a 1993 biographical film * '' Dragons 3D'', a 2013 film * '' Dragons: Fire and Ice'' (2004 film), animated film * ''Dragon'' (2025 film), Indian Tamil-language coming-of-age film

Gaming

* ''Dragon,'' a version of the video game ''

Mega Man Star Force , , and are 2006 action role-playing 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'' fra ...

'' * 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's bishop is fianchettoed on g7, castling on t ...

, a chess opening *

Dragon by Komodo Chess Komodo and Dragon by Komodo Chess (also known as Dragon or Komodo Dragon) are Universal Chess Interface, UCI chess engines developed by Komodo Chess, which is a part of Chess.com. The engines were originally authored by Don Dailey and Grandmas ...

, 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), by Anandasiri Kalapugama (1975) * ''Dragon'' (poem), by Aleksey Tolstoy (1875) * "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), by Ray Bradbury (1955) * The Dragons (novel), a 1996 fantasy novel by Douglas Niles

Periodicals

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

Music

Groups

Dragon (band) Dragon are a New Zealand rock band which was formed in Auckland in January 1972, and, from 1975, based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The band was originally fronted by singer Graeme Collins, but rose to fame with singer Marc Hunter a ...

, a New Zealand/Australian rock group *

Dragons (band) Dragons were an English rock band, formed in 2005 in Bristol by drummer David Francolini. Although originally a studio project recorded by Francolini in Francolini's own studio "Ohm Recordings", they toured the album with several other musi ...

, an English group *

The Dragons (band) The Dragons were a rock band based in San Diego, California, that released seven albums between 1991 and 2005. The band was notably fronted by singer/guitarist Mario Escovedo, whose musical family also includes Alejandro Escovedo, Pete Escovedo ...

, an American rock group

Albums

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

Songs

* "Dragon" (song), a 2024 song by Liamoo * "Dragon", by

Martin Garrix Martijn Gerard Garritsen (; born 14 May 1996), known professionally as Martin Garrix (or Ytram and GRX), is a Dutch Republic, Dutch DJ and record producer who was ranked number one on ''DJ Mag''s Top 100 DJs list for three consecutive years—20 ...

* "Dragon", by

Miriam Bryant Miriam Melanie Bryant (born 8 March 1991) is a Swedish singer and songwriter. On 14 February 2016, she became the first act to simultaneously hold the top three entries on the Svensktoppen weekly record chart since its original release on 13 Oct ...

* "Dragon", by the Sugarcubes from ''

Life's Too Good ''Life's Too Good'' is the debut studio album by Icelandic alternative rock group the Sugarcubes. It was released April 25, 1988 by One Little Indian in the UK and Europe and in May 1988 by Elektra Records in the US. The album was an unexpected s ...

'' * "Dragon" by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from ''

PetroDragonic Apocalypse ''PetroDragonic Apocalypse; or, Dawn of Eternal Night: An Annihilation of Planet Earth and the Beginning of Merciless Damnation'' (often shortened to just ''PetroDragonic Apocalypse'') is the twenty-fourth studio album by Australian rock band Ki ...

'' * "Dragons", by Caravan Palace from ''

Caravan Palace Caravan Palace is a French electro-swing band based in Paris. The band's influences include Django Reinhardt, Vitalic, Lionel Hampton, and Daft Punk. The band released their debut studio album, '' Caravan Palace'', on the Wagram label in Octo ...

Roller coasters

* Dragon (Adventureland), in Altoona, Iowa *

Dragon Challenge Dragon Challenge, formerly named Dueling Dragons (1999–2010), was a pair of intertwined inverted roller coasters in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter area of Islands of Adventure in Orlando, Florida, United States. Designed by Bolliger & M ...

, in Orlando, Florida *

Dragon Coaster (Playland) The Dragon Coaster is a wooden roller coaster at Playland (New York), Playland amusement park in Rye (city), New York, Rye, New York. Opened in 1929, it was designed and built by amusement ride creator Frederick Church (engineer), Frederick Chur ...

, in Rye, New York * The Dragon,

Ocean Park Hong Kong Ocean Park Hong Kong, commonly known simply as Ocean Park, is an animal theme park in Hong Kong. Covering an area of in Wong Chuk Hang, it is the largest theme park by area in Hong Kong, and is also the city's second oldest theme park, after ...

, in Hong Kong, China

Television

Dragon Television Shanghai Dragon Television or Dragon TV (), commonly nicknamed the Tomato Channel () based on its logo, is a provincial satellite TV station. It launched in October 1998 as "Shanghai Television" but changed its name to Dragon Television on Octobe ...

, a Chinese provincial satellite TV station * ''Dragon'' (TV series), a Canadian children's TV program * ''

DreamWorks Dragons ''Dragons'', commonly referred to as ''DreamWorks Dragons'', is an American animated television series based on the 2010 film ''How to Train Your Dragon''. The series serves as a bridge between the first film and its 2014 sequel. Jay Baruchel, ...

'', a TV series based on ''How to Train Your Dragon'' * Dragon (''Bluey''), an episode of the Australian animated television series ''Bluey'' * "The Dragon" (''Arrow''), nineteenth episode of the 2018 sixth season of the TV show ''Arrow''

Other arts and entertainment

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

Biology

Animals

Agamidae Agamidae is a family containing 582 species in 64 genera of iguanian lizards indigenous to Africa, Asia, Australia, and a few locations in Southern Europe. Many species are commonly called dragons or dragon lizards. Overview Phylogenetically ...

, a family of lizards, of which many genera are known as dragons, especially in subfamilies ''Amphibolurinae'' and ''Draconinae'' **

Amphibolurinae The Amphibolurinae are a subfamily of lizards in the family Agamidae. Members of this subfamily are found in Australia and New Guinea, although one species, the Chinese water dragon, is found in Southeast Asia. Genera Genera within the subfamily ...

*** ''

Ctenophorus ''Ctenophorus'', from Ancient Greek κτείς (''kteís''), meaning "comb", and φόρος (''phóros''), meaning "bearing", is a genus of lizards, commonly known as comb-bearing dragons, found in Australia. They are in the dragon lizard fam ...

'', an Australian genus of lizards, of which many species are known as dragons *** ''

Pogona ''Pogona'' is a genus of reptiles containing eight lizard species, which are often known by the common name bearded dragons or informally (especially in Australia) beardies. The name "bearded dragon" refers to the underside of the throat (or "b ...

'', a genus of Australian lizards, commonly called "bearded dragons" **

Draconinae The Draconinae are a subfamily of reptiles in the family Agamidae found in southern Asia and Oceania. Some taxonomists believe these genera belong to the subfamily Agaminae. Genera The subfamily includes the following genera:Acanthosaura ''Acanthosaura'' is a genus of lizards, Common name, commonly known as mountain horned dragons or pricklenape agamas, in the Family (biology), family Agamidae. The common name "pricklenape" refers to a row of dorsal spines which runs down the b ...

'', commonly named as "horned dragons," a genus of lizards, endemic to Southeast Asia *** ''

Draco DRACO (double-stranded RNA activated caspase oligomerizer) is a group of experimental antiviral drugs formerly under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In cell culture, DRACO was reported to have broad-spectrum efficacy aga ...

'', commonly known as "flying dragons," a genus of lizards, endemic to Southeast Asia * , many fish *

Dragonet Dragonets are small Percomorpha, percomorph marine fish of the diverse family Callionymidae (from the Greek language, Greek ''kallis'', "beautiful" and ', "name") found mainly in the tropical waters of the western Indo-Pacific. They are Benthos, ...

, fish of the Callionymidae *

Komodo dragon The Komodo dragon (''Varanus komodoensis''), also known as the Komodo monitor, is a large reptile of the monitor lizard family Varanidae that is endemic to the Indonesian islands of Komodo (island), Komodo, Rinca, Flores, Gili Dasami, and Gili ...

, a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo

Other uses in biology

* ''

Antirrhinum ''Antirrhinum'' is a genus of plants in the Plantaginaceae family, commonly known as dragon flowers or snapdragons because of the flowers' fancied resemblance to the face of a dragon that opens and closes its mouth when laterally squeezed. They ...

'', a genus of plants, known as "snap dragon" * '' Dracaena'', a genus of trees, also known as "dragon tree" * DRAGON (protein), a membrane receptor protein *

Pitaya Pitaya () or pitahaya () (common names strawberry pear or dragon fruit) is the fruit of several cactus species indigenous to the region of southern Mexico and along the Pacific coasts of Guatemala, Costa Rica, and El Salvador. Pitaya is cult ...

, also called "dragon fruit," fruit of several different cactus species * ''

Saururus cernuus ''Saururus cernuus'' (lizard's tail, water-dragon, dragon's tail, swamp root) is a medicinal and ornamental plant native to eastern North America. It grows in wet areas or shallow water, and can be up to about a meter tall. The native range cove ...

'', a species of plants, also called "water dragon" *

Tarragon Tarragon (''Artemisia dracunculus''), also known as estragon, is a species of perennial herbaceous plant, herb in the family Asteraceae. It is widespread in the wild across much of Eurasia and North America and is cultivated for culinary and medic ...

, a species of perennial herbs, which is called dragon in several languages including its Latin name

Brands and enterprises

Cathay Dragon Hong Kong Dragon Airlines Limited (), originally known as Dragonair until 2016 and finally Cathay Dragon () until 2020, was a Hong Kong-based international regional airline, with its corporate headquarters and main hub at Hong Kong Inter ...

, an international airline based in Hong Kong, previously known as Dragonair *

Dragon Models Limited Dragon Models Limited (Dragon or DML for short) is a Hong-Kong–based manufacturer of plastic model kits, diecast models and military action figures. Founded in 1987, the company's products are distributed globally and can be found in most ma ...

, a toy manufacturer * Dragon Petroleum, a Welsh fuel company

Education

Dragon School The Dragon School is a private school across two sites in Oxford, England. The Dragon Pre-Prep (children aged 4–7) and Prep School (children aged 8–13) are both co-educational schools. The Dragon Prep School was founded in 1877 as the Oxfo ...

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

Mathematics and computing

Dragon (cipher) Dragon is a stream cipher developed at the Information Security Institute by William Millan with some help from Ed Dawson, Kevin Chen, Matt Henricksen, Leonie Simpson, HoonJae Lee, and SangJae Moon. Dragon is the first published stream cipher to e ...

* Dragon (remote sensing) * AMD Dragon, a platform engineered for gamers *

Comodo Dragon Comodo Dragon is a freeware web browser. It is based on Chromium and is produced by Comodo Group. Sporting a similar interface to Google Chrome, Dragon does not implement Chrome's user tracking and some other potentially privacy-compromising f ...

, a freeware web browser * Dragon chip, a line of Chinese CPUs *

Dragon curve A dragon curve is any member of a family of self-similar fractal curves, which can be approximated by recursive methods such as Lindenmayer systems. The dragon curve is probably most commonly thought of as the shape that is generated from repea ...

, a family of fractal curves *

Dragon Data Dragon Data Ltd. was a Welsh producer of home computers during the early 1980s. These computers, the Dragon 32/64, Dragon 32 and Dragon 64, strongly resembled the Tandy Corporation, Tandy TRS-80 Color Computer ("CoCo")—both followed a standard ...

, a Welsh computer manufacturer **

Dragon 32/64 The Dragon 32 and Dragon 64 are 8-bit home computers that were built in the 1980s. The Dragons are very similar to the TRS-80 Color Computer, and were produced for the European market by Dragon Data, Ltd., initially in Swansea, Wales, before mo ...

, the names of two 1980s home computers *

Dragon NaturallySpeaking Dragon NaturallySpeaking (also known as Dragon for PC, or DNS) is a speech recognition software package developed by Dragon Systems of Newton, Massachusetts, which was acquired in turn by Lernout & Hauspie Speech Products, Nuance Communication ...

, a speech recognition software package *

DRAKON DRAKON () is a Free and open-source software, free and open source algorithmic visual programming language, visual programming and modeling language developed as part of the defunct Soviet Union Buran program, Buran space program in 1986 ...

(Russian: ДРАКОН, "dragon"), a programming language used in flight controllers for rockets and space vehicles

Military

Dragon (firearm) A dragon is a shortened version of blunderbuss, a firearm with a short, large caliber Gun barrel, barrel which is flared at the Muzzle (firearms), muzzle and frequently throughout the entire bore. Dragons were typically issued to dragoon cavalry, ...

, the short version of the blunderbuss * "Dragons", a USMC helicopter squadron (see:

VMM-265 Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 265 (VMM-265) is a United States Marine Corps assault support transport squadron consisting of MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor aircraft. The squadron, known as the "Dragons", is based at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma ...

) *

BQM-147 Dragon __NOTOC__ The BAI Aerosystems (BAIA) BQM-147 Dragon unmanned aerial vehicle is a tactical battlefield UAV operated by the United States Marine Corps. Originally designed as an expendable communication jammers, they were converted into a reconn ...

, United States unmanned aerial vehicle *

Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 The Focke-Achgelis Fa 223 ''Drache'' () was a helicopter developed by Germany during World War II. A single Bramo 323 radial engine powered two three-bladed rotors mounted on twin booms on either side of the cylindrical fuselage. Although th ...

, German World War II helicopter, known in English as ''Dragon'' * HMS ''Dragon'', the name of at least 14 ships (and a building) of the English/British Navy *

M47 Dragon The M47 Dragon, known as the FGM-77 during development, is an American Shoulder-launched missile weapon, shoulder-fired, man-portable anti-tank guided missile system. It was phased out of U.S. military service in 2001, in favor of the newer FGM-1 ...

, an American anti-tank missile system * The Dragons, a display team consisting of 4 x

Hawker Hunter The Hawker Hunter is a transonic British jet propulsion, jet-powered fighter aircraft that was developed by Hawker Aircraft for the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It was designed to take advantage of the newly dev ...

s 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 The Piranha V infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) is the fifth generation variant of the Mowag Piranha family of vehicles. It was designed by General Dynamics European Land Systems - Mowag GmbH. The first prototype was completed in 2008. It was fir ...

Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicle

Nobility and royalty

Dragon Throne The Dragon Throne () was the throne of the Emperor of China. As the dragon was the emblem of divine imperial power, the throne of the Emperor was known as the Dragon Throne. The term can refer to very specific seating, as in the special seating i ...

, the throne of the Emperor of China *

Order of the Dragon The Order of the Dragon (, literally "Society of the Dragonists") was a Chivalric order#Monarchical or dynastical orders, monarchical chivalric order only for selected higher aristocracy and monarchs,Florescu and McNally, ''Dracula, Prince of M ...

, a former monarchical chivalric order

People

Vlad II Dracul Vlad II (), 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 Impaler, or Dracula. Bo ...

(1390–1447), duke of Wallachia, nicknamed "Vlad the Dragon" *

Goran Dragić Goran Dragić (born 6 May 1986) is a Slovenian former professional basketball player. Nicknamed "the Dragon", he played professional basketball in Slovenia and Spain before entering the NBA in 2008. Dragić also played for the Phoenix Suns, Miam ...

(born 1986), Slovenian basketball player, nicknamed "The Dragon" *

G-Dragon Kwon Ji-yong (; born August 18, 1988), best known as G-Dragon (), is a South Korean rapper, singer, songwriter, and entrepreneur, known as the "Honorific nicknames in popular music, King of K-pop". Born and raised in Seoul, South Korea, G-Drag ...

(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 wife, Toni Tennille. Early life Born into a musical family, Dragon was the son of Elo ...

(1942–2019), American musician, one half of the duo Captain & Tennille; son of Carmen Dragon *

Tatsumi Fujinami (born December 28, 1953) is a Japanese Puroresu, professional wrestler. He is signed to WWE on a legends contract. Fujinami is best 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 Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was an American-born Hong Kong martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy which was formed from ...

(1940–1973), Chinese actor and martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon" *

Lyoto Machida is a Brazilian professional mixed martial artist. He formerly competed for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he was a former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion, as well as a UFC Middleweight Championship title challenger. He mos ...

(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 Promo ...

(born 1953), American professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon" *

Matthew Stevens Matthew John 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 t ...

, 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, former professional kickboxer, and actor. An 11-time world champion who scored 47 knockouts in four decades, he has been called by the STAR Sys ...

(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 Super Formula ...

(born 1967), Japanese racing driver who uses the pseudonym "Dragon"

Places

Extra-terrestrial

Draco (constellation) Draco is a constellation in the far northern sky. Its name is Latin for dragon. It was one of the 48 Lists of constellations, constellations listed by the 2nd century Greek astronomer Ptolemy, and remains one of the 88 modern constellations tod ...

(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 O. Abell, George Abell, a ...

Terrestrial

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 Railwa ...

, United States, a ghost town * Dragon Cone, 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 in England, civil parishes of Uffington, Oxfordshire, Uffington and Woolstone, Oxfordshire, Woolstone in the English county of Oxfords ...

, 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

Sports teams

Africa

AS Dragons (Kinshasa) Amicale Sportive Dragons is a Congolese football club based in Kinshasa. As of the 2007–08 season they play in the Linafoot league, the top level of professional football in DR Congo. Their home games are played at Stade 24 Novembre. In the pa ...

, a soccer team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé The Association Sportive Dragons FC de l'Ouémé, known as Dragons de l'Ouémé, is a Beninese professional football (soccer), football club based in the town of Porto-Novo. They play in the Beninese first division, the Benin Premier League. Ach ...

, a soccer team in Benin *

ASK Dragão ASK Dragão is an Angolan sports club from the province of Uíge. ASK stands for Atlético Sport Kalonji. In 2017, the team qualified to the Gira Angola, the qualifying tournament for Angola's top division, the Girabola. League & Cup Positions ...

, a soccer team in Angola * 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 The China Dragon () was a professional ice hockey team which played its home games in three cities in China, including Harbin, Qiqihar, and Shanghai. The team was a member of Asia League Ice Hockey between 2007 and 2017. The team was formed in 1954 ...

, an ice hockey team in China *

Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011 ...

, a baseball team in Japan *

Jeonnam Dragons The Jeonnam Dragons () are a South Korean professional football club based in the city of Gwangyang, South Jeolla Province that competes in the K League 2, the second tier of South Korean football. The Dragons play their home matches at the G ...

(formerly spelled as Chunnam Dragons), a football team in South Korea *

Jiangsu Dragons Jiangsu Dragons Kentier (), also known as Jiangsu Dragons or Jiangsu Kentier, are a Chinese professional basketball team in the Southern Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Nanjing, Jiangsu. History In the 2004–05 seaso ...

, a Chinese Basketball Association team *

Kuala Lumpur Dragons The Kuala Lumpur Dragons are a professional basketball team based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that last played in the ASEAN Basketball League. They also played as the Blustar Detergent Dragons in the Philippines' PBA Developmental League in 2016 ...

, a Malaysian basketball team *

Shanghai Dragons The Shanghai Dragons () were a professional ''Overwatch'' esports team based in Shanghai, China. The Dragons competed in the Overwatch League (OWL) as a member of the league's East region. Founded in 2017, Shanghai Dragons were one of the leag ...

, 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

Artland Dragons QTSV Quakenbrück, widely known as Artland Dragons is a professional basketball club based in Quakenbrück, Germany. The club's home arena is the Artland Arena, which has a capacity of 3,000 spectators. From 2003 till 2015 the club played in the B ...

, a German basketball team * AS Dragon, an association football team from Guadeloupe *

Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe) The Barcelona Dragons were an American football team that was a part of the World League of American Football and later in the resurrected NFL Europe. Their home field in Barcelona was the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuic, the 1992 Olympic Stadium, ...

, an American football team active in Spain from 1991 to 2003 *

Barcelona Dragons (ELF) The Barcelona Dragons were an American football team based in Catalonia, Spain. It played in the European League of Football (ELF). History On 11 January 2021, it was announced that a new franchise in Barcelona would be one of the eight team ...

, an American football team active in Spain since 2021 *

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the ...

, a rugby league club in France *

Celtic Dragons Cardiff Dragons are a Welsh netball team based in Cardiff. Their senior team plays in the Netball Superleague. In 2005–06 they were founder members of the league. Their best performance in the Superleague came in 2013 when they finished as ...

, a netball team in Wales, U.K. *

Delft Dragons Delft Dragons are an American football team based in Delft, Netherlands. History *Foundations Sometime in 1981 the Chairman of the Amsterdam Rams (the only Dutch American Football team at the time), Rene Koningferander, appeared in the TV progr ...

, an American football team in the Netherlands *

Dragons (rugby union) Dragons RFC () are one of the four professional rugby union regional teams in Wales. They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup/ European Rugby Challenge Cup. They play their home games at Rodney Parade, ...

, a rugby union team in South East Wales, U.K. *

Dragons de Rouen The Dragons de Rouen (Rouen Dragons), are a French professional ice hockey team based in Rouen playing in the Ligue Magnus. The team was founded in 1982 and plays home games at the Île Lacroix. History Only 3 years after its founding, the cl ...

, an ice hockey team in France *

Dragons Rhöndorf Dragons Rhoendorf is a professional basketball club based in Bad Honnef, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The team had its most successful years from 1995 to 1999 when it played in the Basketball Bundesliga and reached the semi-finals in 1999. Si ...

, a German basketball team * Dragons (women's cricket), a women's cricket team in Ireland *

Dublin Dragons The South Dublin Panthers, formerly known as the Dublin Dragons, are an American Football team formed in 2014. They compete in the American Football Ireland, Premier Division, the top tier of American Football in Ireland. The team is based ...

, a former American football team in Ireland * Dudelange Dragons, an American football team in Luxembourg * Glamorgan Dragons, a cricket team in the United Kingdom *

KHC Dragons Koninklijke Hockey Club Dragons, also known as KHC Dragons or simply Dragons, is a Belgian professional field hockey club based in Brasschaat, Antwerp Province. The club was founded in 1946. Since the end of the eighties the club competes in Belgiu ...

, a field hockey club in Belgium *

RC Dragon Brno RC Dragon Brno is a Czech Republic, Czech Rugby union, rugby club in Brno. They currently play in the Extraliga ragby XV. They have also been involved in the Central & Eastern European Rugby Cup since its inception in 2008. History The club star ...

, a rugby union team in the Czech Republic *

Wrexham A.F.C. Wrexham Association Football Club () is a professional association football club based in Wrexham, Wales. Formed in 1864, it is the oldest club in Wales and the third-oldest professional association football team in the world. The club compe ...

, a Welsh association football team known as the Red Dragons

North America

* C.D. Dragón, a soccer team in El Salvador *

Chesapeake Dragons The Chesapeake Dragons were an American soccer team, founded in 2001. The team was a member of the United Soccer Leagues Premier Development League (PDL), the fourth tier of the American soccer pyramid, until 2004, when the team left the leagu ...

, a soccer team in the U.S. *

Dayton Dragons The Dayton Dragons are a Minor League Baseball team of the Midwest League and the High-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds. They are located in Dayton, Ohio, and play their home games at Day Air Ballpark. In 2011, they broke the record for most ...

, a baseball team in the U.S. *

Dragon Racing DS Penske (formerly Dragon Racing) is an auto racing team that is involved in many areas of motorsport. The team is based in the United States, but once competed under a French license. DS Penske was founded in 2007 as Dragon Racing by Americans ...

, an American auto racing team * Dragons, nickname of sports teams at

Jefferson High School This is a list of memorials to Thomas Jefferson, Founding Father and third president of the United States and the author of the United States Declaration of Independence. Buildings Elementary schools *Jefferson Elementary School, in Cammack Villa ...

in Jefferson, Georgia in the U.S. * Dragons, nickname of sports teams at Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan in the U.S. *

Drexel Dragons The Drexel Dragons are the athletic teams of Drexel University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school's athletic program includes eighteen NCAA Division I sports including nine men's and nine women's teams, with most sports teams competing in ...

, the sports teams of Drexel University in the U.S. * Lane College Dragons, the sports teams of

Lane College Lane College is a private historically black college associated with the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church and located in Jackson, Tennessee. It offers associate and baccalaureate degrees in the arts and sciences. History Lane College ...

in the U.S. * Los Angeles Dragons (American football), a former American football team in the U.S. *

Los Angeles Dragons The Los Angeles Dragons are an Australian rules football team, based in Los Angeles, California. They were founded in 2010 and play in the United States Australian Football League. History The Los Angeles Dragons were founded in 2010 by a group o ...

, an Australian rules football team in the U.S. * Moorhead Dragons, the sports teams of

Minnesota State University Moorhead Minnesota State University Moorhead (MSUM) is a public university in Moorhead, Minnesota, across the Red River of the North from Fargo, North Dakota. The school has an enrollment of 7,534 students in 2019 and 266 full-time faculty members. MSUM ...

in the U.S. *

New York Dragons The New York Dragons were a professional arena football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Dragons participated in the Arena Football League's (AFL) National Conference as a member of the Eastern Division (AFL), Eastern Division. ...

, an Arena Football League team in the U.S. *

Portland Forest Dragons Portland most commonly refers to: *Portland, Oregon, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon *Portland, Maine, the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine *Isle of Portland, a tied island in the English Channel Portland may also r ...

, a former name of the Oklahoma Wranglers, an Arena Football team in the U.S. *

San Antonio Dragons The San Antonio Dragons were a minor league professional ice hockey team in the International Hockey League (IHL) for two seasons in 1996–97 and 1997–98. The Dragons were based in San Antonio, Texas, and played at the Freeman Coliseum and occ ...

, an ice hockey team in the U.S. *

San Francisco Dragons The San Francisco Dragons were a professional field lacrosse team based in San Francisco and San Jose, California. From 2006–2008, they played in Major League Lacrosse and they ceased operations before the 2009 season due to the 2008 financial c ...

, a field lacrosse team in the U.S. *

Seattle Dragons The Seattle Sea Dragons were a professional American football team based in Seattle, Washington. The Sea Dragons competed in the second incarnation of the XFL (2020), XFL. The team was founded by Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment as the Seat ...

, 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 Tiffin Dragons are the athletic teams that represent Tiffin University, located in Tiffin, Ohio, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Dragons compete as members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference for varsit ...

, the sports teams at Tiffin University in the U.S. *

Verdun Dragons The Verdun Dragons were a hockey team based in Verdun, Quebec. The team was part of the Ligue Nord-Américaine de Hockey. The Dragons played at the Verdun Auditorium. They won the Futura Cup against the Saint-Georges Garaga in 2003–2004. Init ...

, 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 The Cronulla-Sutherland District Rugby Football League (Cronulla-Sutherland District Junior Rugby Football League in the case of junior football) is an amateur competition for rugby league clubs in and around the Sutherland Shire district of S ...

, a junior rugby league team *

Northcote Football Club The Northcote Football Club (/ˈnoːθ.kət/), nicknamed the Dragons, was an Australian rules football club which played in the VFA from 1908 until 1987. The club's colours for most of its time in the VFA were green and yellow, and it was bas ...

, aka the Northcote Dragons, an Australian rules Football team *

St. George Dragons The St. George Dragons are an Australian rugby league, rugby league football club from the St George, Sydney, St George District in Sydney, New South Wales that played in the top level New South Wales Rugby League, New South Wales competition ...

, a rugby league team *

St. George Illawarra Dragons The St. George Illawarra Dragons are an Australian professional rugby league football club, representing both the Illawarra and St George regions of New South Wales. The club has competed in the National Rugby League (NRL) since 1999 after a j ...

, a rugby league football club * Shellharbour City Dragons, a rugby league team *

South Dragons The South Dragons was an Australian professional men's basketball team in the National Basketball League (NBL). It debuted in the 2006/07 season and played its final season in 2008/09. The club was based at MSAC in Melbourne's inner south-east ...

, a former team in the Australasian National Basketball League (2006–2009)

Transport

Air

de Havilland Dragon The de Havilland DH.84 Dragon is a successful small commercial aircraft that was designed and built by the de Havilland company. Design and construction Following the commercial success of its single-engined de Havilland Fox Moth that had fir ...

, a small commercial aircraft * Douglas B-23 Dragon, a twin-engined bomber aircraft * Independence Dragon, a German paraglider design *

Sopwith Dragon The Sopwith Dragon was a British single-seat fighter biplane developed from the Sopwith Snipe. Design and development In April 1918, the sixth Snipe prototype was fitted with a 320 hp (239 kW) ABC Dragonfly I radial engine.Mason 1992 ...

, a British single-seat fighter biplane

Land

Dennis Dragon The Dennis Dragon (also sold as the Dennis Condor) is a three-axle step-entrance double-decker bus manufactured by Dennis in England between 1982 and 1999. History The Dennis Dragon was originally built for Kowloon Motor Bus. In Hong Kong t ...

, a bus * Dragon Automobile Company, an American manufacturer (1906–1908) *

Kaiser Dragon The Kaiser Dragon is a car model based on the second-generation Kaiser that was manufactured by Kaiser Motors Corporation in 1953. The dragon name was first used in 1951 for a special trim option on Kaiser cars featuring vinyl upholstery claim ...

, a 1950s American car * ''Dragon'' (1848–1872), a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive * ''Dragon'' (1873–1892), a

South Devon Railway Buffalo class The ten Buffalo class locomotives were broad gauge locomotives operated on the South Devon Railway, Cornwall Railway and West Cornwall Railway. They were designed for goods trains but were also used on passenger trains when required. These loc ...

locomotive * ''Dragon'' (1880–1892), a GWR Rover class locomotive * ''Dragon'' (1891–1915), a

GWR 3031 Class The Dean Single, 3031 Class, or Achilles Class was a type of steam locomotive built by the British Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1899. They were designed by William Dean for passenger work. The first 30 members of the class were built ...

locomotive * ''Dragon'' (2009–present) Newag E6ACT, an electric freight locomotive

Space

Dragon (rocket) The Dragon is a two-stage French solid propellant sounding rocket used for high altitude research between 1962 and 1973. It belonged thereby to a family of solid-propellant rockets derived from the Bélier, including the Centaure, the Dauph ...

, a French research sounding rocket *

SpaceX Dragon Dragon is a family of spacecraft developed and produced by American private space transportation company SpaceX. The first variant, later named SpaceX Dragon 1, Dragon 1, flew 23 cargo missions to the International Space Station (ISS) between ...

capsule, used to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station *

SpaceX Dragon 2 Dragon 2 is a class of partially reusable spacecraft developed, manufactured, and operated by the American space company SpaceX for flights to the International Space Station (ISS) and private spaceflight missions. The spacecraft, which consi ...

capsule, also used to transport crew to and from the International Space Station

Water

Dragon (keelboat) The Dragon is a one-design keelboat designed by Norwegian people, Norwegian Johan Anker in 1929. In 1948 the Dragon became an Olympics, Olympic Class, a status it retained until the Munich Olympics in 1972. The Dragon's long keel and elegan ...

, a sailing yacht, used in racing *

Dragon boat A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province. These were made of teak, but in other parts of China different kinds of wood are used. It is one of a family of t ...

, a narrow canoe-style boat, used for the sport of dragon boat racing

Other uses

Dragon (Ninurta) The Dragon ( Sumerian: ''Ušum'' or ''Ushum'') was one of the warriors slain by Ninurta, patron god of Lagash, in Sumerian religion. Its body was hung on the seat of his chariot according to the ancient source.lines 55-6 See also * Anzû, a mass ...

, a figure in Sumerian religion *

Dragon (zodiac) The dragon () is the fifth of the 12-year cycle of animals that appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar. The Year of the Dragon is associated with the Earthly Branch symbol 辰 (pinyin: ''chén''). It has been proposed th ...

, in the Chinese zodiac *

Dragon reactor Dragon was an experimental high temperature gas-cooled reactor at Winfrith in Dorset, England, operated by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA). Its purpose was to test fuel and materials for the European High Temperature Reactor ...

, a gas-cooled nuclear reactor in England *

Satan Satan, also known as the Devil, is a devilish entity in Abrahamic religions who seduces humans into sin (or falsehood). In Judaism, Satan is seen as an agent subservient to God, typically regarded as a metaphor for the '' yetzer hara'', or ' ...

, referred to several times in the Book of Revelation as the "Dragon" *

Welsh Dragon The Welsh Dragon (, meaning 'the red dragon'; ) is a heraldic symbol that represents Wales and appears on the national flag of Wales. Ancient leaders of the Celtic Britons that are personified as dragons include Maelgwn Gwynedd, Mynyddog Mwynf ...

, the flag of Wales * In the Japanese board game

shogi , also known as Japanese chess, is a Strategy game, strategy board game for two players. It is one of the most popular board games in Japan and is in the same family of games as chess, Western chess, chaturanga, xiangqi, Indian chess, and janggi. ...

, the rook and bishop promote to a "dragon (king)" and a "dragon horse" * The

2020 Middle East storms The 2020 Middle East storms occurred on 12 March 2020 when the Gulf of Aqaba-Eilat was struck by an intense storm system, in the form of a cyclone, that brought heavy rain, thunderstorms, floods and sandstorms to 9 countries in the eastern Mediter ...

of 23 March 2020 and following days are sometimes called the "Dragon storms"