Dragon (disambiguation)
A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with reptile-like traits.
Dragon may also refer to:
Places
Extra-terrestrial
- Draco (constellation) (Latin for Dragon), a constellation in the far northern sky
- The Dragon, a grouping of galaxies in the field of Abell 370
Terrestrial
- Dragon, Utah, United States, a ghost town
- Dragon Cone, a volcano in British Columbia, Canada
- Dragon Hill, Uffington, 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
People
- Vlad II Dracul (1390–1447), duke of Wallachia, nicknamed "Vlad the Dragon"
- Goran Dragić (born 1986), Slovenian basketball player
- G-Dragon (born 1988), South Korean rapper
- Carmen Dragon (1914–1984), American conductor and composer
- Daryl Dragon (1942–2019), American musician, one half of the duo Captain & Tennille; son of Carmen Dragon
- Tatsumi Fujinami (born 1953), Japanese professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
- Bruce Lee (1940–1973), Chinese actor and martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
- Lyoto Machida (born 1978), Brazilian martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
- Ricky Steamboat (born 1953), American professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
- Matthew Stevens, Welsh snooker player nicknamed "The Welsh Dragon"
- Don "The Dragon" Wilson (born 1954), American champion kickboxer and actor
- Ryuji Kumita (born 1967), Japanese racing driver who uses the pseudonym "Dragon"
Arts and entertainment
Characters and fictional entities
- Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons), a monstrous creature
- Dragon (Middle-earth), 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 Wheel of Time series, held at different times in the series continuity by the characters Lews Telamon and Rand al'Thor
- Dragon, a member of Gen13
- Dragon, the leading character in the Image Comics title Savage Dragon
- Dragons (Dragon Prince), mythical beasts
- Dragons (Pern), by Anne McCaffrey
- The Dragon (Beowulf)
- Richard Dragon, a DC Comics character
- Dragon Shiryū, a Saint Seiya character
- Dragon (One Piece)
Films
- The Dragon, a 1916 film directed by Harry A. Pollard
- Dragon (2006 film), an action/fantasy film
- Dragon (2011 film), a Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts thriller
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, a 1993 biographical film
- Dragons 3D, a 2013 IMAX film starring Max von Sydow
- Dragons: Fire and Ice (2004 film), animated Mega-Blocks film
- Hidden Dragon, an upcoming 2023 CG animated film
Gaming
- Dragon, a version of the video game Mega Man Star Force
- Dragon tiles, a type of honor tile in mahjong
- Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation, a chess opening
- Dragon by Komodo Chess, 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), 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, 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)
Bands
- Imagine Dragons, an American pop rock band
Groups
- Dragon (band), a New Zealand/Australian rock group
- Dragons (band), an English group
- The Dragons (band), an American rock group
- Imagine Dragons, an American pop rock band
Albums
Songs
- "Dragon", by Martin Garrix
- "Dragon", by Miriam Bryant
- "Dragon", by the Sugarcubes from Life's Too Good
- "Dragons", by Caravan Palace from Caravan Palace
Roller coasters
- Dragon (Adventureland), in Altoona, Iowa
- Dragon Challenge, in Orlando, Florida
- Dragon Coaster (Playland), in Rye, New York
- The Dragon, Ocean Park Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, China
Television
- Dragon Television, a Chinese provincial satellite TV station
- Dragon (TV series), a Canadian children's TV program
- DreamWorks Dragons, a TV series based on How to Train Your Dragon
- "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)
- Oliver Emanuel#Dragon, a 2013 play written by Oliver Emanuel
Biology
- DRAGON (protein), a membrane receptor protein
- Draco volans, commonly known as the flying dragon, a species of lizard endemic to Southeast Asia
- Komodo dragon, a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo
- Pogona, a genus of Australian lizards commonly called "bearded dragons"
- Many species of the lizard genus Ctenophorus
- Tarragon which is called dragon in several languages including its Latin name
Brands and enterprises
- Cathay Dragon, an international airline based in Hong Kong, previously known as Dragonair
- Dragon Models Limited, a toy manufacturer
- Dragon Petroleum, a Welsh fuel company
Education
- Dragon School, a British preparatory school in Oxford, England
- The Dragon Academy, a private school in Ontario, Canada
Mathematics and computing
- Dragon (cipher)
- Dragon (remote sensing)
- AMD Dragon, a platform engineered for gamers
- Comodo Dragon, a freeware web browser
- Dragon chip, a line of Chinese CPUs
- Dragon curve, a family of fractal curves
- Dragon Data, a Welsh computer manufacturer
- Dragon 32/64, the names of two 1980s home computers
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a speech recognition software package
- DRAKON (Russian: ДРАКОН, "dragon"), a programming language used in flight controllers for rockets and space vehicles
Military
- Dragon (firearm), the short version of the blunderbuss
- "Dragons", a USMC helicopter squadron (see: VMM-265)
- BQM-147 Dragon, United States unmanned aerial vehicle
- Focke-Achgelis Fa 223, 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, an American anti-tank missile system
- The Dragons, a display team consisting of 4 x Hawker Hunters of No. 4 Flying Training School RAF, during 1973
- USS Dragon (1861), a Union Navy steamer during the American Civil War
- Dragón, a Spanish development of the Mowag Piranha V Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicle
Nobility and royalty
- Dragon Throne, the throne of the Emperor of China
- Order of the Dragon, a former monarchical chivalric order
Sports teams
Africa
- AS Dragons (Kinshasa), a soccer team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé, a soccer team in Benin
- ASK Dragão, 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, an ice hockey team in China
- Chunichi Dragons, a baseball team in Japan
- Jeonnam Dragons (formerly spelled as Chunnam Dragons), a football team in South Korea
- Jiangsu Dragons, a Chinese Basketball Association team
- Kuala Lumpur Dragons, a Malaysian basketball team
- Shanghai Dragons, 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
- AS Dragon, an association football team from Guadeloupe
- Barcelona Dragons (NFL Europe), an American football team active in Spain from 1991 to 2003
- Barcelona Dragons (ELF), an American football team active in Spain since 2021
- Catalans Dragons, a rugby league club in France
- Celtic Dragons, a netball team in Wales, U.K.
- Delft Dragons, an American football team in the Netherlands
- Dragons (rugby union), a rugby union team in South East Wales, U.K.
- Dragons de Rouen, an ice hockey team in France
- Dragons Rhöndorf, a German basketball team
- Dragons (women's cricket), a women's cricket team in Ireland
- Dublin Dragons, an American football team in Ireland
- Dudelange Dragons, an American football team in Luxembourg
- Glamorgan Dragons, a cricket team in the United Kingdom
- KHC Dragons, a field hockey club in Belgium
- RC Dragon Brno, a rugby union team in the Czech Republic
- Wrexham A.F.C., a Welsh association football team known as the Red Dragons
North America
- C.D. Dragón, a soccer team in El Salvador
- Chesapeake Dragons, a soccer team in the U.S.
- Dayton Dragons, a baseball team in the U.S.
- Dragon Racing, an American auto racing team
- Dragons, nickname of sports teams at Jefferson High School 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 sports teams of Drexel University in the U.S.
- Jersey Dragons, a soccer team in the U.S.
- Lane College Dragons, the sports teams of Lane College in the U.S.
- Los Angeles Dragons (American football), a former American football team in the U.S.
- Los Angeles Dragons, an Australian rules football team in the U.S.
- Moorhead Dragons, the sports teams of Minnesota State University Moorhead in the U.S.
- New York Dragons, an Arena Football League team in the U.S.
- Portland Forest Dragons, a former name of the Oklahoma Wranglers, an Arena Football team in the U.S.
- San Antonio Dragons, an ice hockey team in the U.S.
- San Francisco Dragons, a field lacrosse team in the U.S.
- Seattle Dragons, 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 sports teams at Tiffin University in the U.S.
- Verdun Dragons, 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, a junior rugby league team
- Northcote Football Club, aka the Northcote Dragons, an Australian rules Football team
- St. George Dragons, a rugby league team
- St. George Illawarra Dragons, a rugby league football club
- Shellharbour City Dragons, a rugby league team
- South Dragons, a former team in the Australasian National Basketball League (2006-2009)
Transport
Air
- de Havilland Dragon, a small commercial aircraft
- Douglas B-23 Dragon, a twin-engined bomber aircraft
- Independence Dragon, a German paraglider design
- Sopwith Dragon, a British single-seat fighter biplane
Land
- Dennis Dragon, a bus
- Dragon Automobile Company, an American manufacturer (1906-1908)
- Kaiser Dragon, a 1950s American car
- Dragon (1848–1872), a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive
- Dragon (1873–1892), a South Devon Railway Buffalo class locomotive
- Dragon (1880–1892), a GWR Rover class locomotive
- Dragon (1891-1915), a GWR 3031 Class locomotive
- Dragon (2009–present) Newag E6ACT, an electric freight locomotive
Space
- Dragon (rocket), a French research sounding rocket
- SpaceX Dragon capsule, used to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station
- SpaceX Dragon 2 capsule, also used to transport crew to and from the International Space Station
Water
- Dragon (keelboat), a sailing yacht, used in racing
- Dragon boat, a narrow canoe-style boat, used for the sport of dragon boat racing
Other uses
- Dragon (Ninurta), a figure in Sumerian religion
- Dragon (zodiac), in the Chinese zodiac
- Dragon reactor, a gas-cooled nuclear reactor in England
- Satan, referred to several times in the Book of Revelation as the "Dragon"
- Welsh Dragon, the flag of Wales
- In the Japanese board game shogi, the rook and bishop promote to a "dragon (king)" and a "dragon horse"
- The 2020 Middle East storms of 23 March 2020 and following days are sometimes called the "Dragon storms"
See also
Search for "dragon" on Wikipedia.
- All pages with titles beginning with Dragon
- All pages with titles containing dragons
- All pages with titles containing dragon
- Draconian (disambiguation)
- Dracaena (disambiguation)
- Drache (disambiguation)
- Draco (disambiguation)
- Dragone (disambiguation)
- Dragon I (disambiguation)
- Dragon II (disambiguation)
- Red Dragon (disambiguation)
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