Strand

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Strand or The Strand may refer to:

Topography

  • The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
    • Beach
    • Shoreline
  • Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida

Places

Africa

  • Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
  • Strand Street, a road in Cape Town, South Africa

Asia

  • A park alongside the river Ganges in Chandannagar, India
  • Strand Road, Kolkata, a road alongside the river Ganges in Kolkata, India

Australia

  • The Strand Arcade, a Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney, Australia
  • The Strand, Townsville, a beachside foreshore in Townsville, Australia
  • The Strand, Auckland, a street in Auckland, New Zealand
  • The Strand Station, the former main railway station of Auckland, New Zealand, known as The Strand for excursion trains

United Kingdom

  • Strand (UK Parliament constituency), former constituency in the City of Westminster
  • Strand, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
  • Strand, London, a street in Central London
  • St Mary le Strand (parish), City of Westminster
  • Strand District (Metropolis), a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England, from 1855 to 1900
  • The Strand, Wiltshire, a hamlet
  • The Strand, recreation area in Gillingham, Kent
  • New Strand Shopping Centre, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
  • Strands, Cumbria, a location

Europe

  • Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi Flood of 1634
  • Ștrand, a district of Sibiu, Romania
  • Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Strand, Akershus, a village area in Bærum municipality in Akershus county, Norway
  • Strand, Friesland, a hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, the Netherlands
  • Strand, Nordland, a village in Sortland municipality in Nordland county, Norway
  • Strand, Norway, a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway
  • Strand, Vestfold, a village in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold county, Norway

North America

Canada

United States

  • Strand, Iowa
  • Grand Strand, a stretch of beaches in North and South Carolina
  • Silver Strand (San Diego), or The Strand, a narrow isthmus connecting Coronado Island with Imperial Beach, California
  • Strand National Historic Landmark District, a neighborhood in Galveston, Texas
  • The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles

Art, entertainment, and media

Music

Groups
  • The Strand, a British hard rock band that eventually evolved into the Sex Pistols
Works
  • Strand (album), an album by the Spinanes
  • "Baile's Strand", a song on the album Crógacht by the band Suidakra, based on the same Celtic legend as Yeats' play
  • "Do the Strand," a song by the British band Roxy Music

Periodicals

Other art, entertainment, and media

  • Strand (film), a 2009 Iranian film
  • The Strand (radio), a daily BBC World Service arts programme
  • Victor Strand, a character in Fear the Walking Dead
  • T. K. Strand, a character in 9-1-1: Lone Star
  • The New York Times Strands, an online word game

Biology

Brands and enterprises

  • Strand (cigarette), a 1950s/1960s brand of cigarette notorious for its failed advertising campaign, "You're never alone with a Strand"
  • Strand Bookstore, a famous bookstore in New York City
  • Strand Cinema, art deco cinema in Belfast, Northern Ireland
  • Strand Hotel (also known as The Strand), a colonial-style hotel in Yangon, Myanmar
  • Strand Lighting, a company supplying lighting equipment to the entertainment industry
  • Strand Publishing, a publishing company based in Sydney, Australia; publisher of books by Grenville Kent
  • Strand Releasing, a theatrical distribution company based in Culver City, California
  • The Strand (Providence theater), a live music venue and theater in Providence, Rhode Island

Other uses

  • Strand (programming language), a parallel programming system
  • Strand (surname)
  • Strand, part of an electrical cable
  • Strand (mathematics), part of a knot as meant in the definition of tricolorability

See also

  • Strand Church (disambiguation)
  • Strand station (disambiguation)
  • Strand Theatre (disambiguation)
  • Stranded (disambiguation)
  • Strandloper (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
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