Alouette
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Alouette is the French
word for a lark
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Alouette or alouettes may also refer to:
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French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
word for a lark
Lark
Larks are passerine birds of the family Alaudidae. All species occur in the Old World, and in northern and eastern Australia; only one, the Shore Lark, has spread to North America, where it is called the Horned Lark...
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Alouette or alouettes may also refer to:
In music and literature:
- "Alouette" (song)Alouette (song)"Alouette" is a popular French Canadian children's song originating in France about plucking the feathers from a lark. Although it is in French, it is well-known among speakers of other languages; in this way it is similar to "Frère Jacques"...
, a children's song - Alouette (song), by Denise Emmer (specially composed for a Brazilian soap-opera named Pai Heroi (in Portuguese), broadcasted by Globo TV in 1979)
- Alouette, a character in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar
In aerospace:
- SNCASE AlouetteSNCASE Alouette|-References:* *...
, a utility helicopter developed in France in the early 1950s which was abandoned for development of the Alouette II - Aérospatiale Alouette II, a light utility helicopter built in France (1956–1975)
- Aérospatiale Alouette IIIAérospatiale Alouette IIIThe Aérospatiale Alouette III is a single-engine, light utility helicopter developed by Sud Aviation. It was manufactured by Aérospatiale of France, and under licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited in India as Hal Chetak and Industria Aeronautică Română in Romania.The Alouette III is the...
, a light utility helicopter built in France (1961–1985) - No. 425 Squadron RCAFNo. 425 Squadron RCAF425 Tactical Fighter Squadron, also "Alouette" Squadron, is a unit of the Royal Canadian Air Force. It operates CF-188 Hornet fighter jets from CFB Bagotville in Quebec, Canada...
, also known as Alouette Squadron and now called 425 Tactical Fighter Squadron, a squadron of CF-18 based out of Bagotville, Quebec - Alouette 1Alouette 1Alouette 1 was Canada's first satellite, and the first satellite constructed by a country other than the USSR or the United States. Occasionally, Alouette 1 is misrepresented as the third satellite successfully put in orbit, rather than being from the third country to have one of its own in space,...
, a Canadian satellite launched in 1962 - Alouette 2Alouette 2Alouette 2 was a Canadian research satellite launched at 04:48 UTC on November 29, 1965 by a Thor Agena rocket with Explorer 31 from the Western test range at Vandenberg AFB in California...
, a Canadian satellite launched in 1965 - 9995 Alouette9995 Alouette9995 Alouette is an S-type main belt asteroid. It orbits the Sun once every 3.69 years.Discovered on September 24, 1960 by C. J. van Houten and I. van Houten-Groeneveld on archived photographic plates made by T. Gehrels, it was given the provisional designation 4805 P-L. It was later renamed...
, an S-type main-belt asteroid discovered in 1960
In sport:
- Montreal AlouettesMontreal AlouettesThe Montreal Alouettes are a Canadian Football League team based in Montreal, Quebec.The current franchise named the Alouettes moved to Montreal from Baltimore, Maryland, in 1996 where they had been known as the Baltimore Stallions...
, a team in the Canadian Football League - Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple LeafsNotre-Dame-de-Grace Maple LeafsThe Notre-Dame-de-Grace Maple Leafs also known as the NDG Maple Leafs were a junior Canadian football team based in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood of Montreal, Quebec from 1946 to 1973...
, also called the Montreal Junior Alouettes, a team in the Quebec Junior Football League - Nipissing AlouettesNipissing AlouettesThe Nipissing Alouettes were a Canadian Junior ice hockey team based out of Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. They played in the Greater Metro Junior 'A' Hockey League.-History:...
, an ice hockey team - Saint-Jérôme AlouettesSaint-Jérôme AlouettesThe Saint-Jérôme Alouettes were a junior ice hockey team that played in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec. The team originated during the late 1950s in the Quebec Junior Hockey League, and played there until 1969...
, an ice hockey team
In geography:
- Alouette LakeAlouette LakeAlouette Lake, originally Lillooet Lake and not to be confused with the lake of that name farther north, is a lake and reservoir in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. It is located at the southeast foot of the mountain group known as the Golden Ears and is about 8 km in length on a...
, a lake in British Columbia - Alouette RiverAlouette RiverThe Alouette River is a river in the Canadian province of British Columbia.The Alouette River was known as the Lillooet River until 1914, at which time its name was changed to avoid confusion with the much larger Lillooet River...
, a river in British Columbia
In other usage:
- Alouette (cheese)Alouette (cheese)Alouette is an American brand of French-style cheeses produced by the French company Bongrain SA. The Alouette Cheese products are: Soft Spreadable Cheese, Crème de Brie, Baby Brie, Crème Fraîche, Elégante, and Crumbled Cheese...
, an American French-style cheese - Aluminerie AlouetteAluminerie AlouetteAluminerie Alouette is an aluminum manufacturing company based in Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada, on the North Shore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.With the successful start-up of a major expansion in 2005, the Alouette Aluminum Smelter, at 550,000 metric tonnes capacity per year, became the largest...
, an aluminum smelter located at Sept-Îles, Quebec - Legio V AlaudaeLegio V AlaudaeLegio quinta Alaudae sometimes known as Gallica, was levied by Julius Caesar in 52 BC from native Gauls. Their emblem was an elephant, and their cognomen Alaudae came from the high crest on their helmets, typical of the Gauls, which made them look like larks...
, or the Fifth Larks Legion, a legion levied by Julius Caesar in 52 BC