Andrew (disambiguation)
Encyclopedia
As a first name, Andrew
(from a Greek
word meaning "manly" or "courageous") may refer to:
Andrew
Andrew is the English form of a given name and surname common in many countries. Alternatives include André, Andrey, Andrei, Andrej, András, Andrés, Andreas, Andreu, Anders and Endrew. ‘Andrew’ is a common name in English-speaking countries. In the 1990s it was among the top ten most popular names...
(from a Greek
Greek language
Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...
word meaning "manly" or "courageous") may refer to:
Saints
- Saint AndrewSaint AndrewSaint Andrew , called in the Orthodox tradition Prōtoklētos, or the First-called, is a Christian Apostle and the brother of Saint Peter. The name "Andrew" , like other Greek names, appears to have been common among the Jews from the 3rd or 2nd century BC. No Hebrew or Aramaic name is recorded for him...
the Apostle - Saint Andrew BobolaAndrew BobolaAndrew Bobola was a Polish missionary and martyr of the Society of Jesus, known as the apostle of Lithuania and the "hunter of souls".-Biography:...
(1591–1657) - Saint Andrew CorsiniAndrew CorsiniAndrew Corsini was an Italian Carmelite, and bishop of Fiesole.-Biography:He was born in Florence, November 30, 1302, as member of the illustrious Corsini family...
(1302–1373) - Saint Andrew of Crete (born 650)
- Saint Andrew of Lampsacus
- Saint Andrew the ScotAndrew the ScotSt. Andrew the Scot was the brother of St. Brigid the younger, been born in Ireland near the beginning of the ninth century to a noble family. Both Andrew and his sister studied under St. Donatus...
(died 877)
Royals and nobles
- Andrew I of Hungary (died 1060)
- Andrew II of HungaryAndrew II of HungaryAndrew II the Jerosolimitan was King of Hungary and Croatia . He was the younger son of King Béla III of Hungary, who invested him with the government of the Principality of Halych...
(1177–1235) - Prince Andrew, Duke of YorkPrince Andrew, Duke of YorkPrince Andrew, Duke of York KG GCVO , is the second son, and third child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh...
(born 1960)
Places
United States- Andrew, IowaAndrew, IowaAndrew is a city in Jackson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 460 at the 2000 census.-History:Andrew, located in Jackson County, was named for Andrew Jackson....
- Port Andrew, WisconsinPort Andrew, WisconsinPort Andrew is an unincorporated community in the town of Richwood, Richland County, Wisconsin, United States....
- Andrew (MBTA station)Andrew (MBTA station)Andrew is a station on the rapid transit Red Line at Dorchester Avenue at Andrew Square, by Southampton Street, Dorchester Street, and Boston Street in South Boston, Massachusetts...
in Boston, Massachusetts
Other
- Andrew ProjectAndrew ProjectThe Andrew Project was a distributed computing environment developed at Carnegie Mellon University beginning in 1982. It was an ambitious project for its time and resulted in an unprecedentedly vast and accessible university computing infrastructure....
, a Carnegie Mellon University computer project- Andrew File SystemAndrew file systemThe Andrew File System is a distributed networked file system which uses a set of trusted servers to present a homogeneous, location-transparent file name space to all the client workstations. It was developed by Carnegie Mellon University as part of the Andrew Project. It is named after Andrew...
, the project's filesystem
- Andrew File System
- Hurricane AndrewHurricane AndrewHurricane Andrew was the third Category 5 hurricane to make landfall in the United States, after the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935 and Hurricane Camille in 1969. Andrew was the first named storm and only major hurricane of the otherwise inactive 1992 Atlantic hurricane season...
, one of the worst hurricane disasters in the continental United States, and just one of three Category 5's to make landfall in the USA - "The Andrew", a nickname for the Royal NavyRoyal NavyThe Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service...
- Andrew oilfieldAndrew oilfieldThe Andrew oilfield is a relatively small hydrocarbon field in the UK sector of the North Sea, North-East of Aberdeen and it is operated by BP...
, in the UK sector of the North Sea - Andrew CorporationAndrew CorporationAndrew Corporation, a formerly independent manufacturer of hardware for communications networks, was established in 1947 and acquired by CommScope in 2007. It supports customers from 35 countries across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, with manufacturing plants in 12 countries, employing...
, manufacturer of antenna system hardware
See also
- Andrews (disambiguation)
- Andreas (disambiguation)
- AndreaAndreaAndrea is a given name common in many parts of the world:* In Czech, Serbian, Macedonian, Dutch, English, German, Hungarian, Scandinavian languages and Spanish, Andrea is used as a woman's name, as the feminine form of Andrew, Andreas, András, Andrés or Andre.* In Italy and Albania, Andrea is quite...
- Andres (disambiguation)
- Saint Andrew (disambiguation)
- St. Andrew's Cross (disambiguation)
- Andy (disambiguation)
- Drew (disambiguation)