Berlin (disambiguation)
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Berlin
is the capital of Germany. Berlin may also refer to:
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
is the capital of Germany. Berlin may also refer to:
Individuals
- Berlin (surname)Berlin (surname)This is a list of notable people with the surname Berlin.* Boris Berlin , Canadian pianist, music educator, arranger, and composer* Brent Berlin, anthropologist* Eve Berlin, bassist for St...
- Berlin Ndebe-NlomeBerlin Ndebe-Nlome-Career:Whilst on trial at Portsmouth he became somewhat of an enigma around the club, playing in numerous pre-season friendlies with only his name known to players and fans and was eventually offered a contract at the club, finally receiving a work permit six weeks after signing.Prior to signing...
(born 1987), Cameroonian football player - Berlin, former stage name for professional wrestler Alex WrightAlex WrightAlex Wright is a German-British former professional wrestler. He wrestled professionally in Germany and Japan before signing with World Championship Wrestling in 1994...
United States
- Berlin, California, the former name of Genevra, CaliforniaGenevra, CaliforniaGenevra is an unincorporated community in Colusa County, California. It lies at an elevation of 98 feet . The place was named Berlin in the 1870s by officials of the Southern Pacific Railroad on whose tracks it was established...
- Berlin, ConnecticutBerlin, ConnecticutBerlin is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 19,866 at the 2010 census. It was incorporated in 1785. The geographic center of Connecticut is located in the town. Berlin is residential and industrial, and served by the Amtrak station of the same name...
- Berlin (Amtrak station)Berlin (Amtrak station)Berlin is a train station in Kensington, Connecticut located on the New Haven-Springfield Line. It serves both Kensington and nearby Berlin, which is why it is also known as Kensington-Berlin Amtrak Station. The station was originally built in 1900 by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad,...
, rail station in Berlin, Connecticut
- Berlin (Amtrak station)
- Berlin, GeorgiaBerlin, GeorgiaBerlin is a town in Colquitt County, Georgia, United States. The population was 595 at the 2000 census. Berlin is also known as speedtrap.-Geography:Berlin is located at ....
- Berlin, IllinoisBerlin, IllinoisBerlin is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 140 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area...
- Berlin, KentuckyBerlin, KentuckyBerlin is a town in Bracken County, Kentucky, 30 miles south of Cincinnati. It was founded in 1830 and has about 400 inhabitants. Berlin is administered by nearby Brooksville, Kentucky....
- Berlin, MarylandBerlin, MarylandBerlin is a town in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. The population was 3,491 at the 2000 census.-History:The town of Berlin had its start around the 1790s, part of the Burley Plantation, a land grant dating back to 1677...
- Berlin, MassachusettsBerlin, MassachusettsBerlin is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 2,866 at the 2010 census.- History :Berlin was first settled in 1665 and was officially incorporated in 1812....
- Berlin, Michigan (disambiguation)
- Berlin, Nevada, a ghost town
- Berlin, New HampshireBerlin, New HampshireBerlin is a city along the Androscoggin River in Coos County in northern New Hampshire, United States. The population was 10,051 at the 2010 census. It includes the village of Cascade. Located on the edge of the White Mountains, the city's boundaries extend into the White Mountain National Forest...
- Berlin, New JerseyBerlin, New JerseyBerlin is a Borough in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 7,588.Berlin was incorporated as a borough on March 29, 1927, from portions of Berlin Township, based on the results of a referendum held on April 26,...
- Berlin, New YorkBerlin, New YorkBerlin is a town in Rensselaer County, New York, United States. The population was 1,901 at the 2000 census. The town is named after Berlin in Germany, although natives pronounce the name differently, with the accent on the first syllable....
- Berlin, former name of Dunton (LIRR station)Dunton (LIRR station)Dunton was a ground-level station on the Long Island Rail Road's Main Line, Montauk Branch, and Atlantic Branch in Dunton, Queens, New York City, United States...
, New York
- Berlin, former name of Dunton (LIRR station)
- Berlin, North DakotaBerlin, North DakotaAs of the census of 2000, there were 35 people, 15 households, and 10 families residing in the city. The population density was 340.9 people per square mile . There were 20 housing units at an average density of 194.8 per square mile...
- Berlin, Holmes County, OhioBerlin, Holmes County, OhioBerlin is a census-designated place located in central Berlin Township, Holmes County, Ohio, United States. It is situated at the junction of U.S. Route 62 and State Route 39....
- Berlin, Williams County, OhioBerlin, Williams County, OhioBerlin is an unincorporated community in northern Florence Township, Williams County, Ohio, United States. It is one of the nearest places to the northwestern corner of Ohio, located less than two miles from Indiana and about six miles from Michigan...
- Berlin, PennsylvaniaBerlin, PennsylvaniaBerlin, a borough located approximately 75 miles southeast of Pittsburgh in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, United States, was laid out in 1784 and incorporated on February 7, 1833. The population was 2,192 at the 2000 census...
- Berlin, Tennessee
- Berlin, VermontBerlin, VermontBerlin is a town in Washington County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,864 at the 2000 census. Being the town between Barre, Vermont and Montpelier, Vermont, the two largest cities in the region, much of the commercial business of the region can be found in Berlin, including parts of...
- Berlin, West VirginiaBerlin, West VirginiaBerlin is an unincorporated community in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States, along Hackers Creek....
- Berlin, WisconsinBerlin, WisconsinBerlin is a city in Green Lake and Waushara Counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. The population was 5,305 at the 2000 census. The city is located mostly within the Town of Berlin in Green Lake County; only a small portion of the city extends into the Town of Aurora in Waushara...
, a city - Berlin, Green Lake County, WisconsinBerlin, Green Lake County, WisconsinBerlin is a town in Green Lake County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,145 at the 2000 census. The City of Berlin is located mostly within the town.-Geography:...
, a town - Berlin, Marathon County, WisconsinBerlin, Marathon County, WisconsinBerlin is a town in Marathon County, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the Wausau, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 887 at the 2000 census...
, a town - Berlin Heights, OhioBerlin Heights, OhioBerlin Heights is a village in Erie County, Ohio, United States. The population was 685 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Sandusky, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area....
- Berlin Township (disambiguation)
- Berlin (South Side Railroad of Long Island station) at Van Wyck Avenue, named Berlin in 1871, leased by the LIRR May 1876 - June 1876
- Berlin (LIRR Atlantic Branch station) at 130th Street, open from 1870 to 1878, see Atlantic Branch
- Berlin Junction (LIRR station), opened in 1878 for Brighton Beach trains, see Atlantic Branch
Elsewhere
- Berlin (Seedorf)Berlin (Seedorf)Berlin is a German civil parish of the municipality of Seedorf, in the district of Segeberg, Schleswig-Holstein. With 500 inhabitants in 2008 it is the most populated settlement of the municipality.-Geography:...
, civil parish in Germany - Mount BerlinMount BerlinMount Berlin is the sixth highest volcano in Antarctica, located 16 km west of Mount Moulton in Marie Byrd Land near the eastern coast of the Ross Sea. It is composed of two coalesced shield volcanoes: Marren Peak and Berlin Crater...
, a mountain in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica - Berlin, former name of Kitchener, OntarioKitchener, OntarioThe City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census...
, Canada (see Berlin to Kitchener name changeBerlin to Kitchener name changeThrough the latter half of the 19th century and into the first decade of the 20th, the City of Berlin, Ontario, Canada, was a bustling industrial centre celebrating its German heritage...
) - BerlínBerlínBerlín is a municipality in the Usulután department of El Salvador.-Overview:The municipality of Berlín is made up of an urban center and 17 cantons or villages...
, a municipality in El Salvador
Culture
- Berlin (album)Berlin (album)Berlin is a 1973 album by Lou Reed, his third solo album and the follow-up to Transformer. In 2003, the album was ranked number 344 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time, though the publication had called the album a "disaster" 30 years prior.-Background and...
, album by musician Lou Reed - Berlin (band)Berlin (band)Berlin is an American New Wave/Synthpop band. The group was formed in Los Angeles in 1978 by John Crawford . The band contained Crawford, Terri Nunn , David Diamond , Ric Olsen , Matt Reid and Rod Learned . Learned left during the first EU tour and was replaced by Rob Brill...
, New Wave American band - Berlin (comic), series of comic books by Jason Lutes depicting life in Berlin from 1928 to 1933
- Berlin: Symphony of a Metropolis, a 1927 German film
- Berlin (documentary)Berlin (documentary)Berlin is a 2009 documentary series co-developed by the BBC and the Open University. Written and presented by Matt Frei, the series has three 60-minute episodes, each dealing with a different aspect of the history of Germany's capital city....
, a 2009 BBC/Open University documentary written and presented by Matt Frei - Berlin (sculpture)Berlin (sculpture)Berlin is the name of a sculpture on the Tauentzienstraße in western Berlin, the capital of Germany.First conceived in 1985 and unveiled by the husband-and-wife sculpting team of Brigitte Matschinsky-Denninghoff and Martin Matschinsky in 1987, the sculpture's principal motif, a "broken chain", was...
, a piece of art in west Berlin - the Berlin PainterBerlin PainterThe Berlin Painter is the conventional name given to an Attic Greek vase-painter who is widely regarded as a rival to the Kleophrades Painter, among the most talented vase painters of the early 5th century BCE .The Berlin Painter along with the Kleophrades Painter was educated by a member of the...
(active c. 490s-c. 460s BCE), the conventional name given to an Attic Greek vase-painter
In transportation
- Berlin (carriage)Berlin (carriage)275px|thumb|1760s. Moscow Historical MuseumA Berlin carriage was a type of covered, fast and light, four-wheeled, travelling carriage with two interior seats and a separate hooded rear seat for a footman, detached from the body...
, a type of coach or chariot - BirlinnBirlinnThe birlinn was a type of boat used especially in the Hebrides and West Highlands of Scotland in the Middle Ages. The Birlinn is a Norse-Gaelic variant on the Norse longship. Variants of the name in English and Lowland Scots include "berlin" and "birling". It probably derives ultimately from the...
or Berlin, a type of Scottish longship - Berlin, the former name of Admiral Nakhimov (ship)Admiral Nakhimov (ship)The SS Admiral Nakhimov , launched in March 1925 and originally named SS Berlin III, was a passenger liner of the German Weimar Republic later converted to a hospital ship, then a Soviet passenger ship...
- Berlin class replenishment shipBerlin class replenishment shipThe Type 702 Berlin class replenishment ships are the largest vessels of the Deutsche Marine . In German, this type of ship is called Einsatzgruppenversorger which can be translated as task force supplier though the official translation in English is combat support ship, or in military parlance, a...
, in the German Navy
Other uses
- .berlin.berlin.berlin is a proposed new top level domain . It is a Sponsored top-level domain intended to be a top level domain for Berliners.According to the dotBERLIN organization .berlin will allow all Berliners to register their domains under .berlin...
, a proposed top level domain - Berlin, the former name of the Fresco (computing)Fresco (computing)In computing, Fresco was a windowing system intended as a replacement for the X Window System. It was free software, licensed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License ....
windowing system - Berlin wool workBerlin wool workBerlin wool work is a style of needlepoint. Typically it is executed with wool yarn on canvas. It is usually worked in a single stitch, such as cross stitch or tent stitch although Beeton's book of Needlework describes 15 different stitches for use in Berlin work...
, a type of embroidery on canvas - Berlin RacewayBerlin RacewayBerlin Raceway is a 0.438 mile long paved oval race track in Marne, Michigan, near Grand Rapids. It opened in 1950. The track is notable for the lack of an outside wall on the back straightaway, a unique feature for a national series such as ARCA...
, in Marne, Michigan - PączkiPaczkiPączki are pastries traditional to Polish cuisine . Pączki is the plural form of the Polish word pączek , though many English speakers use paczki as singular and paczkis as plural. In English, the common pronunciation imitates the Polish pronunciation, but some speakers pronounce the word or...
, a pastry known in Chile as berlín - Berlin Defence, chess
See also
- Berliner (disambiguation)
- East Berlin (disambiguation)East Berlin (disambiguation)East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990, the capital of East Germany. It may also refer to:* East Berlin, Connecticut* East Berlin, Pennsylvania* East Berlin, Nova Scotia...
- West Berlin (disambiguation)West Berlin (disambiguation)West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990, part of West Germany. It may also refer to:*West Berlin, New Jersey, an unincorporated area in New Jersey...
- New Berlin (disambiguation)
- Berlin TrilogyBerlin TrilogyThe Berlin Trilogy is a series of David Bowie albums recorded in collaboration with Brian Eno in the 1970s. The three albums are Low, "Heroes" and Lodger....
, three albums by David Bowie - BerlinoBerlinoBerlino, an anthropomorphic bear, was the mascot for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics held in Berlin, Germany, noted for his hyperactivity and celebrations with various athletes during the Championships.Up until now, Berlino appears to be mute...
, mascot for the 2009 World Championships in athletics