Mills
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Mills is the plural form of mill, but may also refer to:
Places:
- Mills (surname), a common family name of English or Gaelic origin
- Mills (fictional agent)Mills (fictional agent)Mills is a fictional British secret agent created by Manning O'Brine in the late 1960s. He played roles of varying importance in three novels, Crambo, Mills, and No Earth for Foxes. He is obsessed with tracking down and killing Nazi war criminals, as apparently O'Brine himself was...
, a fictional British secret agent created by Manning O'Brine - Another name for the board game Nine Men's MorrisNine Men's MorrisNine Men's Morris is an abstract strategy board game for two players that emerged from the Roman Empire. The game is also known as Nine Man Morris, Mill, Mills, Merels, Merelles, and Merrills in English....
Places:
- Mills, NebraskaMills, NebraskaMills is an unincorporated community in northeastern Keya Paha County, Nebraska, United States. It lies along local roads northeast of the village of Springview, the county seat of Keya Paha County. Its elevation is 1,919 feet...
- Mills, New MexicoMills, New MexicoMills is an unincorporated community in Harding County, New Mexico, founded in 1888. It lies on NM 39 eleven miles north of Roy. Mills lies within the Kiowa National Grassland. The post office there opened in 1889, was closed from 1901 to 1908, and has been open since.-History:Mills was named...
- Mills County, IowaMills County, Iowa-2010 census:The 2010 census recorded a population of 15,059 in the county, with a population density of . There were 6,109 housing units, of which 5,605 were occupied.-2000 census:...
- Mills County, TexasMills County, TexasMills County is a county located on the Edwards Plateau in Central Texas. In 2000, its population was 5,151. Mills County is named for John T. Mills, a justice of the Texas Supreme Court...
- Mills Township, Midland County, MichiganMills Township, Midland County, MichiganMills Township is a civil township of Midland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,871 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
- Mills Township, Ogemaw County, MichiganMills Township, Ogemaw County, MichiganMills Township is a civil township of Ogemaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,005 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 35.6 square miles , of which, 34.5 square miles of it is land and 1.1 square...
- Don MillsDon MillsDon Mills is a mixed-use neighbourhood in the North York district of Toronto, Canada. It was developed to be a self-supporting "new town" and was at the time located outside of Toronto proper. Consisting of residential, commercial and industrial sub-districts, it was planned and developed by...
, Toronto, Ontario; - Moiles Mills, Ontario
- Mills (crater)Mills (crater)Mills is a small crater that lies on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the northeast of Henderson and to the south of Kohlschütter.This is an undistinguished impact crater that is roughly circular in form, with a slight outward bulge to the northwest. This bulge may be due to the merger of...
, a crater on the Moon
See also
- Mills & BoonMills & BoonMills & Boon is a British publisher of romance novels. It was founded in 1908, and was independent until its purchase in 1971 by Harlequin Enterprises with whom the company had had a long informal partnership...
, a British publisher of romance novels - Mills Blue Rhythm BandMills Blue Rhythm BandThe Mills Blue Rhythm Band was an American big band of the 1930s.The band was formed in Harlem in 1930, with reedman Bingie Madison the first of its many leaders. It started life as the Coconut Grove Orchestra, changing to Mills Blue Rhythm Band when Irving Mills became its manager in 1931...
, an American big band - Mills bombMills bombMills bomb is the popular name for a series of prominent British hand grenades. They were the first modern fragmentation grenades in the world.-Overview:...
, a popular name for a series of British hand grenades named after William Mills - Mills BrothersMills BrothersThe Mills Brothers, sometimes billed as The Four Mills Brothers, were an American jazz and pop vocal quartet of the 20th century who made more than 2,000 recordings that combined sold more than 50 million copies, and garnered at least three dozen gold records...
, an African-American jazz and pop vocal group - Mills CollegeMills CollegeMills College is an independent liberal arts women's college founded in 1852 that offers bachelor's degrees to women and graduate degrees and certificates to women and men. Located in Oakland, California, Mills was the first women's college west of the Rockies. The institution was initially founded...
, a women's college in Oakland, California - Mills' constant, a mathematical constant named after W. H. Mills
- Mills CorporationMills CorporationThe Mills Corporation was a publicly traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, United States, acquired on April 3, 2007 by an investment group composed of Simon Property Group and Farallon Capital Management. The company developed, owned, and operated major...
, a major developer of shopping malls in the United States - Mills Cross TelescopeMills Cross TelescopeBernard Mills built the two-dimensional Mills Cross Telescope in 1954 at the Fleurs field station of the Australian Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation in the area known now as Badgerys Creek, about 40km west of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.Each arm of the cross was...
, a type of telescope named after Bernard Mills - Mills MessMills MessIn juggling, the Mills Mess is a popular toss juggling pattern, typically performed with three balls although the number and objects can be different...
, a juggling pattern named after Steve Mills - Mills Novelty CompanyMills Novelty CompanyThe Mills Novelty Company, Incorporated of Chicago, Illinois was once a leading manufacturer of coin operated machines, including slot machines, vending machines, and jukeboxes, in the United States...
, a defunct manufacturer of coin-operated machines in the United States - Mills Violano-Virtuoso, a celebrated machine manufactured by Mills Novelty CompanyMills Novelty CompanyThe Mills Novelty Company, Incorporated of Chicago, Illinois was once a leading manufacturer of coin operated machines, including slot machines, vending machines, and jukeboxes, in the United States...
that played automatically a violin and piano