Sun (disambiguation)
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The Sun
is the star at the center of our Solar System.
Sun or The Sun may also refer to:
Sun
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is almost perfectly spherical and consists of hot plasma interwoven with magnetic fields...
is the star at the center of our Solar System.
Sun or The Sun may also refer to:
Australia
- The Sun-HeraldThe Sun-HeraldThe Sun-Herald is an Australian tabloid newspaper published on Sundays in Sydney by Fairfax Media. It is the Sunday counterpart of The Sydney Morning Herald. In the 6 months to September 2005, The Sun-Herald had a circulation of 515,000...
, a Sunday tabloid of Sydney- The Sun (Australia)The Sun (Australia)The Sun was an afternoon tabloid newspaper, first published in 1910, by Fairfax Media in Sydney, Australia as the afternoon companion to the The Sydney Morning Herald.It was last published in March, 1988...
, a discontinued afternoon tabloid of Sydney of which The Sun-Herald was a companion
- The Sun (Australia)
- The Sun News-PictorialThe Sun News-PictorialThe Sun News-Pictorial, commonly known as The Sun, was a morning daily tabloid newspaper in Melbourne, Australia established in 1922 and closed in 1990.It was part of The Herald and Weekly Times Ltd stable of Melbourne newspapers...
, of Melbourne - Herald SunHerald SunThe Herald Sun is a morning tabloid newspaper based in Melbourne, Australia. It is published by The Herald and Weekly Times, a subsidiary of News Limited, itself a subsidiary of News Corporation. It is available for purchase throughout Melbourne, Regional Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital...
, of Melbourne
Canada
- Calgary SunCalgary SunThe Calgary Sun is a daily newspaper published in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a division of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.First published in 1980, the tabloid-format daily replaced the long-running broadsheet newspaper, The Albertan soon after it was acquired by the publishers of the Toronto...
, of Alberta - Edmonton SunEdmonton SunThe Edmonton Sun is a daily newspaper published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It is a division of Sun Media, a Quebecor company.It began publishing in 1978 and shares many characteristics typical of Sun Media tabloids, including an emphasis on local news stories, its conservative editorial stance,...
, of Alberta - Vancouver Sun, of British Columbia
- Brandon SunBrandon SunThe Brandon Sun is a daily newspaper printed in Brandon, Manitoba. It is the primary newspaper of record for western Manitoba.It was founded by Will White, with the first edition being printed on January 19, 1882....
, of Manitoba - Winnipeg SunWinnipeg SunThe Winnipeg Sun is a daily tabloid-sized newspaper in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.It is owned by Sun Media, a subsidiary of Quebecor Media, and shares many characteristics typical of Sun Media tabloids, including an emphasis on local news stories, extensive sports coverage, a Canadian conservatism...
, of Manitoba - Ottawa SunOttawa SunThe Ottawa Sun is a daily tabloid newspaper in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is published by Sun Media. It was first published in the early 1980s as the Ottawa Sunday Herald, until it was acquired by Toronto Sun Publishing Corporation in 1988....
, of Ontario - Sun MediaSun MediaSun Media Corporation is the owner of several widely read tabloid and broadsheet newspapers in Canada and the 49 percent owner of Sun News Network...
, an owner of several Canadian newspapers - Toronto SunToronto SunThe Toronto Sun is an English-language daily tabloid newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is known for its daily Sunshine Girl feature and for what it sees as a populist conservative editorial stance.-History:...
, of Ontario
Hong Kong
- The Sun (Hong Kong)The Sun (Hong Kong)The Sun is one of the newspapers in Hong Kong, first published in March 1999. It belongs to the Oriental Press Group Limited .There is also an electronic version of The Sun on the Internet...
, a Chinese-language newspaper - The SUN (Hong Kong)The SUN (Hong Kong)The SUN is an English-language newspaper based in Hong Kong. It targets the Filipinos in Hong Kong....
, an English-language newspaper for Filipinos
United Kingdom
- The Sun (United Kingdom), a daily newspaper
- The Sunday SunSunday SunThe Sunday Sun is a regional Sunday newspaper in North East England, Cumbria and the Scottish Borders, published in Newcastle Upon Tyne by Trinity Mirror...
, tabloid newspaper published in Newcastle upon Tyne unrelated to the above
United States
- Arizona Daily SunArizona Daily SunThe Arizona Daily Sun is a daily newspaper in Flagstaff, Arizona, USA. It publishes an entertainment supplement on Fridays called the Sundial....
- Chicago Sun-TimesChicago Sun-TimesThe Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. It is the flagship paper of the Sun-Times Media Group.-History:The Chicago Sun-Times is the oldest continuously published daily newspaper in the city...
, of Illinois - Grand Saline SunGrand Saline SunThe Grand Saline Sun is a weekly newspaper published in Grand Saline, Texas in Van Zandt County. The paper's editorial focus is on local community, city, school and county news....
, of Texas - Kitsap SunKitsap SunThe Kitsap Sun is a newspaper in Bremerton, Washington, that covers general news. It serves the West Sound, covering Kitsap, Jefferson and Mason counties, has a circulation of about 30,000 and reaches over 100,000 adult readers seven days a week....
, of Washington - Las Vegas SunLas Vegas SunThe Las Vegas Sun is a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper. It is one of Las Vegas, Nevada's two daily newspapers. It is owned by the Greenspun family and is affiliated with Greenspun Media Group....
, of Nevada - Sonoma Valley SunSonoma Valley SunThe Sonoma Valley Sun is a weekly newspaper serving the city of Sonoma, California and surrounding communities with news reporting, graphics, and photography....
, of California - South Florida Sun-Sentinel
- Sun NewspapersSun NewspapersSun Newspapers is a chain of 11 weekly newspapers serving 49 different communities in Greater Cleveland. The papers are focused on suburbs and exurbs in Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lorain and Medina counties...
, an owner of several Ohio community newspapers - Sun (supermarket tabloid)Sun (supermarket tabloid)Sun is a supermarket tabloid owned by American Media Inc.Its contents have often come under question and has been widely regarded as "sensationalistic writing." Since a 1992 invasion of privacy case, a small-print disclaimer printed beneath the masthead has warned readers to "suspend belief for the...
- The Baltimore SunThe Baltimore SunThe Baltimore Sun is the U.S. state of Maryland’s largest general circulation daily newspaper and provides coverage of local and regional news, events, issues, people, and industries....
, of Maryland - The Gainesville SunThe Gainesville SunThe Gainesville Sun is a newspaper published daily in Gainesville, Florida, United States, covering the North-Central portion of the state. It is a part of the New York Times Regional Media Group. The paper is published by James E...
, of Florida - The New York Sun, published 2002–2008
- The San Bernardino Sun, of California
- The Sun (Carbon County, Utah)
- The Sun HeraldThe Sun HeraldThe Sun Herald is a U.S. newspaper based in Biloxi, Mississippi, that serves readers along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. It is owned by The McClatchy Company, one of the largest newspaper publishers in the United States....
, of Mississippi - The Sun (Lowell), of Massachusetts
- The Sun (New York), published 1833–1950
- The Sun (Sheridan)The Sun (Sheridan)The Sun is the newspaper for Sheridan, Oregon, United States. The paper is published once per week on Wednesdays. Coverage of The Sun is the West Valley communities of Sheridan, Willamina, and Grand Ronde in the Yamhill Valley of Yamhill and Polk counties.-History:Sheridan’s newspaper started in...
, of Oregon - The Westerly SunThe Westerly SunThe Westerly Sun is a seven-day daily newspaper published in Westerly, Rhode Island, USA, covering portions of Washington County, Rhode Island, and New London County, Connecticut. The Sun is issued in the afternoon on weekdays, Monday through Friday, and in the morning on Saturdays and Sundays...
, of Rhode Island
Other periodicals
- The Sun (magazine)The Sun (magazine)The Sun is a monthly American magazine of essays, interviews, short stories, poems, and photography.In 1974, Sy Safransky began publishing the Chapel Hill Sun and selling copies for $0.25 each....
, a monthly literary and photography magazine
Music
- Sun (German band)Sun (German band)Sun was an Alternative rock band from Mönchengladbach, Germany with English lyrics and styles described as Crossover and Progressive rock.The band was founded in 1991 by and Jörg Schröder....
, an alternative rock group - Sun (R&B band)Sun (R&B band)Sun is an R&B, disco, and funk band that was active mainly during the late 1970s and the early 1980s. Originating from Dayton, Ohio, Sun recorded prolifically for Capitol Records from 1976 to 1984. Sun was a brainstorm of Byron Byrd, a young Ohioan given to stargazing and eventual pursuits of...
, an American group - The Sun (band)The Sun (band)The Sun is a band with styles described as garage, indie, progressive and psychedelic.-History:The Sun released their first full-length album Blame It on the Youth June 7, 2005 on DVD. Every song has a music video. The disc also has WAV files on it for listening without viewing the videos. While it...
, an American rock group - The Sun (Estonian band), a rock band fronted by Tanel Padar
- The Sun (Cat Empire album)
- The Sun (Fridge album)The Sun (Fridge album)-Track listing:...
- Sun RecordsSun RecordsSun Records is a record label founded in Memphis, Tennessee, starting operations on March 27, 1952.Founded by Sam Phillips, Sun Records was known for giving notable musicians such as Elvis Presley , Carl Perkins, Roy Orbison, and Johnny Cash...
, the name of several record labels - Sun Records (jazz)Sun Records (jazz)Sun Records was a jazz record label begun by saxophonist Frank Wright. Center of the World Records was also set up by Wright around the same time.-Sun:-Center of the World:-See also:* List of record labels...
- Ho Yeow SunHo Yeow SunHo Yeow Sun, better known as Sun Ho, is a Singaporean pop music singer. She studied at Anglican High School and Victoria Junior College. Ho is one of the co-founders of City Harvest Church and its community services and is married to Kong Hee Sun started her Mandarin pop singing career in 2002 and...
, a Singaporean pop music singer, sometimes credited as Sun - Sunn O)))Sunn O)))Sunn O))) is an American doom metal band known for its synthesis of diverse genres including drone, ambient, noise, and black metal. Supported by a varying cast of collaborators, the band has two core members: Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson .-History:Sunn O))) is named after the Sunn...
, an American experimental group - Sun, an Australian group featuring drummer Oren AmbarchiOren AmbarchiOren Ambarchi is a multi-instrumentalist who in major plays electric guitar and drums, with longstanding interests in transcending conventional instrumental approaches. He was born in Sydney, Australia in 1969 to a Jewish family originally from Iraq....
- The Sun, an album by FanFanFanfanFanfan is a 1993 French romantic comedy written and directed by Alexandre Jardin, and starring Sophie Marceau and Vincent Perez...
Film and television
- The Sun (film)The Sun (film)The Sun is a 2005 Russian biographical film surrounding Japanese Emperor Shōwa during the final days of World War II. The film is the third drama in director Aleksandr Sokurov's trilogy following on the leaders of Russia and Germany's .-Plot:Towards the conclusion of the Second World War, Japan...
, a 2005 Russian biographical film - Sun SportsSun SportsSun Sports is a Florida sports broadcasting network, with its headquarters in Orlando. Launched in 1988 as Sunshine Network, the station is now affiliated with virtually every cable company throughout the state of Florida and can be picked up by some satellite providers around the United...
, an American television network - Sun Television, a Japanese television station
- SUN TV (Canada), an independent broadcast-television station based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Sun TV (India)Sun TV (India)Sun TV is a regional Indian cable television station. It is the flagship channel of the Chennai-based Sun Network. It was founded and currently owned by Kalanidhi Maran. It was the first fully privately owned television channel in India when it emerged in 1992...
, a Indian Tamil-language, regional cable-television station
Transportation
- Sun (motorcycle)Sun (motorcycle)The Sun Cycle & Fittings Co. Ltd. was an English manufacturer of motorcycles, mopeds and bicycles. The company was based in Aston, Birmingham.The company was founded as James Parkes & Son, a brass foundry producing lamp fittings and various other products...
- Sun class cruise ship
- GWR Sun ClassGWR Sun ClassThe Great Western Railway Sun Class 2-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives for passenger train work. This class was introduced into service between April 1840 and January 1842, and withdrawn between January 1864 and June 1879....
, a class of locomotives - Sunny Bay Station, a rail station in Hong Kong, SUN in MTR code
- Friedman Memorial AirportFriedman Memorial AirportFriedman Memorial Airport is a city-owned public-use airport located one nautical mile southeast of the central business district of Hailey, a city in Blaine County, Idaho, United States. The airport is operated by the Friedman Memorial Airport Authority under a Joint Powers Agreement between the...
, SUN in IATA code
People
- Sun (surname)Sun (surname)Sun is a transliteration of a common Chinese surname, written 孫 or 孙 in Chinese characters, sūn in Hanyu pinyin...
, people with the surname Sun - Sun Myung MoonSun Myung MoonSun Myung Moon is the Korean founder and leader of the worldwide Unification Church. He is also the founder of many other organizations and projects...
(born 1920), Korean founder and leader of the Unification Church - Sun RaSun RaSun Ra was a prolific jazz composer, bandleader, piano and synthesizer player, poet and philosopher known for his "cosmic philosophy," musical compositions and performances. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama...
(1914–1993), jazz musician
Fictional and literary uses
- Spinel Sun, a Cardcaptor Sakura character
- Aeryn Sun, a Farscape character
- Sun WukongSun WukongSun Wukong , also known as the Monkey King is a main character in the classical Chinese epic novel Journey to the West . In the novel, he is a monkey born from a stone who acquires supernatural powers through Taoist practices...
, a Journey to the West character - Sun-Hwa Kwon, a Lost character
- The Sun, a The House of the Dead IIIThe House of the Dead IIIThe House of the Dead III is a 2002 light gun arcade game with a horror zombie-survival theme, and the third installment to the House of the Dead series of video games, developed by Wow Entertainment and Sega. It was later ported to the Xbox in 2003, Microsoft Windows in 2005, and the Wii in 2008,...
character - The Sun, a fictional newspaper in One Life to LiveOne Life to LiveOne Life to Live is an American soap opera which debuted on July 15, 1968 and has been broadcast on the ABC television network. Created by Agnes Nixon, the series was the first daytime drama to primarily feature racially and socioeconomically diverse characters and consistently emphasize social...
- Sun (1988), a book of poetry by U.S. poet Michael PalmerMichael PalmerMichael Palmer is an American poet and translator. He attended Harvard University where he earned a BA in French and a MA in Comparative Literature. He has worked extensively with Contemporary dance for over thirty years and has collaborated with many composers and visual artists...
Other uses
- Sun (heraldry)Sun (heraldry)A representation of the sun is used as a heraldic charge. The most usual form, often called sun in splendour or in his glory, consists of a round disc with the features of a human face, surrounded by twelve or sixteen rays, alternating wavy and straight.It is a common charge in the heraldry of...
, representations of the Sun as a heraldic charges - Sun (length), a unit of measure
- SunlightSunlightSunlight, in the broad sense, is the total frequency spectrum of electromagnetic radiation given off by the Sun. On Earth, sunlight is filtered through the Earth's atmosphere, and solar radiation is obvious as daylight when the Sun is above the horizon.When the direct solar radiation is not blocked...
- Smiling SunSmiling SunThe anti-nuclear badge “Nuclear Power? No Thanks”, also known as the “Smiling Sun”, is the international symbol of the anti-nuclear, safe energy movement. It was ubiquitous worldwide in the late 1970s and the 1980s. BBC News reported in 2005 that few symbols had become "as instantly recognizable...
, logo of the anti-nuclear movement - Solar symbolSolar symbolA solar symbol is a symbol which symbolises the Sun. Solar symbols can have significance in psychoanalysis, symbolism, semiotics, astrology, religion, mythology, mysticism, divination, heraldry, and vexillology, among other fields.Some solar symbols include:...
, a symbol which symbolises the Sun - SU(n), a concept in mathematics
- Gold Coast SunsGold Coast SunsThe Gold Coast Suns were one of the eight original franchises that began play in the Senior Professional Baseball Association in 1989. The club split their home games between Miami and Pompano Beach, FL and hired future Hall of Famer Earl Weaver as manager. In the league's inaugural season, the...
, a professional Australian rules football club - Phoenix SunsPhoenix SunsThe Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team based in Phoenix, Arizona. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference in the National Basketball Association and the only team in their division not to be based in California. Their home arena since 1992 has been the US...
, a professional men's basketball team - Connecticut SunConnecticut SunThe Connecticut Sun is a professional basketball team based in Uncasville, Connecticut, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded in Orlando, Florida before the 1999 season began; the team moved to Connecticut before the 2003 season...
, a professional women's basketball team - Sun CellularSun CellularDigitel Mobile Philippines, Inc., is a mobile telecommunication service provider in the Philippines doing business as Sun Cellular. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Digital Telecommunications Philippines, or Digitel. Digitel is in turn owned by the JG Summit Group with a minority stake...
, a telecommunications provider - Sun MicrosystemsSun MicrosystemsSun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold :computers, computer components, :computer software, and :information technology services. Sun was founded on February 24, 1982...
, a multinational computer company, bought by Oracle in January 2010 - Sun Television and AppliancesSun Television and AppliancesSun Television and Appliances was a speciality retailer of consumer electronics, home appliances, and office equipment founded in 1949 by brothers Macy and Herbie Block...
, an electronics retailer - Seconda Università degli Studi di NapoliSeconda Università degli Studi di NapoliThe Second University of Naples is a university located in Naples and Caserta, Italy. It was founded in 1991 and is organized into departments and Specialist Schools....
, a university in Italy - Soul of the Ultimate NationSoul of the Ultimate NationSoul of the Ultimate Nation is a fantasy-based massive multiplayer online role-playing game produced by Webzen, a Korean-based company. It is operated in Korea by WebZen and in mainland China by The9...
, an online role-playing game - SunocoSunocoSunoco Inc. is an American petroleum and petrochemical manufacturer headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, formerly known as Sun Company Inc. and Sun Oil Co. ....
, a petroleum/petrochemical manufacturer previously known as the Sun Company and the Sun Oil Company of Ohio - The Sun (Tarot card)The Sun (Tarot card)The Sun is a trump card in the tarot deck. Tarot trumps are often called Major Arcana by tarot card readers.-Rider-Waite symbolism:A. E. Waite suggested that this card is associated with attained knowledge. An infant rides a white horse under the anthropomorphized sun, with sunflowers in the...
, a trump card in the tarot deck - Abbreviation for SundaySundaySunday is the day of the week between Saturday and Monday. For most Christians, Sunday is observed as a day for worship of God and rest, due to the belief that it is Lord's Day, the day of Christ's resurrection....
- Sun Hwa (Filipino school), a Philippine school
- Sun Hwa Arts SchoolSun Hwa Arts SchoolSun Hwa Arts School is a private coeducational college preparatory arts academy located in Seoul, South Korea. Originally founded as the Little Angels Art School in 1973 by the Reverend Sun Myung Moon , the Sun Hwa Arts School was launched in 1974 and has been supported by the Sun Hwa Educational...