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- Triumph (TWN)Triumph (TWN)Triumph-Werke Nürnberg AG or TWN, was German bicycle and motorcycle company. In 1886, Siegfried Bettmann founded the Triumph bicycle factory in Coventry, England, and in 1896 he founded a second bicycle factory in his native Nuremberg, Germany, under the same Triumph name...
, a defunct German motorcycle manufacturer - Triumph CycleTriumph CycleTriumph Cycle Co. Ltd., based in Nottingham, England, was a bicycle manufacturing company.-History:The genesis of what would become Triumph Cycle Company began during 1884 when Siegfried Bettmann emigrated to Coventry in England from Nuremberg, part of the German Empire. In 1885, aged 20 years,...
Co. Ltd., a British bicycle brand - Triumph Engineering Co Ltd, a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer
- Triumph GroupTriumph GroupTriumph Group, Inc. is an international supplier of aerospace components and systems. Based in Berwyn, Pennsylvania , USA, Triumph engineers, designs, and manufactures aircraft components, systems and accessories...
, an aerospace manufacturing and repair company - Triumph InternationalTriumph InternationalTriumph International is an international underwear manufacturer. Founded in Heubach, Württemberg, Germany 1886 by the two families Spiesshofer & Braun. The first foreign subsidiary was established in Zurzach, Switzerland which...
, a worldwide underwear manufacturer - Triumph Motor CompanyTriumph Motor CompanyThe Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company. The Triumph marque is owned currently by BMW. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann of Nuremberg initiated S. Bettmann & Co and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them with his own...
, a British car manufacturer - Triumph Motorcycles LtdTriumph Motorcycles LtdTriumph Motorcycles Ltd is the largest surviving British motorcycle manufacturer, which was established in 1984 by John Bloor after the original manufacturer Triumph Engineering went into receivership...
, a current British motorcycle manufacturer - Norton Villiers TriumphNorton Villiers TriumphNorton Villiers Triumph was a British motorcycle manufacturer, formed by the British Government to continue the UK motorcycling industry, but the company eventually failed.-Formation:...
, a defunct British motorcycle manufacturer
Entertainment
- Triumph (band)Triumph (band)Triumph is a Canadian hard rock power trio that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Eight of the band's albums were certified gold or higher, and Triumph was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including Group of the Year Award in 1979, 1985, 1986 and 1987.Like their fellow Canadians...
, a Canadian hard rock band- Triumph (Triumph album), their 1976 eponymous first album
- Triumph, alternative (UK) title of their second (first international) album Rock and Roll MachineRock and Roll MachineRock and Roll Machine was the second album by Canadian hard rock band Triumph, released in 1977. The album was released on RCA Records in the US in 1978 and again on MCA Records in 1980. The album resulted in the band's first hit single, a cover version of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way"...
- Triumph (The Jacksons album)Triumph (The Jacksons album)Triumph was the thirteenth album by The Jacksons, released in 1980 on Epic Records.-Reception:It was certified platinum in the U.S. and peaked at #10 on the Billboard 200. The Triumph album sold three million copies in its original run...
- Triumph (Philip Bailey album)Triumph (Philip Bailey album)Triumph is a 1986 Gospel album by Philip Bailey which was released on the Word Records label. The album won a Grammy for Best Male Gospel Performance.-Track listing:# "All Soldiers" # "Thank You" # "The Love Of God"...
- "Triumph" (song), a 1997 rap single by the Wu-Tang Clan
- Triumph, the Insult Comic DogTriumph, the Insult Comic DogTriumph, the Insult Comic Dog is a character puppet best known for mocking celebrities. Triumph was identified in the early appearances as a Yugoslavian Mountain Hound, hence his distinct Eastern European accent . As his name indicates, Triumph's comedic style is almost exclusively insult comedy...
, a character from the television show Late Night with Conan O'Brien - "Triumph" (Rome), an episode of the television series Rome
- Triumph (comics)Triumph (comics)Triumph is a fictional character, a former superhero in the DC Comics universe who first appeared in Justice League America #92 , and was created by Brian Augustyn, Mark Waid and Howard Porter, though the character is primarily associated with writer Christopher Priest...
, a former Justice League member - Triumph (novel), 1993 alternate history novel by Ben BovaBen BovaBenjamin William Bova is an American science-fiction author and editor. He is the recipient of six Hugo Awards for Best Professional Editor for his work at Analog Science Fiction in the 1970's.-Personal life:...
set at the end of World War II - Triumph StudiosTriumph StudiosTriumph Studios is a computer game development company based in Delft, the Netherlands, founded in 1997. It has developed several games for the PC, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3.- Games :* Age of Wonders, released 31 October 1999...
, a computer game development company based in the Netherlands - Triumph FilmsTriumph FilmsTriumph Films is a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment geared towards theatre and direct-to-video film production and distribution....
, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment - Triumph (1917 film)Triumph (1917 film)Triumph is a 1917 silent drama film directed by Joe De Grasse and starring Lon Chaney Only three of the five reels survive.-Cast:* Dorothy Phillips - Nell Baxter* Lon Chaney - Paul Neihoff* William Stowell - Dudley Weyman...
, a 1917 film starring Lon Chaney, Sr. - Triumph (1924 film)Triumph (1924 film)Triumph is a 1924 silent drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille.-Cast:* Leatrice Joy - Ann Land* Rod La Rocque - King Garnet* Victor Varconi - William Silver* Charles Ogle - James Martin* Theodore Kosloff - Varinoff* Robert Edeson - Smauel Overton...
, a 1924 film directed by Cecil B. DeMille - Triumph of the WillTriumph of the WillTriumph of the Will is a propaganda film made by Leni Riefenstahl. It chronicles the 1934 Nazi Party Congress in Nuremberg, which was attended by more than 700,000 Nazi supporters. The film contains excerpts from speeches given by various Nazi leaders at the Congress, including portions of...
, 1934 Nazi propaganda film
Places in the United States
- Triumph, IdahoTriumph, IdahoTriumph is an unincorporated village in the East Fork of Big Wood River, Blaine County, Idaho, United States. Triumph was the location of the famous Triumph Mine, which closed in 1957 after a history of producing millions of dollars in silver and lead since its discovery in the late 19th century....
- Triumph, IllinoisTriumph, IllinoisTriumph is an unincorporated community in LaSalle County, Illinois, United States.Triumph, IL is a small community located just east of Interstate 39 in North Central Illinois. Their students attend nearby Mendota public schools. The village is home to two restaurants, one being the Curl Inn, and...
- Triumph, LouisianaTriumph, LouisianaTriumph is an unincorporated community in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is located on the south bank of the Mississippi River....
- Triumph Township, Custer County, NebraskaTriumph Township, Custer County, NebraskaTriumph Township is one of thirty-one townships in Custer County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 100 at the 2000 census. A 2006 estimate placed the township's population at 97.-External links:*...
- Triumph Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Other uses
- Triumph (magazine)Triumph (magazine)Triumph was a monthly American magazine founded by L. Brent Bozell, Jr. in 1966 and based in Spain. It commented on religious, philosophical, and cultural issues from the traditionalist Catholic perspective. It ceased publication in 1975.-Origin:...
, a defunct Catholic publication - Carnival TriumphCarnival TriumphCarnival Triumph is a post-Panamax Triumph-class cruise ship, operated by Carnival Cruise Lines in the Caribbean.-Layout:Carnival Triumph has a "Great Cities of the World" theme. Her amenities include the Paris Dining Room, the London Dining Room, the Rome Lounge, Club Rio featuring music, and a...
, a cruise ship - Roman triumphRoman triumphThe Roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient Rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the military achievement of an army commander who had won great military successes, or originally and traditionally, one who had successfully completed a foreign war. In Republican...
, a celebration for a victorious military commander in ancient Rome - a scuppernongScuppernongThe scuppernong is a large variety of muscadine , a species of grape native to the southeastern United States. It is usually a greenish or bronze color and is similar in appearance and texture to a white grape, but rounder and larger and first known as the 'big white grape'...
(large muscadine Vitis rotundifolia) cultivar - Triumph, a trick-taking 15th century card game
- BC Triumph Lyubertsy, a Russian basketball team, a ferry owned by Seatruck Ferries
- TriumphTriumph (sternwheeler)Triumph was a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Nooksack River in Whatcom County, Washington in the 1890s.- Career:Triumph is reported to have been built by Capt. Simon P. Randolph , either 1889 at Lynden, WA or in 1892 at Whatcom...
, a sternwheel steamboat that ran on the Nooksack RiverNooksack RiverThe Nooksack River is a river in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Washington. It drains an area of the Cascade Range around Mount Baker, near the Canadian border. The lower river flows through a fertile agricultural area before emptying into Bellingham Bay and, via the Strait of Juan de Fuca...
in the 1890s.
See also
- TrionfoTrionfoTrionfo is an Italian word meaning "triumph", also "triumphal procession", and a car or float in such a procession. It may derive from a call of triumph during antique triumphal processions: "Io triumpe"...
, a form of festivity in Renaissance Italy - HMS TriumphHMS TriumphTen ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Triumph. Another was planned, but renamed before being launched: was a 68-gun galleon built in 1561. She was rebuilt in 1596, and sold in 1618. was a 44-gun ship launched in 1623 and broken up in 1687. was a 90-gun second rate ship of the line...
, USS Triumph and USNS Triumph warships