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Orca (disambiguation)

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Orca is a name for the killer whale, the world's biggest dolphin.

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Orca or Orcas may also refer to:

People

  • Quintus Valerius Orca (fl. 50s–40s B.C.), Roman praetor and officer under Julius Caesar

    • Places

  • Orca Basin, a mini-basin in the northern Gulf of Mexico
  • Orca Bay (Alaska), a bay near the town of Cordova
  • Orca gas field, a North Sea gas field
  • Orca Inlet, serves as an inlet to Prince William Sound from the Gulf of Alaska
  • Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands in Washington state
  • Orcas Island Airport, the correspondent airport of the island
  • Orcas Village, Washington (sometimes just called Orcas), a community on the island
  • Sandford Orcas, a village and parish in north west Dorset, England

    • Fictional characters and vehicles

  • Orca (comics), a villain in Batman comic books
  • Orca (.hack), a character in the .hack video game series
  • Orca (Jaws boat), a fictional fishing vessel in Jaws

    • Film

  • Orca (film), a 1977 horror film

    • Literature

  • Orca (novel), a 1996 fantasy novel by Steven Brust

    • Music

  • Orcas (duo), a Pacific Northwest duo
  • Orca (C-Bo album), 2012
  • Orca Symphony No. 1, an album by Serj Tankian
  • "Orca", a song by Deadmau5, as part of his compilation album At Play Vol. 2

    • Organizations

  • Opinion Research Center of Afghanistan
  • Organization for Respect and Care for Animals, an animal welfare organization
  • Orca Air, a defunct Egyptian regional airline
  • Orca Airways, a small scheduled and charter airline based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Orca Engineering, a Swiss sports car manufacturing company
  • Orca wetsuits and sports apparel, a New Zealand wetsuit and sports apparel manufacturer

    • Technology and computing

  • Online Representations and Certifications Application, a U.S. e-procurement system
  • Orca, a Windows Installer database editor
  • Orca (assistive technology), part of the free and open source GNOME desktop environment
  • ORCA (Quantum Chemistry Program)
  • Orcas, the codename for Visual Studio 2008
  • Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss, part of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope
  • Project ORCA, a Get Out The Vote application created by Mitt Romney's 2012 U.S. presidential campaign

    • Transportation

  • Orca (supercar), a Swiss supercar
  • ORCA Card, a smart card for public transit in the central Puget Sound region of Washington State, USA
  • Orca-class patrol vessel, a class of training vessels for the Canadian Navy
  • USS Orca, several United States Navy ships

    • Other

  • Orca (dog), a golden retriever and winner of the PDSA Gold Medal

    • References

    Orca (disambiguation) Wikipedia
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