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A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits.
Dragon may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
- Dragon Records, a Swedish jazz record label
- Dragon (band), a New Zealand/Australian rock group
- Dragons (band), an English group
- The Dragons (band), an American rock group
- Dragon (Loudness album)
- Dragon (Jake Shimabukuro album)
- The Dragon (Vangelis album)
- "Dragon", a song by The Sugarcubes on the album Life's Too Good
- "Dragon", a song by Miriam Bryant
- "Dragon", a song by Martin Garrix on the album Break Through the Silence (EP)
- "Dragons", a song by Caravan Palace on the album Caravan Palace
Literature
- Dragon (Cussler novel), a 1990 novel by Clive Cussler
- Dragon (Brust novel), a 1998 novel by Steven Brust
- Dragon (fantasy series), fantasy novels by Laurence Yep (1982–1992)
- The Dragon (theatre play), by Evgeny Shvarts (1944)
- The Dragon (fairy tale)
- "Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale", a short story by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1919)
- Dragon (poem), by Aleksey Tolstoy (1875)
- "The Dragon" (short story), by Ray Bradbury (1955)
- "Dragon" (Kalapugama short story), by Anandasiri Kalapugama (1975)
- Dragon Magazine (Fujimi Shobo), a Japanese light novel magazine (1988-current)
- The Dragons, a 1996 fantasy novel by Douglas Niles
Film and television
- Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, a 1993 biographical film
- Dragon (2006 film), an action/fantasy film
- Dragon (2011 film), a Hong Kong-Chinese martial arts thriller
- Dragons 3D, a 2013 IMAX film starring Max von Sydow
- Dragon (TV series), a Canadian children's TV program
- Dragon Television, a Chinese provincial satellite TV station
Fictional characters
- The Dragon (Beowulf)
- Dragon (Middle-earth), by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Dragons (Pern), by Anne McCaffrey
- Dragons (Dragon Prince), by Melanie Rawn
- Dragon (Shrek)
- Dragon Shiryū, a Saint Seiya character
- Richard Dragon, a comic book character
Gaming
- Dragon, a version of the video game Mega Man Star Force
- Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons)
- Dragon (magazine), a Dungeons & Dragons magazine
- Sicilian Defence, Dragon Variation, a chess opening
- Dragon tiles, a type of honor tile in mahjong
Roller coasters
- Dragon (Adventureland), Iowa, United States
- Dragon Challenge, Orlando, Florida
- Dragon Coaster (Playland), Rye, New York
- The Dragon, Ocean Park, Hong Kong
Theatre
- Dragon, a 2013 co-production by Vox Motus, National Theatre of Scotland and Tianjin Children’s Art Theatre.
Sports teams
Africa
- AS Dragons, a soccer team in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
- AS Dragons FC de l'Ouémé, a soccer team in Benin
- Dragón FC, a soccer team in Equatorial Guinea
Asia
- China Dragon, an ice hockey team in China
- Jiangsu Dragons, a Chinese Basketball Association team
- Sichuan Dragons, a baseball team in China
- Chunichi Dragons, a baseball team in Japan
- Welcoat Dragons, a basketball team in the Philippines
- Chunnam Dragons, a football team in South Korea
- Jeonnam Dragons, a football team in South Korea
Australia and Oceania
- Darwin Dragons SC, a soccer team
- Engadine Dragons, a junior rugby league team
- Northcote Football Club, aka the Northcote Dragons, an Australian rules Football team
- St. George Dragons, a rugby league team
- St. George Illawarra Dragons, a rugby league football club
- Shellharbour City Dragons, a rugby league team
- South Dragons, a former team in the Australasian National Basketball League (2006-2009)
- A.S. Dragon (Tahiti), a soccer team
Europe
- RC Dragon Brno, a rugby union team in the Czech Republic
- Catalans Dragons, a rugby league club in France
- Dragons de Rouen, an ice hockey team in France
- Dublin Dragons, an American football team in Ireland
- Dudelange Dragons, an American football team in Luxembourg
- Delft Dragons, an American football team in the Netherlands
- Barcelona Dragons, an American football team in Spain
- Glamorgan Dragons, a cricket team in the United Kingdom
- Celtic Dragons, a netball team in Wales, U.K.
- Newport Gwent Dragons, a rugby union team in Wales, U.K.
- AS Dragon (Guadeloupe), a soccer team
North America
- Dragon Racing, an American auto racing team
- Verdun Dragons, an ice hockey team in Canada
- C.D. Dragón, a soccer team in El Salvador
- Chesapeake Dragons, a soccer team in the U.S.
- Dayton Dragons, a baseball team in the U.S.
- Drexel Dragons, the sports teams of Drexel University in the U.S.
- Jersey Dragons, a soccer team in the U.S.
- Lane College Dragons, the sports teams of Lane College in the U.S.
- Los Angeles Dragons, an American football team in the U.S.
- Moorhead Dragons, the sports teams of Minnesota State University Moorhead in the U.S.
- New York Dragons, an Arena Football League team in the U.S.
- Phoenix Dragons, an inline hockey team in the U.S.
- San Antonio Dragons, an ice hockey team in the U.S.
- San Francisco Dragons, a field lacrosse team in the U.S.
- Thomasville Dragons, a women's soccer team in the U.S.
- Tiffin Dragons, the sports teams at Tiffin University in the U.S.
- Wisconsin Dragons, a women's tackle football team in the U.S.
- Dragons, nickname of sports teams at Lake Orion High School in Lake Orion, Michigan in the U.S.
Mathematics and computing
- AMD Dragon, a platform engineered for gamers
- Dragon (cipher)
- Dragon (remote sensing)
- Dragon chip, a line of Chinese CPUs
- Dragon curve, a family of fractal curves
- Dragon Data, a Welsh computer manufacturer
- Dragon 32/64, two 1980s home computers
- Dragon NaturallySpeaking, a speech recognition software package
- Comodo Dragon (web browser)
Science
Astronomy
- Draco (constellation), constellation of north hemisphere
Biology
- DRAGON (protein), a membrane receptor protein
- Komodo dragon, a large species of lizard found in the Indonesian islands of Komodo
- Draco volans, commonly known as the flying dragon, a species of lizard endemic to Southeast Asia
- Pogona, a genus of Australian lizards commonly called "bearded dragons"
Transport
Land
- Dragon (Russian car company)
- Dragon Automobile Company, an American manufacturer (1906-1908)
- Dennis Dragon, a bus
- Kaiser Dragon, a 1950s American car
- Dragon (1848–1872), a GWR Iron Duke Class locomotive
- Dragon (1873–1892), a South Devon Railway Buffalo class locomotive
- Dragon (1880–1892), a GWR Rover class locomotive
- Dragon (1891-1915), a GWR 3031 Class locomotive
- Dragon (2009-present) Newag E6ACT, an electric freight locomotive
Water
- Dragon boat, a narrow canoe-style boat, used for the sport of dragon boat racing
- Dragon (keelboat), a sailing yacht, used in racing
Air
- de Havilland Dragon, a small commercial aircraft
- Douglas B-23 Dragon, a twin-engined bomber aircraft
Space
- Dragon (spacecraft), used by SpaceX to transport cargo to and from the International Space Station
- Dragon (rocket), a French research sounding rocket
Military
- Dragon (pistol), the short version of the blunderbuss
- HMS Dragon, the name of several ships of the English/British Navy
- USS Dragon (1861), a Union Navy steamer during the American Civil War
- "Dragons" (a USMC helicopter squadron), see: VMM-265
- M47 Dragon, an American anti-tank missile system
- The Dragons, a display team consisting of 4 x Hawker Hunters of No. 4 Flying Training School RAF during 1973.
People
- Carmen Dragon (1914–1984), American conductor and composer
- Daryl Dragon (born 1942), American musician and member of Captain & Tennille
- Bruce Lee (1940–1973), Chinese actor and martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
- Vlad II Dracul (1390–1447), duke of Wallachia, nicknamed "Vlad the Dragon"
- Lyoto Machida (born 1978), Brazilian martial artist, nicknamed "The Dragon"
- Ricky Steamboat (born 1953), American professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
- Don "The Dragon" Wilson (born 1954), American champion kickboxer and actor
- Tatsumi Fujinami (born 1953), Japanese professional wrestler, nicknamed "The Dragon"
Places
- "The Dragon", a section of U.S. Route 129 near Deals Gap, North Carolina
- Dragon, Utah, United States, a ghost town
- Dragon Hill, Uffington, England
- Dragon Cone, a volcano in British Columbia, Canada
- The Dragon, a grouping of galaxies in the field of Abell 370
Companies
- Dragonair, an airline
- Dragon Models Limited, a toy manufacturer
- Dragon Petroleum, a Welsh fuel company
Other
- Dragon (zodiac), in the Chinese zodiac
- The Dragon Academy, a private school in Ontario, Canada
- Dragon School, a British preparatory school in Oxford, England
- Dragon reactor, a gas-cooled nuclear reactor in England
- Dragon Throne, the throne of the Emperor of China
- Order of the Dragon
- Welsh Dragon, the flag of Wales
See also
- Matthew Stevens, snooker player, nicknamed "The Welsh Dragon"
- Draco (disambiguation)
- Dracaena (disambiguation)
- Dragone (disambiguation)
- DRAKON, (Russian: ДРАКОН, "dragon"), a programming language used in flight controllers for rockets and space vehicles
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