Napier
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People
- Napier (surname)
- John Napier (1550–1617) was a Scottish mathematician, physicist and astronomer.
Places
Antarctica
- Napier Mountains, a group of peaks named for John Mellis Napier
Australia
- Electoral district of Napier, a state electoral district in South Australia
- Mount Napier, a dormant volcano in Victoria (last erupted about 5,290 BC)
- Napier Range, a mountain range in Western Australia
- Napier County, New South Wales
- Napier, New South Wales, a locality in the Riverina region
Canada
- Napier, Ontario, a hamlet in Middlesex County
- Napierville, Quebec
New Zealand
- Napier, New Zealand, a city
- Napier (New Zealand electorate), a parliamentary electorate
South Africa
- Napier, Western Cape, named for Sir George Thomas Napier
United States
- Napier Field, Alabama
- Napier Gap, a gap in Georgia
- Napier Township, Pennsylvania
- Napier, West Virginia
Transportation
- Napier & Son, a British engine manufacturer
- Napier-Railton, an aero-engined racing car built in 1933
- The Napier-Bentley, a vintage racing car
- American Napier (automobile), an early automobile
- Air Napier, a charter airline in New Zealand
- Napier Express, a New Zealand passenger express train
- HMS Napier, a number of ships in the British Royal Navy
Other uses
- Clan Napier, a Scottish clan
- Edinburgh Napier University, in Edinburgh, Scotland, named after the mathematician
- Napier earthquake, a 1931 earthquake in New Zealand
- Napier's constant, another name for e (see John Napier above)
- Pennisetum purpureum or Napier Grass
- Napier88, a programming language named after the mathematician
- Napier a British heavy metal band
- Napier Enterprises, developer and distributor of vehicle camping tents
- Napier Museum, in Kerala, India, named for Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier, governor of Madras
- Napier Company (jewellery), maker of the "Napier" brand of jewellery
- 125th Napier's Rifles, a historical British military regiment, named for General Sir Charles James Napier
- 7096 Napier, a Mars-orbit crossing asteroid
See also
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