Prestige
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Prestige refers to a good reputation or high esteem; in earlier usage, prestige meant "showiness". (19th c.)
Prestige may also refer to:
- Prestige (sociolinguistics), esteem in which languages or dialects are held
Film and magic
- The Prestige (film), a 2006 American film directed by Christopher Nolan
- Prestige (1932 film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnett
- In a magic show, the term prestige referred to the final portion of a magic trick, typically a showy flourish. (17th c.)
Ships
- USS Prestige, various American ships
- Prestige (oil tanker), oil tanker
- Prestige oil spill, caused by the oil tanker sinking in Spanish waters in 2002
- MSC Prestige, a container ship
Companies and brands
- Various guitars manufactured by Ibanez
- Prestige (beer), a Haitian lager
- Prestige (cookware), brand of the Meyer Corporation
- Plaxton Prestige, a single-deck bus body built by Plaxton
- Prestige Brands, American manufacturer of personal care and home cleaning products
- Prestige Elite, typeface
- Prestige format, square-bound printing format for some comic books
- Prestige group, Real Estate Developer in India
Horse races
- Prestige Stakes, a thoroughbred horse race in Great Britain
- Prestige Novices' Hurdle, a Grade 2 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain
People
- George Leonard Prestige (1889-1955), English theologian
Entertainment
- Prestige Records, American record label
- Prestige (Daddy Yankee album), a 2012 album by Daddy Yankee
- The Prestige, 1995 novel by Christopher Priest
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