Sapphire (disambiguation)

Sapphire is a blue gemstone in the corundum family.

Sapphire may also refer to:

Science and technology

• Sapphire butterfly, the gossamer-winged butterfly of the genus Heliophorus

Computing

• SAPPHIRE (Health care), a health information system based on Semantic Web and RDF language
• Sapphire programming framework, a framework in the PHP language, distributed with the SilverStripe content management system
• Sapphire Worm, another name for the SQL slammer worm
• SAPPHIRE, SAP's customer-facing event

Organisations

• Sapphire (books), a British book publisher
• Sapphire Energy is an energy company that produces oil made from algae
• Sapphire Technology, a manufacturer of PC hardware
• Sapphire Gentlemen's Club, a chain of adult entertainment venues
• Sapphire, the rape investigation unit of the Metropolitan Police Service of Greater London in the United Kingdom
• SAPPHIRE, a human resource management committee of XLRI Jamshedpur

Film and television

• Sapphire (film), a 1959 British film starring Nigel Patrick
• The Sapphires (film), a 2012 Australian film about an Aboriginal singing group

Video games

• Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire, a 1995 rare video game for the PC Engine
• Pokémon Sapphire, a 2002 video game for the Game Boy Advance

Music

• The Sapphires, a 1960s pop group
• Sapphire, a band which include members of the band Alyson Avenue
• "Sapphire", an instrumental piece by TNT from the 1987 album Tell No Tales

Albums

• Sapphire (John Martyn album), 1984
• Sapphire (Teena Marie album), 2006
• Sapphire, an album by the Japanese jazz musician Keiko Matsui

Places

• Sapphire, North Carolina, a community in the United States
• Sapphire, Queensland, a town in Australia
• Sapphiretown, South Australia, a locality in Australia

Transportation

• Arriva Sapphire, brand used by Arriva on bus services in the United Kingdom
• Sapphire (train), (German: Saphir) a European express train
• Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire, a jet engine also known as the Wright J65
• Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire (motor car), a series of UK post-war cars
• Sapphire Aircraft Australia Sapphire LSA, an Austrian ultralight aircraft
• Sapphire (satellite) is a Canadian space surveillance satellite launched in 2013

Ships

• Sapphire Princess, a cruise ship
• HMS Sapphire, the name of several ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Sapphire, more than one United States Navy ship

People

• Sapphire (author) (born 1950), African-American poet and author born Ramona Lofton
• Sapphire (wrestler) or Juanita Wright (1935–1996), professional wrestling valet and wrestler

Fictional characters

• Sapphire (comics), a character in the DC Comics universe
• Sapphire Trollzawa, a character from the animated series Trollz
• Sapphire, a character in the 1920s-1950s radio/film/television series Amos 'n' Andy
• Sapphire, a character in Sapphire & Steel, a British science fiction television series
• Sapphire, a main character in Pokémon Adventures; see List of Pokémon Adventures characters
• Sapphire Rhodonite, a character in the video game Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice
• Sapphire, a character in Steven Universe

Other uses

• Sapphire (color), an intense shade of blue
• Sapphire (horse), 2004 Olympic silver-medal-winning horse
• Istanbul Sapphire, a skyscraper in Istanbul, Turkey
• Sapphire, an African American stereotype also called Angry Black Woman

See also

• Sapphire hummingbird, a name used for several species of hummingbird, including:
  • Blue-chinned sapphire
  • Golden-tailed sapphire
  • Sapphire, several species in the genus Hylocharis
• Bombay Sapphire, a brand of London dry gin produced by the Bombay Spirits Company
• Saphir (disambiguation)
• Safire (disambiguation)
• Zefir (disambiguation)
• Zephir (disambiguation)
• Zephyr (disambiguation)
• William Safire (1929–2009), American author
• Saffire – The Uppity Blues Women, a 3-woman blues band
• SAPHIRE, Systems Analysis Programs for Hands-on Integrated Reliability Evaluations