Magellan

Magellan (or, in its Portuguese form, Magalhaes) may refer to:

People Ferdinand Magellan, Portuguese explorer who led the first expedition around the world.
Gabriel de Magalhaes (1610-1677), Portuguese Jesuit missionary in China
Geography The Strait of Magellan.
Magallanes and Antártica Chilena Region in Chile.
Magallanes, old name for the city of Punta Arenas in Chile.
Astronomy The Magellan probe, a NASA unmanned space mission to Venus.
The Magellan telescopes at Las Campanas, Chile.
The Giant Magellan Telescope in Chile.
The Magellanic Clouds,
The Large Magellanic Cloud and
The Small Magellanic Cloud, neighbouring galaxies.
Biology The Magellanic Penguin
The Magellanic Woodpecker
Financial and commercial Magellan Aerospace, a Canadian aerospace manufacturer
Lotus Magellan, a file manager software.
Magellan Explorer, a file manager
The Magellan Fund, a mutual fund offered by Fidelity Investments.
The Magellan Guides, a producer of online travel guides
Magellan Navigation Inc, a maker of GPS equipment.
Misc. The Magellanic Cloud, a science fiction novel by Stanislav Lem.
Magellan's Cross.
Magellan (band), a progressive rock band.
Magellan class battleship, in the Gundam universe.

Translation

The word "Magellan" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, French, Dutch, Polish, Slovenian, Swedish, Vietnamese.

Translation(s) in other languages: Breton: Magalhaes, Catalan: Magallanes, German: Magellan (Begriffsklärung), Greek: Μαγγελάνος (αποσαφήνιση), Spanish: Magallanes, Hebrew: מגלן, Japanese: マゼラン, Romanian: Magellan (dezambiguizare), Russian: Магеллан (значения), Slovak: Magallanes, Finnish: Magellan (täsmennyssivu), Turkish: Macellan (anlam ayrımı).