Avery
Encyclopedia
Business
- Avery Brewing CompanyAvery Brewing CompanyAvery Brewing Company is a small to medium sized brewery that has produced craft beers since 1993. The brewery is located in Boulder, Colorado...
- Avery DennisonAvery DennisonAvery Dennison Corporation is a global manufacturer and distributor of pressure sensitive adhesive materials , office products, and various paper products....
, manufacturer of office supplies including ink pens and adhesive labels, or its Avery trademark - Avery Weigh-TronixAvery Weigh-TronixAvery Weigh-Tronix is a company specialising in weighing machines. Its HQ stands on the site of the Soho Foundry overlooking Black Patch Park in Smethwick, Birmingham, England, with a US-based manufacturing and retail manufacturing plant....
, manufacturer of weighing scales - Avery BerkelAvery BerkelAvery Berkel, a major manufacturer of weighing systems and food processing equipment, was formed in 1993 when the British conglomerate GEC combined their GEC Avery Ltd. business with the newly acquired Berkel company...
, the predecessor of Avery Weigh-Tronix - W & T Avery Ltd.W & T Avery Ltd.W & T Avery Ltd. is a British manufacturer of weighing machines. The company was founded in the early 18th century and took the name W & T Avery in 1818. Having been taken over by GEC in 1979 the company was later renamed into GEC-Avery. The company became Avery Berkel in 1993 when GEC acquired the...
, the predecessor of GEC-Avery - Avery Co.Avery Co.Avery Company was an American farm tractor builder, famed for its undermounted engine, in that the tractor more resembled a railroad engine in a farmer's field, than a conventional farm steam engine....
, historic farm tractor manufacturer - Avery (automobile company), a defunct American automobile company
- Avery (publisher), an imprint of the Penguin GroupPenguin GroupThe Penguin Group is a trade book publisher, the largest in the world , having overtaken Random House in 2009. The Penguin Group is the name of the incorporated division of parent Pearson PLC that oversees these publishing operations...
Places
- Avery (crater)Avery (crater)Avery is a small lunar crater located near the eastern limb of the Moon. This is a circular, bowl-shaped formation with a small interior floor. It lies near the western edge of Mare Smythii. To the east is the crater Haldane, and to the southwest is Carrillo. Avery was previously designated as...
, a crater on the Moon - 3580 Avery3580 Avery3580 Avery is a main-belt asteroid discovered on February 15, 1983 by Thomas, N. G. at Flagstaff .- External links :*...
, an asteroid
United States
- Avery, CaliforniaAvery, CaliforniaAvery is a census-designated place in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 646 at the 2010 census, down from 672 at the 2000 census. Avery is located on State Route 4 and is home to the oldest continually operating hotel in the county, the Avery Hotel Restaurant & Saloon...
- Avery, IdahoAvery, IdahoAvery is a small unincorporated town nestled in the St. Joe River Valley in Shoshone County, Idaho, United States. Avery is located in the middle of the St. Joe District of the Idaho Panhandle National Forest...
- Avery, IndianaAvery, IndianaAvery is an unincorporated town in Michigan Township, Clinton County, Indiana....
- Avery, IowaAvery, IowaAvery is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, Iowa, United States. It is located at the intersection of County Road H27 and 700th Avenue, six miles northeast of Albia, at 41.063413N, -92.716236W.-History:...
- Avery, OhioAvery, OhioAvery is an unincorporated community in western Milan Township, Erie County, Ohio, United States. It is part of the Sandusky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Avery is located along US Route 250 near that road's interchange with Interstate 80 and Interstate 90, the Ohio Turnpike. The area is...
- Avery, TexasAvery, TexasAvery is a town in Red River County, Texas, United States. The population was 462 at the 2000 census. Every year it host the Annual Tomato Festival around the beginning of July to honor its history as one of the largest tomato producing cities in eastern Texas....
- Avery Township, MichiganAvery Township, MichiganAvery Township is a civil township of Montmorency County in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the township population was 717.-Geography:...
- Avery County, North CarolinaAvery County, North Carolina- Climate :As a result of its relatively high elevation, Avery County has a Humid continental climate enjoying considerably cooler summers than most of the rest of the Eastern US. Likewise, winters are longer, colder and snowier than most other locations in the region. This can be evidenced by the...
- Avery Creek, North CarolinaAvery Creek, North CarolinaAvery Creek is a census-designated place in Buncombe County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,539 in 2007. It is part of the Asheville Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Avery Creek is located at ....
- Avery Island, LouisianaAvery Island, LouisianaAvery Island is a salt dome best known as the source of Tabasco sauce. Located in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, United States, it is about three miles inland from Vermilion Bay, which in turn opens onto the Gulf of Mexico...
Canada
- Avery Point, Ontario
People
- Avery (singer)Avery (singer)Anna Marie Iannitelli, better known as Avery is an American singer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona. Her debut single and video, "Love Me or Let Me Go," was released on her YouTube Account and reached over 1 million views in less than 3 months of its release...
, an American singer. - Avery (given name)Avery (given name)Avery is a given name taken from Avery, an English surname that was itself derived from an Old French version of the name Alfred. The meaning of the name is derived from the Old English words aelf, meaning elf, and raed, meaning counsel....
- Avery (surname)Avery (surname)Avery is an English surname of ambiguous origin. Some scholars believe that the name is of Anglo-Norman origin and derived from "Every" or "Evreux". The name may have arrived in England after the Norman Conquest. It is the name of a county in Normandy. It can also be found in the northern Spanish...
Fictional characters
- Avery, a minor Death Eater character in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
- Avery Carrington, a real estate tycoon in the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
- Avery Connor, a central character in Yoshitaka Amano and Greg Rucka's graphic novel, Wolverine & Elektra: The Redeemer
- Avery, Fern's brother in the book Charlotte's WebCharlotte's WebCharlotte's Web is an award-winning children's novel by acclaimed American author E. B. White, about a pig named Wilbur who is saved from being slaughtered by an intelligent spider named Charlotte. The book was first published in 1952, with illustrations by Garth Williams.The novel tells the story...
by E. B. White - Avery Jessup, the wife of Jack Donaghy in the 30 Rock30 Rock30 Rock is an American television comedy series created by Tina Fey that airs on NBC. The series is loosely based on Fey's experiences as head writer for Saturday Night Live...
sitcom - Avery Johnson, a character from the Halo series
- Avery Brown, Murphy Brown's son on the sitcom Murphy BrownMurphy BrownMurphy Brown is an American situation comedy which aired on CBS from November 14, 1988, to May 18, 1998, for a total of 247 episodes. The program starred Candice Bergen as the eponymous Murphy Brown, a famous investigative journalist and news anchor for FYI, a fictional CBS television...