Oriskany
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Oriskany may refer to:
- Oriskany, New YorkOriskany, New YorkOriskany is a village in Oneida County, New York, United States. The population was 2,744 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from the Iroquois word for "nettles."The Village of Oriskany is in the Town of Whitestown, southeast of the City of Rome...
, Oneida County- Battle of OriskanyBattle of OriskanyThe Battle of Oriskany, fought on August 6, 1777, was one of the bloodiest battles in the North American theater of the American Revolutionary War and a significant engagement of the Saratoga campaign...
, American Revolution
- Battle of Oriskany
- USS Oriskany (CV-34)USS Oriskany (CV-34)USS Oriskany – nicknamed Mighty O, The O-boat, and Toasted O – was one of 24 s completed during or shortly after World War II for the United States Navy. The ship was the third US Navy ship to bear the name, and was named for the Revolutionary War Battle of Oriskany.The history of...
, an aircraft carrier - Oriskany CreekOriskany CreekOriskany Creek is a river in New York, USA. It rises in Madison County and flows northeastward, primarily through Oneida County. Oriskany Creek is a tributary of the Mohawk River and therefore part of the Hudson River watershed....
, New York, USA - Oriskany Falls, New YorkOriskany Falls, New YorkOriskany Falls is a village in Oneida County, New York in the United States. The population was 698 at the 2000 census. The name is derived from a waterfall on a nearby stream....
, Oneida County - The Ridgeley sandstoneRidgeley sandstoneThe Ridgeley sandstone is a sandstone or quartzite of Devonian age found in the Appalachian Mountains of Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia, USA. The Ridgeley is fine-grained, siliceous, calcareous in its lower strata, sometimes fossiliferous, and sometimes locally pebbly or...
of the central Appalachian Mountains in the United States, sometimes called or included in the Oriskany sandstone - Oriskany, a fruit cargo ship (see List of shipwrecks of the Isles of Scilly)