Ryan
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Australia- Division of RyanDivision of RyanThe Division of Ryan is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1949 and is named for T.J. Ryan, a former Premier of Queensland from 1915 to 1919...
, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland - Ryan, New South WalesRyan, New South WalesRyan is a village community in the central south part of the Riverina. It is situated by road, about 19 kilometres south west from Henty and 30 kilometres north east from Walbundrie....
United States
- Ryan, CaliforniaRyan, CaliforniaRyan is an unincorporated community in Inyo County, California.[1] It lies at an elevation of 3045 feet south of the Amargosa Desert in the Mojave Desert.[1]...
- Ryan, former name of Lila C, CaliforniaLila C, CaliforniaLila C is a former settlement in Inyo County, California. It was located southwest of Death Valley Junction, at an elevation of 2562 feet .-Borax Company:...
- Ryan, IowaRyan, IowaRyan is a city in Delaware County, Iowa, United States. The population was 410 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ryan is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Ryan, MinnesotaRyan, MinnesotaRyan is an unincorporated community in Goodhue County, Minnesota, United States.-History:Ryan was settled primarily by Irish. It had a stage coach stop on the route between Red Wing and Kenyon. The community also had a post office that operated 1882-1903. Today, St. Columba's Church remains an...
- Ryan, OklahomaRyan, OklahomaRyan is a town in Jefferson County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 831 at the 2007 census.-Geography:Ryan is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.-History:...
- Ryan Park, WyomingRyan Park, WyomingRyan Park is an unincorporated place in Carbon County, Wyoming, United States. The name was collected by the United States Geological Survey between 1976 and 1979, and entered into the Geographic Names Information System on June 5, 1979...
- Ryan Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
Film, radio and television
- Ryan (film)Ryan (film)Ryan is a 2004 animated documentary by Chris Landreth about the Canadian animator Ryan Larkin, who in later years lived on skid row in Montreal following a history of drug and alcohol abuse....
, an animated documentary - Ryan (TV series)Ryan (TV series)Ryan was an Australian adventure television series screened by the Seven Network from 27 May 1973. The series was produced by Crawford Productions and had a run of 39 one hour episodes....
, 1970s Australian TV series - Von Ryan's ExpressVon Ryan's ExpressVon Ryan's Express is a 1965 World War II adventure film starring Frank Sinatra and Trevor Howard, based on a novel by David Westheimer, and directed by Mark Robson.-Plot:...
, a 1965 World War II adventure film
Other uses
- RYANRyan-Places:Australia* Division of Ryan, an electoral district in the Australian House of Representatives, in Queensland*Ryan, New South WalesUnited States*Ryan, California*Ryan, former name of Lila C, California*Ryan, Iowa*Ryan, Minnesota*Ryan, Oklahoma...
, Russian acronym for Raketno-YAdernoe Napadenie ("Nuclear Missile Attack") intelligence operation - Ryan Aeronautical Company (Claude Ryan)
- RyanairRyanairRyanair is an Irish low-cost airline. Its head office is at Dublin Airport and its primary operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport....
(Tony Ryan) - Ryan International AirlinesRyan International AirlinesRyan International Airlines, Inc. is an American FAR 121 airline with domestic, flag, and supplemental authority.Based in Rockford, Illinois, the US Postal Service was once the airline's main customer, flying Boeing 727 aircraft on scheduled cargo flights...
(Ron Ryan) - Ryan International SchoolRyan International SchoolRyan International Schools are a group of private educational institutions in India that were founded in 1976 by Dr. Augustine F. Pinto.-Mission:* To be a premier global educational institution ....
- Ryan-Pitman Theory (Black Sea deluge theoryBlack Sea deluge theoryThe Black Sea deluge is a hypothesized catastrophic rise in the level of the Black Sea circa 5600 BC due to waters from the Mediterranean Sea breaching a sill in the Bosporus Strait. The hypothesis made headlines when The New York Times published it in December 1996, shortly before it was published...
) - Panama Refining Co. v. RyanPanama Refining Co. v. RyanPanama Refining Co. v. Ryan, 293 U.S. 388 , also known as the Hot Oil case, was a case in which the United States Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the Roosevelt Administration's prohibition of interstate and foreign trade in petroleum goods produced in excess of state quotas—the "hot oil"...
- RyansdóttirRyansdottirRyansdóttir is a surname of Icelandic origin, meaning daughter of Ryan. In Icelandic names, the name is not strictly a surname, but a patronymic . Since Ryan is a rare name in Iceland, the number of girls with the last name Ryansdóttir is extremely rare. Seen slightly more frequently is the...
, Icelandic patrynomic for daughter of Ryan
People and fictional characters
- Ryan (surname)Ryan (surname)Ryan is a common Irish surname, as well as being a common given name.There are several possible origins for the surname. In certain cases it can be a simplified form of Mulryan...
, a surname (includes a list) - Ryan (given name)Ryan (given name)Ryan is a given name in English. It originates from the surname Ryan, which is an Anglicised form of the Irish Ó Riain. While mostly used for boys, Ryan has been used for girls in the United States since the 1970s.-Popularity:Ireland...
, a given name (includes a list)