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Orca (disambiguation)

Orca is another name for a killer whale, the world's biggest dolphin species.

Orca, ORCA or Orcas may also refer to:

People

  • Quintus Valerius Orca (fl. 50s–40s B.C.), Roman praetor and officer under Julius Caesar

Places

  • Orca Basin, a mini-basin in the northern Gulf of Mexico
  • Orca Bay (Alaska), a bay near the town of Cordova
  • Orca gas field, a North Sea gas field
  • Orca Inlet, serves as an inlet to Prince William Sound from the Gulf of Alaska
  • Orcas Island, the largest of the San Juan Islands in Washington state
  • Sandford Orcas, a village and parish in north west Dorset, England

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters and vehicles

  • Orca (DC Comics), the name of two different comic book characters
  • Orca (.hack), a character in the .hack video game series
  • Orca, a fictional fishing vessel in the 1975 film Jaws

Film

Literature

Music

  • Orcas (duo), a Pacific Northwest duo
  • Orca (C-Bo album), 2012
  • Orca Symphony No. 1, an album by Serj Tankian
  • "Orca", a song by Deadmau5, from his 2009 compilation album At Play Vol. 2

Organizations

  • Opinion Research Center of Afghanistan
  • Orca Air, a 1996–2003 Egyptian regional airline
  • Orca Airways, a 2005–2018 small scheduled and charter airline based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Orca Engineering, a Swiss sports car manufacturing company
  • Orca (company), a New Zealand wetsuit and sports apparel manufacturer
  • Organization for Respect and Care for Animals, an animal welfare organization
  • Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, a conservation authority in Ontario, Canada

Technology and computing

  • The Online Representations and Certifications Application website, now superseded by the US government's System for Award Management
  • Orca, a Windows Installer database editor
  • Orca (assistive technology), part of the free and open source GNOME desktop environment
  • ORCA (quantum chemistry program)
  • Orcas, the codename for Visual Studio 2008
  • Oscillation Research with Cosmics in the Abyss, part of the KM3NeT neutrino telescope
  • ORCA (computer system), a "get out the vote" application created by Mitt Romney's 2012 U.S. presidential campaign

Transportation

  • Orca (supercar), a Swiss supercar
  • ORCA card, a smart card for public transit in the central Puget Sound region of Washington State, USA
  • Orca-class patrol vessel, a class of training vessels for the Canadian Navy
  • USS Orca, several United States Navy ships

Other

  • Orca (dog) (2001–2014), a golden retriever and winner of the PDSA Gold Medal
  • Omni Role Combat Aircraft (ORCA), an Indian aircraft development program

See also

  • All pages with titles containing Orca
  • Orka (comics), a villain in the Marvel comic books
  • Orc
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