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Titan

Titan most often refers to:

A class of deities who preceded the Olympians in Greek mythology. See Titan (mythology).

The largest satellite of the planet Saturn, named after the Greek characters. See Titan (moon).

Mythology

Helios, Greek sun-deity sometimes referred to as "Titan"

People

Titan, a Gladiator played by Michael O'Hearn in the 2008 TV series "American Gladiators"

Music

Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), nicknamed "Titan"

Titãs, a Brazilian Pop/Rock band

Titán, the Mexican band

Titan, A 2005 Electronica album by the group 300.000 V.K.

Science

Titan beetle, the largest beetle in the Amazon rainforest

Military

USS Titan (AGOS-15), a ship in the United States Navy

Titan (rocket family)

Titan, a British merchant ship torpedoed in 1940 whose survivors were resucued by

HMH-769, United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Titan.

Literature

Titan (Imperial Guard), a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guards in the Marvel Universe

Titan (DC comics), the moon of Saturn, as depicted in the fictional universe of DC Comics

Titan (Marvel Comics), the moon of Saturn, as depicted in the fictional universe of Marvel Comics

Titan (book), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter

Titan (John Varley), the first book in the Gaea Trilogy, by science fiction author John Varley

Titans (comics), also known as The Teen Titans, a group of DC Comics superheroes

Titan (Comics Greatest World), a superhero turned supervillain in the Dark Horse Comics imprint Comics' Greatest World

Titan (Dune), a group of immortal cymeks in Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's book The Butlerian Jihad

Titan (Ben Bova), a novel in the "Grand Tour" series

The Titan, a novel by Theodore Dreiser

The Titan (collection), a collection of short stories by P. Schuyler Miller

Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan, 1898 novella written by Morgan Robertson

Television

Titan A.E., an animated sci-fi space adventure movie

USS Titan (Star Trek), a Starfleet ship in Star Trek

Titans (TV series), starring Casper Van Dien and Yasmine Bleeth

Titans (Canadian TV series), hosted by Patrick Watson

Otherwise

Titans, an elite counter-insurgency group in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam

Hades God Titan of the Infershia Pantheon from Mahou Sentai Magiranger

Titan, a fictional planet of the Warhammer 40,000 table-top game

Titan, the moon of Saturn, depicted as the stage for a massive war in the years preceding the anime Cowboy Bebop

Titan, British bank note with a nominal value of 100 million Pounds Sterling

Titan Prison, a new form of large prison in the UK being proposed and consulted

Geography

Titan, Bucharest, a neighbourhood

Titan metro station, located in the Titan neighbourhood of Bucharest

Titan (cave), in Derbyshire, the largest known pitch in the United Kingdom

Titan, Afghanistan

Gaming

Titan (game), a fantasy war board game

Titan (world), the Fighting Fantasy Game Books world that was created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone

Titan (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons race of Outsiders

Titan (Warhammer 40,000), massive walking war-engines armed with powerful weapons

Titans (Warcraft), a race of beings that shape worlds in order to encourage the development of sentient life

Titan (game engine), a game engine developed by Stainless Steel Studios

Titan (1989 computer game), an obscure Arkanoid/Breakout-clone made by Titus

Titan (Final Fantasy character), a summoned beast in the Final Fantasy series

, an expansion pack to the game Age of Mythology

The titan reactor on explorer-class science vessels in the science-fiction series StarCraft.

Titan, the strongest upgraded unit of the Tower town in the Heroes of Might and Magic series

Titans, the largest ship class in EVE Online

Titan (Battlefield 2142), huge transport and assault vehicles in Battlefield 2142

Titan, GDI's Medium Battle Mechanized Walker in and

Crash of the Titans, a Crash Bandicoot game

Titans (Crash of the Titans) The lead enemies in the video game Crash of the Titans

Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 Titan, aka Oscar, is Raccon City's zombified elephant

Titan Quest, a PC action role-playing game developed by Iron Lore Entertainment

Titan (Resistance:fall of man) is the one of the largest form of chimera, reaching the end of its life span.

Sports

Acadie-Bathurst Titan, hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League

Gold Coast Titans, Australian rugby league team

Titans cricket team, the Nashua Titans, a South African cricket team based in Centurion and Benoni

Tennessee Titans, American football team in the National Football League

New York Titans, former name of the New York Jets, an American football team

New York Titans (NLL), a team in the National Lacrosse League

California State University, Fullerton's athletic teams, nicknamed "The Titans"

Ottawa-Glandorf High School (Ottawa, Ohio) Titans, Ottawa, Ohio

University of Detroit Mercy Titans

The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Titans, Wilbraham, Massachusetts

The St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy Titans, in Toledo, Ohio

The Syracuse High School Titans, located in Syracuse, Utah

The T. C. Williams High School Titans, located in Alexandria, Virginia

The West Forsyth High School Titans, located in Clemmons, North Carolina

Wichita South High School Titans, located in Wichita, Kansas

Todd Beamer High School Titans, located in Federal Way, Washington

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans, collegiate teams from Wisconsin.

Ulster Titans, Rugby Union team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Companies and products

Chevrolet Titan, a cabover tractor-trailer truck made by Chevrolet from 1968-1988

Leyland Titan (B15) and Leyland Titan, Leyland's double-deck buses

Nissan Titan, a full-size pickup truck for the North American market

Titan Aircraft, a company specializing in ultralight aircraft kits

Titan Airways, a charter airline

Titan Books, a UK publisher of Titan Magazines graphic novels

Titan Cement, an international cement company.

Titan Corporation, a private military contractor

Titan Industries, an Indian watchmaker

TITAN2D, software application; a numerical code for simulating granular avalanches.

Titan (roller coaster), at Six Flags Over Texas, produced by Giovanola

Titan (computer), prototype Atlas 2 computer developed in the early 1960s

Titan, a South Devon Railway Gorgon class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive

Terex Titan 33-19, largest dump truck in the world, one-of-a-kind, parked in Sparwood, BC, Canada

Titan Sports, the former parent company of World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc, now World Wrestling Entertainment Inc

Volkswagen Titan, a truck from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

Cessna 404 Titan II, a small twin-propeller aircraft