Maxim

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Maxim or Maksim may refer to:

Entertainment

  • Maxim (magazine), an international men's magazine
    • Maxim (Australia), the Australian edition
    • Maxim (India), the Indian edition
  • Maxim Radio, Maxim magazine's radio channel on Sirius Satellite Radio
  • Maxim, a fictional ship in the manga and anime series One Piece
  • Maxim, the hero of the video game Lufia II: Rise of the Sinistrals and its remake, Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals

Literature and language

  • A species of adage, aphorism, or saying that expresses a general moral rule, especially a philosophical maxim
  • Maxims (Old English poems), examples of gnomic poetry
  • Maximes (1665–78) of François de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80)

Organizations

  • Mary Maxim, craft and needlework mail-order company in Canada
  • Maxim Brewery, brewing company in England
  • Maxim's Catering, chain of caterers, restaurants, and fast food shops in Hong Kong
  • Maxim Healthcare Services, medical staffing and home healthcare company
  • Maxim Institute, public policy think tank in New Zealand
  • Maxim Integrated, manufacturer of analog and mixed signal integrated circuits
  • Maxim Motors, former manufacturer of firefighting apparatus located in Middleborough, Massachusetts
  • Maxim's Paris, Parisian restaurant of the Belle Epoque

People

  • Maxim (given name)
  • Maxim (surname)
  • Maxim (musician)
  • Maxim., taxonomic author abbreviation of Karl Maximovich (1827–1891), Russian botanist
  • Maksim, Metropolitan of all Rus, Metropolitan of Kiev (1283–1305)
  • Maksim, Bulgarian Patriarch (1914–2012), Patriarch of the Bulgarian Orthodox Church
  • Maksim, Serbian Patriarch (d. 1680), Patriarch of the Serbian Orthodox Church (1655-1674)
  • Maksim Branković (d. 1516), Serbian Orthodox Metropolitan of Belgrade and Syrmia
  • Hiram Stevens Maxim, inventor of the Maxim gun

Other uses

  • Maxim, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States
  • Maxim (philosophy), a principle that an individual uses in making a decision
  • Maxim (coffee), the first American brand of freeze-dried coffee, made by General Foods
  • Maxim gun, the first self-acting machine gun
  • Maxim Cup, South Korean Go competition
  • Maxim DL, software package created by Cyanogen Imaging
  • Maxim Wien, brothel in Vienna, Austria
  • Legal maxim, certain guiding principles of law and jurisprudence
  • Pragmatic maxim, maxim of logic formulated by Charles Sanders Peirce
  • SilencerCo Maxim 50, a muzzle-loading rifle that includes an integrated sound suppressor

See also

  • Aphorism
  • Maxima (disambiguation)
  • Maxime (disambiguation)
  • All pages with titles beginning with Maxim
  • All pages with titles containing Maxim
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