Strand
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Strand or The Strand may refer to:
Topography
- The flat area of land bordering a body of water, a:
- Beach
- Shoreline
- Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida
Places
Africa
- Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
- Strand Street, a road in Cape Town, South Africa
Asia
- A park alongside the river Ganges in Chandannagar, India
- Strand Road, Kolkata, a road alongside the river Ganges in Kolkata, India
Australia
- The Strand Arcade, a Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney, Australia
- The Strand, Townsville, a beachside foreshore in Townsville, Australia
- The Strand, Auckland, a street in Auckland, New Zealand
- The Strand Station, the former main railway station of Auckland, New Zealand, known as The Strand for excursion trains
United Kingdom
- Strand (UK Parliament constituency), former constituency in the City of Westminster
- Strand, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
- Strand, London, a street in Central London
- St Mary le Strand (parish), City of Westminster
- Strand District (Metropolis), a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England, from 1855 to 1900
- The Strand, Wiltshire, a hamlet
- The Strand, recreation area in Gillingham, Kent
- New Strand Shopping Centre, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
- Strands, Cumbria, a location
Europe
- Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi Flood of 1634
- Ștrand, a district of Sibiu, Romania
- Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
- Strand, Akershus, a village area in Bærum municipality in Akershus county, Norway
- Strand, Friesland, a hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, the Netherlands
- Strand, Nordland, a village in Sortland municipality in Nordland county, Norway
- Strand, Norway, a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway
- Strand, Vestfold, a village in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold county, Norway
North America
Canada
- Strand Fiord Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada
United States
- Strand, Iowa
- Grand Strand, a stretch of beaches in North and South Carolina
- Silver Strand (San Diego), or The Strand, a narrow isthmus connecting Coronado Island with Imperial Beach, California
- Strand National Historic Landmark District, a neighborhood in Galveston, Texas
- The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles
Art, entertainment, and media
Music
- Groups
- The Strand, a British hard rock band that eventually evolved into the Sex Pistols
- Labels
- Strand Records, an American budget label, launched in spring 1959, in New York City, as a subsidiary of Consolidated Frybrook Industries, founded in 1958 by Jack Kent Cooke
- Works
- Strand (album), an album by the Spinanes
- "Baile's Strand", a song on the album Crógacht by the band Suidakra, based on the same Celtic legend as Yeats' play
- "Do the Strand," a song by the British band Roxy Music
Periodicals
- The Strand, a publication of Victoria University in the University of Toronto
- The Strand Magazine, a British monthly founded in the 1890s (named after the street in London)
Other art, entertainment, and media
- Strand (film), a 2009 Iranian film
- The Strand (radio), a daily BBC World Service arts programme
- Victor Strand, a character in Fear the Walking Dead
- T. K. Strand, a character in 9-1-1: Lone Star
- The New York Times Strands, an online word game
Biology
- Coding strand, a strand of DNA
- A strand of hair
Brands and enterprises
- Strand (cigarette), a 1950s/1960s brand of cigarette notorious for its failed advertising campaign, "You're never alone with a Strand"
- Strand Bookstore, a famous bookstore in New York City
- Strand Cinema, art deco cinema in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Strand Hotel (also known as The Strand), a colonial-style hotel in Yangon, Myanmar
- Strand Lighting, a company supplying lighting equipment to the entertainment industry
- Strand Publishing, a publishing company based in Sydney, Australia; publisher of books by Grenville Kent
- Strand Releasing, a theatrical distribution company based in Culver City, California
- The Strand (Providence theater), a live music venue and theater in Providence, Rhode Island
Other uses
- Strand (programming language), a parallel programming system
- Strand (surname)
- Strand, part of an electrical cable
- Strand (mathematics), part of a knot as meant in the definition of tricolorability
See also
- Strand Church (disambiguation)
- Strand station (disambiguation)
- Strand Theatre (disambiguation)
- Stranded (disambiguation)
- Strandloper (disambiguation)
Topics referred to by the same term
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