Swallow (disambiguation)

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Swallow may refer to:

• Swallow, one of several insectivorous birds in the family Hirundinidae
  • In particular, in Europe, the Barn Swallow
• Swallow tattoo, a popular tattoo
• Swallow (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon
• Swallow (comics) a comic from IDW Publishing
• Swallows and Amazons, a 1930 book by Arthur Ransome
  • Swallows and Amazons (series), the series it spawned
• Wave the Swallow, a Sonic the Hedgehog character from Sonic Riders
• Swallow Hotels, a British hotel chain
• Blue Swallow (film), a 2005 South Korean film
• Golden Swallow (film), a 1968 Hong Kong film

In vehicles:

• Swallow, a GWR Iron Duke Class steam railway locomotive
• Swallow (car), a make of British car by Swallow Sidecar Company
• de Havilland DH 108 "Swallow", a tailess swept wing experimental aircraft
• British Aircraft Swallow, a light aircaft
• Messerschmitt Me 262 "Swallow"; the world's first turbojet fighter, used by Germany in WWII
• Swallow Doretti, a two-seater sports car
• USS Swallow, a number of ships in the American Navy
• HMS Swallow (1653), an English frigate
• Swallow Airplane Company, a 1920s pioneering aviation company in Wichita, Kansas

In music:

• Swallow (band), a band
• The Swallows, a doo wop group
• "Swallow" (song), a song by British band Sleeper
• Swallow the Cure, a demo from the band Droid
• "Swallow My Pride", a song by Green Day
• Swallow Records, a record label
• "Swallow, Smile", a song by Franz Ferdinand
• Swallow the Sun, a Finnish melodic doom metal/death metal band
• Swallow This, an album by Poison
• Swallow This Live, a live album by Poison
• Hard to Swallow, fifth studio album by Vanilla Ice
• Kiss + Swallow, the debut album by IAMX
• "Night of the Swallow", a song by Kate Bush
• Too Hard to Swallow, an album by UGK

In sports:

• Dingli Swallows, a Maltese football (soccer) club
• Mbabane Swallows, a Swazi football (soccer) team
• Moroka Swallows, a South African football (soccer) club
• Silver Swallow, a racehorse
• Tokyo Yakult Swallows, a Japanese baseball club

In places:

• Swallow Falls, a large waterfall in Wales
• Swallow Falls State Park, a state park in Maryland
• Swallow, Lincolnshire is a village in Lincolnshire, England
• Swallow's Nest (Crimea), a monument in the Ukraine
• Swallow Reef, a Malysian atoll
• Swallows Wood, a nature reserve in Britain
• Cave of Swallows, a pit cave in Mexico

In surnames:

• Andrew Swallow (born 1987), Australian Rules Football player
• Barry Swallow (born 1942), British footballer
• Ellen Swallow Richards (1842-1911), American chemist, nee Ellen Swallow
• Ian Swallow, a British cricketer
• James Swallow, British author
• Jerod Swallow, American figure skater
• Jodie Swallow, British triathlete
• Ray Swallow (born 1935), British cricketer and footballer
• Ricky Swallow (born 1974), Australian sculptor
• Roger Swallow (born 1946), British music producer
• Silas C. Swallow (1839 - 1930), American preacher and politician
• Steve Swallow (born 1940), American jazz bassist and composer

[edit] See also

• Swallowing, ingestion through muscular action of the esophagus