White Horse (disambiguation)

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White Horse generally refers to horses with a white coat, pink skin and blue eyes. "White horses", in a non-equine context, may refer to white wind-blown caps of sea waves. The term may also refer to:

Contents 1 Villages, towns, and cities 2 Hill figures 3 Other places 4 Entertainment 5 Other 6 See also

[edit] Villages, towns, and cities

• City of Whitehorse, Victoria, Australia
• Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, named after the White Horse Rapids on the Yukon River
• White Horse, New Jersey, United States
• White Horse, South Dakota, United States
• Whitehorse, South Dakota, United States
• Manderson-White Horse Creek, South Dakota, United States

[edit] Hill figures

Hill figures are large two-dimensional landscape carvings, visible over a considerable distance because the exposed soil is white (often chalk). Some are prehistoric and several feature horses:

• Kilburn White Horse near Kilburn, North Yorkshire, England
• Osmington White Horse near Osmington, Dorset, England
• Uffington White Horse, Oxfordshire, England
• Westbury White Horse, Wiltshire, England

This district is named after the Uffington one:

• Vale of White Horse, Oxfordshire, England

[edit] Other places

• White Horse Bridge, Wembley, England
• White Horse Stone, two megaliths near Aylesford, Kent, England
• White Horse Temple, the first Buddhist temple in China

[edit] Entertainment

In television:

• The White Horses, a 1960s television series

In literature:

• The White Horse in the Apocalypse (1758), a book by Emanuel Swedenborg
• White Horse Dialogue, a philosophical dialogue by Gongsun Longzi
• "The Ballad of the White Horse", a poem by G.K. Chesterton

In music:

• White Horse, a 1974 album by Michael Omartian
• "White Horse", a 1983 song by Laid Back
• "White Horses", theme tune of the TV series The White Horses, performed by Jackie Lee (1968)
• "Ride a White Horse", the third single from Goldfrapp's album Supernature
• White Horse (song), a 1993 song by Kilo Ali

[edit] Other

• Chief White Horse, aka Logan Fontenelle of the Omaha people
• White Horse (whisky)

[edit] See also

• The White Horse Inn (Weißes Rössl) an 1897 musical comedy and derivative works, set in Alpine Austria
• White Horse Inn (disambiguation)
• White Horse Tavern (disambiguation)
• 1923 FA Cup Final, known as the White Horse Final, a football match
• White horse of Kent, a heraldic symbol
• White knight (disambiguation)