Mercedes
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Mercedes is a girl's name of Spanish origin, referring to a title for the Virgin Mary, "Our Lady of Mercy". The word may also refer to:
Automobile-related
Women with the first name Mercedes:
People with the last name Mercedes:
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Other uses
Automobile-related
- Mercedes (car)Mercedes (car)Mercedes was a brand of the Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft . DMG which began to develop in 1900, after the death of its co-founder, Gottlieb Daimler...
, the pre-1927 brand name of German automobile models and engines built by Daimler company - Mercedes-BenzMercedes-BenzMercedes-Benz is a German manufacturer of automobiles, buses, coaches, and trucks. Mercedes-Benz is a division of its parent company, Daimler AG...
, the post-1926 German brand of automobiles, engines, and trucks owned by Daimler AG - Mercedes-AMGMercedes-AMGMercedes-AMG GmbH, commonly known as AMG, is a subsidiary of the Mercedes-Benz car company specializing in high-performance luxury cars....
, a subdivision of Daimler AG providing high-powered models - Mercedes GPMercedes GPMercedes GP Petronas Formula One Team, the trading name of Mercedes-Benz Grand Prix Limited, is a British-based Formula One racing team and constructor, owned by Mercedes-Benz and racing under a German licence since the 2010 season....
, Formula One racing team - American Mercedes (1904 automobile)American Mercedes (1904 automobile)The American Mercedes was made by Daimler Manufacturing Co of Long Island City, New York, USA from 1904 to 1907. They were licensed copies of German Mercedes models. Some commercial vehicles, such as ambulances, were also made...
, a company licensed to build Mercedes automobiles in America - "Mercedes Benz" (song), also known as "The Politician", an a cappella song sung by Janis Joplin
Women with the first name Mercedes:
- Mercedes de AcostaMercedes de AcostaMercedes de Acosta was an American poet, playwright, and socialite, best known for her numerous lesbian affairs with Hollywood personalities including Marlene Dietrich, Greta Garbo, Alla Nazimova, Eva Le Gallienne, Isadora Duncan, Katharine Cornell, Ona Munson, Adele Astaire and, allegedly,...
(1893–1968), poet and socialite - Mercedes BressoMercedes BressoMercedes Bresso is an Italian politician and former President of the Piedmont Region. She is a member of the Democratic Party . After her election as governor of Piedmont, she resigned from the office as Member of European Parliament. She is a Grand Officer of the Italian Republic...
(born 1944), Italian politician - Mercedes CalderónMercedes CalderónMercedes Calderón Martínez is a former female volleyball player from Cuba, who was a member of the Women's National Team that won the gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.-References:*...
(born 1965), Cuban volleyball player - Mercédès JellinekMércédès JellinekMercédès Adriana Manuela Ramona Jellinek called Mercédès was the daughter of Austrian automobile entrepreneur Emil Jellinek and his wife Rachel Goggmann Cenrobert. She was born on September 16, 1889 and named as a term of endearment Mercedes...
(1889–1929), the namesake for Mercedes-Benz automobiles - Mercedes LackeyMercedes LackeyMercedes "Misty" Lackey is a best-selling American author of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar...
(born 1950), fantasy author - Mercedes LanderMercedes LanderMercedes Sherida Lander is the drummer and backing vocalist for the Canadian alternative metal group Kittie. Her sister, Morgan Lander, also sings and plays guitar for Kittie. Other than Morgan she is the only other original member of Kittie.She was also the leading vocals for a small Canadian...
, drummer for Canadian alt-metal band Kittie - Mercedes McCambridgeMercedes McCambridgeCarlotta Mercedes McCambridge was an American actress. Orson Welles called her "the world's greatest living radio actress."-Early life:...
(1916–2004), actress - Mercedes McNabMercedes McNabMercedes Alicia McNab is a Canadian-born actress perhaps best known for playing Harmony Kendall on Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its spinoff Angel...
(born 1980), Canadian-born actress - Mercedes of OrléansMercedes of OrléansMaria de la Mercedes of Orléans was Queen Consort of Spain, the first wife of Alfonso XII. She was born in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Antoine of Orléans, Duke of Montpensier and of Infanta Luisa Fernanda of Spain....
(1860–1878), queen consort of Spain - Mercedes PérezMercedes PérezMercedes Isabel Pérez Tigreros is a female weightlifter from Colombia. She won a gold medal at the 2008 Pan American Championships for her native South American country, and represented Colombia at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China, finishing in ninth place in her weight...
(born 1987), Colombian weightlifter - Mercedes PerisMercedes PerisMercedes Peris Minguet is an Olympic and national record holding backstroke swimmer from Spain. She competed for Spain at the 2008 Olympics.- References :* at www.sports-reference.com...
(born 1985), Spanish backstroke swimmer - Mercedes, Princess of AsturiasMercedes, Princess of AsturiasInfanta María de las Mercedes of Spain , Princess of the Asturias, for all 24 years of her life the heiress presumptive to the Crown of Spain, was the eldest daughter of King Alfonso XII of Spain and his second wife, Maria Christina of Austria.For a period from...
(1880–1904), Spanish royal - Mercedes RuehlMercedes RuehlMercedes J. Ruehl is an American theater, television and film actor.-Personal life:Ruehl was born in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, the daughter of Mercedes J., a school teacher, and Vincent Ruehl, an FBI agent. She was raised Catholic. Her father was of German and Irish descent and her...
(born 1948), U.S. actress - Mercedes SosaMercedes SosaHaydée Mercedes Sosa, known as La Negra, was an Argentine singer who was popular throughout South America and some countries outside the continent. With her roots in Argentine folk music, Sosa became one of the preeminent exponents of nueva canción. She gave voice to songs written by both...
(1935–2009), Argentine singer - Mercedes Stephenson, Canadian military analyst and media personality
- Mercédesz StieberMercédesz StieberMercédesz Stieber is a female water polo player from Hungary, who competed for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and Beijing 2008....
(born 1974), Hungarian water polo player - Mercedes Yvette Scelba-Shorte (born 1981), fashion model and actress
- Mercedes (singer), stage name of R&B and hip-hop singer Raquel Miller
People with the last name Mercedes:
- Eleoncio MercedesEleoncio MercedesEleoncio Mercedes was a Dominican boxer, who was world champion in the Flyweight division.-Amateur career:As an amateur he competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada...
(1957–1985), boxer - Nina MercedezNina MercedezNina Mercedez is a Mexican-American pornographic actress, producer and director.-Biography:Born in Corpus Christi, Texas, Nina Mercedez' family background is Mexican....
, pornographic actress
Fictional characters:
- Mercédès, character in Alexandre Dumas's novel The Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte CristoThe Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas. It is often considered to be, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas's most popular work. He completed the work in 1844...
- Mercedes McQueenMercedes McQueenMercedes Fisher is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks, played by Jennifer Metcalfe. She debuted on-screen during the episode airing on 19 June 2006 as the first character to be introduced to the serial by series producer, Bryan Kirkwood...
, character in the British soap opera Hollyoaks - Mercedes, one of the five main characters of Odin SphereOdin Sphereis a 2D fantasy action RPG video game. Developed by Vanillaware and localized and published by Atlus for the PlayStation 2 in 2007, it tells the interlocking stories of five different protagonists. Odin Sphere is considered a spiritual successor to an Atlus game titled Princess Crown and takes some...
- Mercedes, a character in the opera CarmenCarmenCarmen is a French opéra comique by Georges Bizet. The libretto is by Henri Meilhac and Ludovic Halévy, based on the novella of the same title by Prosper Mérimée, first published in 1845, itself possibly influenced by the narrative poem The Gypsies by Alexander Pushkin...
by Georges Bizet - Mercedes JonesMercedes JonesMercedes Jones is a fictional character from the Fox popular musical comedy-drama series Glee. The character is portrayed by actress Amber Riley, and has appeared in Glee from its pilot episode, first broadcast on May 19, 2009. Mercedes was developed by Glee creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and...
, a character from the TV series GleeGlee (TV series)Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States, and on GlobalTV in Canada. It focuses on the high school glee club New Directions competing on the show choir competition circuit, while its members deal with relationships, sexuality and social issues... - Mercedes "Meche" Colomar, a character from the video game Grim FandangoGrim FandangoGrim Fandango is a personal computer game in the graphic adventure genre released by LucasArts in 1998 and primarily written by Tim Schafer. It is the first adventure game by LucasArts to use 3D computer graphics overlaid on pre-rendered, static backgrounds...
- Mercedes Cortez, a character from the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice CityGrand Theft Auto: Vice CityGrand Theft Auto: Vice City is a 2002 open world action computer and video game developed by British games developer Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the second 3D game in the Grand Theft Auto video game franchise and sixth original title overall...
Places:
- Mercedes, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- Mercedes, CorrientesMercedes, CorrientesMercedes is a city in the center of the . It is a first-class municipality with a population of about 35,000 inhabitants , and the head town of the department of the same name, which also includes the towns of Felipe Yofre and Mariano I. Loza...
, Argentina - Mercedes, Camarines NorteMercedes, Camarines NorteMercedes is a 4th class municipality in the province of Camarines Norte, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 41,713 people in 7,932 households.-History:...
, Philippines - Mercedes, Eastern SamarMercedes, Eastern SamarMercedes is a 6th class municipality in the province of Eastern Samar, Philippines. According to the 2000 census, it has a population of 4,857 people in 945 households....
, Philippines - Reina Mercedes, IsabelaReina Mercedes, IsabelaReina Mercedes is a 5th class municipality in the province of Isabela, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 21,874 people in 3,759 households.-External links:*****...
, Philippines - Mercedes, TexasMercedes, TexasMercedes is a city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. The population was 15,570 at the 2010 census. It is part of the McAllen–Edinburg–Mission and Reynosa–McAllen metropolitan areas.-Geography:Mercedes is located at ....
, United States - Mercedes, UruguayMercedes, UruguayMercedes is the capital and largest city of the department of Soriano in Uruguay. It is located on the junction of Route 2 with Route 14, and is situated on the south bank of the Río Negro. Also Route 21 from Colonia del Sacramento of Colonia Department terminates in this city.Mercedes is an...
Ships
- Nuestra Señora de las MercedesNuestra Señora de las MercedesThe Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes was a Spanish frigate which was sunk by the British off the south coast of Portugal on 5 October 1804 during the Battle of Cape Santa Maria....
, a Spanish treasure ship sunk by the British in 1804 - Mercedes (shipwreck)Mercedes (shipwreck)Mercedes I was a merchant ship built in 1952 in Hamburg, Germany. She was long and displaced 496 tons. She was originally named Jacob Rusch, later being renamed Rosita Maria, Rita Voge, and finally Mercedes I in 1976....
, a freighter shipwrecked off Florida in 1984 - Spanish cruiser Reina MercedesSpanish cruiser Reina MercedesReina Mercedes, was an Alfonso XII-class unprotected cruiser of the Spanish Navy.During the Spanish-American War, Reina Mercedes was captured by the United States and later salvaged and commissioned into the U.S. Navy. For information about her characteristics and operational history in U.S...
, a cruiser that was scuttled as a blockship in 1898. It was later salvaged and saw service with the United States Navy as – see List of United States Navy ships: M - BAP Mercedes, a Peruvian Navy frigate in service 1840s – 1850s
- RFA Mercedes, a collier which served with the Royal Fleet Auxiliary
Other uses
- Mercedes, a proposed gossamer-winged butterfly genus nowadays again included in CalycopisCalycopisCalycopis is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Massively split up by K. Johnson in 1991, most modern authors consider the changes proposed at that time to be unjustified.Species include:* Calycopis cecrops – Red-banded Hairstreak...
- "Mercedes", a song by Joseph Arthur, featured on the album Big City SecretsBig City Secrets-Album credits:# "Big City Secret"#* Joseph Arthur: guitar and vocals#* Roger Beaujolais: vibes#* Martyn Barker: treated tubular kit#* Simon Edwards: bass#* Markus Dravs: keyboards, desert storm & gravel percussion# "Mercedes"...
- Mercedes-Euklid, an early 20th-century computing device
- Mercedes College (Adelaide)Mercedes College (Adelaide)Mercedes College is a Catholic, co-educational day school located in Springfield a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.It was established by the Sisters of Mercy in 1954. Originally a boarding school for girls, it is now a coeducational school...
, South Australia - Mercedes College, Perth, Western Australia
- Mercedes-Benz view, the transscapular Y view of a shoulder x-ray image.