Orwell
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Orwell can refer to:
- The writer George OrwellGeorge OrwellEric Arthur Blair , better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English author and journalist...
(pen name for Eric Blair) and the derived phrase OrwellianOrwellian"Orwellian" describes the situation, idea, or societal condition that George Orwell identified as being destructive to the welfare of a free society... - The River OrwellRiver OrwellThe River Orwell flows through the county of Suffolk in England. Its source river, above the tidal limit at Stoke Bridge, is known as the River Gipping. It broadens into an estuary at Ipswich where the Ipswich dock has operated since the 7th century and then flows into the North Sea at Felixstowe...
in Suffolk, England - Orwell High SchoolOrwell High SchoolOrwell High School was a medium size secondary community school with Specialist Technology College status located in the port town of Felixstowe, Suffolk, England. In September 2009 the school became a foundation school supported by the charitable Felixstowe Learning Trust...
in Suffolk, England - The village of Orwell, CambridgeshireOrwell, CambridgeshireOrwell is a small rural village outside Cambridge in South Cambridgeshire, England.The Prime Meridian passes the eastern edge of Orwell.-History:...
, England - Royal Navy ships named HMS OrwellHMS OrwellFour ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Orwell, after the River Orwell in Suffolk, England was a Britomart-class wooden screw gunboat launched in 1866 and sold in 1890. was a B-class torpedo boat destroyer launched in 1899, purchased in 1901 and sold in 1920. was an O-class destroyer...
- Orwell PrizeOrwell PrizeThe Orwell Prize used to be regarded as the pre-eminent British prize for political writing.Three prizes are awarded each year: one for a book, one for journalism and another for blogging...
for political writing, named for George Orwell - Orwell AwardOrwell AwardThe NCTE George Orwell Award for Distinguished Contribution to Honesty and Clarity in Public Language , established in 1975 and given by the National Council of Teachers of English Public Language Awards Committee, recognizes writers who have made outstanding contributions to the critical analysis...
, also named for George Orwell - Orwell (programming language)Orwell (programming language)Orwell is a small lazy functional programming language first released in 1984 by Philip Wadler. Developed as a free alternative to Miranda, it was a forerunner of Haskell. It was one of the first programming languages to support list comprehensions and pattern matching.The name is a tribute to...
, a small lazy functional programming language and predecessor to HaskellHaskell (programming language)Haskell is a standardized, general-purpose purely functional programming language, with non-strict semantics and strong static typing. It is named after logician Haskell Curry. In Haskell, "a function is a first-class citizen" of the programming language. As a functional programming language, the... - A number of places in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
:- Orwell Township, MinnesotaOrwell Township, MinnesotaOrwell Township is a township in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 173 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 34.9 square miles , of which, 33.4 square miles of it is land and...
- Orwell, New YorkOrwell, New YorkOrwell is a town in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 1,254 at the 2000 census. The town was named after Orwell, Vermont.The Town of Orwell is in the north-central part of the county.- History :...
- Orwell, OhioOrwell, OhioOrwell is a village in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,519 at the 2000 census. It is the birthplace of General Adna Chaffee, and of Russell Allen, as of 2006 the oldest living American Olympic cyclist....
- Orwell Township, PennsylvaniaOrwell Township, PennsylvaniaOrwell Township is a township in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 1,097 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 32.1 square miles , of which, 31.9 square miles of it is land and...
- Orwell, VermontOrwell, VermontOrwell is a town in Addison County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,185 at the 2000 census. Mount Independence was the largest fortification constructed by the American colonial forces...
- Orwell Township, Minnesota