Shaw
Encyclopedia
United Kingdom
- Shaw, BerkshireShaw, BerkshireShaw is a village in Berkshire, England.It is located to the north of Newbury, near the village of Donnington. It is in the parish of Shaw-cum-Donnington....
, a village - Shaw, WiltshireShaw, WiltshireShaw is a village in Wiltshire, England; it belongs to the civil parish of Melksham Without....
, a village - Shaw and CromptonShaw and CromptonShaw and Crompton is a town and civil parish within the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies on the River Beal at the foothills of the South Pennines, north of Oldham, southeast of Rochdale, and to the northeast of the city of Manchester...
, a town in Greater Manchester
United States
- Shaw, MississippiShaw, MississippiShaw is a city in Bolivar and Sunflower Counties in the U.S. state of Mississippi, in the Mississippi Delta region. The named derived from an old Indian tribe northeast of this region. The population was 2,312 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
, a city - Shaw, Washington, D.C.Shaw, Washington, D.C.Shaw is a neighborhood located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington, D.C. It is roughly bounded by M Street, NW or Massachusetts Avenue NW to the south; New Jersey Avenue, NW to the east; Florida Avenue, NW to the north; and 11th Street, NW to the west...
, a neighborhood - Shaw, St. LouisShaw, St. LouisShaw is a neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. It is bordered on the North by Interstate 44, the east by S. Grand Blvd., the west by Tower Grove Ave and the Missouri Botanical Gardens, and the south by Tower Grove Park.-History:...
, Missouri, a neighborhood - Mount ShawMount ShawMount Shaw is a mountain located within the Castle in the Clouds estate in Carroll County, New Hampshire. With a summit elevation of it is the highest of the Ossipee Mountains....
, a summit in the Ossipee Mountains of New Hampshire - Shaw Air Force BaseShaw Air Force BaseShaw Air Force Base is a United States Military facility located approximately west-northwest of Sumter, South Carolina. It is under the jurisdiction of the United States Air Force Air Combat Command...
, US Air Force base in South Carolina
People
- Shaw (name)Shaw (name)Shaw is most commonly a surname and rarely a given name. The name is of English and Scottish origin. In some cases the surname is an Americanization of a similar sounding Ashkenazic Jewish surname....
, people with "Shaw" given name or surname - Clan Shaw of Tordarroch, a Scottish clan
Organizations
- D. E. Shaw & Co. (est. 1988), an American hedge fund, private equity and technology development firm
- Shaw Brothers StudioShaw Brothers StudioThe Shaw Brothers Studio , owned by Shaw Brothers Ltd., was the foremost and the largest movie production company of Hong Kong movies.From their distribution base in Singapore where they founded parent company Shaw Organization in 1924, and as a strategic development of their movie distribution...
(est. 1930), largest film production company in Hong Kong - Shaw CommunicationsShaw CommunicationsShaw Communications is Canada's largest telecommunications company that provides telephone, Canada's fastest Internet and television services as well as broadcasting and soon Wifi. Shaw is headquartered in Calgary, Alberta...
(est. 1966), a Canadian telecommunications company - ShawCorShawCorShawCor Ltd is a global energy services company, specializing in products and services for the pipeline and pipe services, and petrochemical and industrial segments of the oil and gas industry and other industrial markets. ShawCor operates through seven wholly owned business units: Bredero Shaw,...
(est. 1930s), a global energy services firm based in Houston, Texas - Shaw FestivalShaw FestivalThe Shaw Festival is a major Canadian theatre festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, the second largest repertory theatre company in North America...
(est. 1962), a major Canadian theatre festival - The Shaw GroupThe Shaw GroupThe Shaw Group is a Fortune 500 corporation headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As of February 27, 2011, the company employed approximately 28,000 people all over the world with 7 billion dollar revenue in 2010...
(est. 1987), a diversified American Fortune 500 corporation - Shaw IndustriesShaw IndustriesShaw Industries Group, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., is the world's largest carpet manufacturer with more than $4 billion in annual sales and approximately 25,000 associates worldwide...
(est. 1946), an American flooring manufacturer - Shaw's and Star Market, an American grocery group
- Shaw UniversityShaw UniversityShaw University, founded as Raleigh Institute, is a private liberal arts institution and historically black university in Raleigh, North Carolina, United States. Founded in 1865, it is the oldest HBCU in the Southern United States....
(est. 1865), an American historically black college in Raleigh, North Carolina
General uses
- Shaw (woodland)Shaw (woodland)A shaw is a strip of woodland usually between 5 and 15 metres wide.Shaws commonly form boundaries between fields or line a road. They are usually composed of natural woodland and often have diverse woodland ground vegetation similar to other natural woodlands in the area...
, a strip of woodland, usually separating fields or lining a road