Titan
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Titan most often refers to:
- Titan (mythology), a class of deities who preceded the Olympians in Greek mythology
- Titan (moon), the largest moon of the planet Saturn
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Mythology
- Helios, Greek sun-deity sometimes referred to as "Titan"
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Music
- Titan, working title of Symphony No. 1 (Mahler)
- Titan, a 2005 music album by the group 300.000 V.K.
- Titán, a Mexican electronic band
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Fiction
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Literature
- Titan (Stephen Baxter novel), a science fiction novel
- Titan (John Varley), the first book in the science fiction Gaea Trilogy
- Titan (Bova novel), a novel in Ben Bova's "Grand Tour" series
- The Titan, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
- Titan (Jean Paul), a German early nineteenth century romance novel
- Star Trek: Titan, a series of Star Trek novels
- The Titan (collection), a collection of short stories by P. Schuyler Miller
- Titan (Dune), a group of immortal cymeks in Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's book The Butlerian Jihad
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Comics
- Titan (Imperial Guard), a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guards in the Marvel Universe
- Titan (DC Comics), the moon of Saturn in the fictional universe of DC Comics
- Titan (Marvel Comics), the moon of Saturn in the fictional universe of Marvel Comics
- Titan (Dark Horse Comics), a superhero turned supervillain in the Dark Horse Comics imprint Comics' Greatest World
- Titan, a New Gods giant from Darkseid's Elite
- Teen Titans, also known as The Teen Titans, a group of DC Comics superheroes
- Titan Books, a publisher of comic reprints
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Television
- Titan A.E., an animated sci-fi space adventure movie
- Titans (TV series), starring Casper Van Dien and Yasmine Bleeth
- Titans (Canadian TV series), hosted by Patrick Watson
- Titan, ruler of an undersea people on Stingray (TV series)
- Titan, a Gladiator played by Michael O'Hearn in the 2008 TV series American Gladiators
- Titan, a mecha in the animated series Sym-Bionic Titan
- Titans, an elite counter-insurgency group in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
- Hades, God Titan of the Infershia Pantheon from Mahou Sentai Magiranger
- TV show on Cartoon Network Teen Titans (TV series) where five young teens fight evil
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Geography
- Titan, Bucharest, a neighbourhood
- Titan metro station, located in the Titan neighbourhood of Bucharest
- Titan (cave), in Derbyshire, the largest known pitch in the United Kingdom
- The Titan (Fisher Towers), a natural tower near Moab, Utah
- Titan, Murmansk Oblast, a village in Russia
- Titan, Saghar District, Afghanistan
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Gaming
- Age of Mythology: The Titans, an expansion pack to the game Age of Mythology
- Titan (1988 computer game), an obscure Arkanoid/Breakout-clone made by Titus
- Titan (Battlefield 2142), huge transport and assault aircraft in Battlefield 2142
- Titan (Blizzard Entertainment project), project name for a massively multiplayer game
- Titan (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons race of Outsiders
- Titan (Final Fantasy character), a summoned beast in the Final Fantasy series
- Titan (game), a fantasy war board game
- Titan (game engine), a game engine developed by Stainless Steel Studios
- Titan Legions, units of giant bipedal war machines in the Warhammer 40,000 game universe
- Titan (world), the Fighting Fantasy Game Books world that was created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone
- Titan, a drug (may also refer to the enemies created by it) in Batman: Arkham Asylum
- Titan, a type of main battle bipedal walker carrying a cannon in the Command & Conquer series
- Titan, one of the 25 unlockable characters in Maxis' Action RPG Darkspore
- Titan, a unit in Supreme Commander (video game)
- Titans, the ancient Gods of Heavy Metal in the game Brütal Legend
- Titans, a class of super-capital ship in EVE Online, a science-fiction multiplayer online role-playing game
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Sports
- Acadie-Bathurst Titan, hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
- Gold Coast Titans, Australian rugby league team
- New York Titans, former name of the New York Jets, an American football team
- New York Titans (lacrosse), a team in the National Lacrosse League
- Newport Titans, a rugby league side who play out of Newport, South Wales
- Orlando Titans, a team in the National Lacrosse League
- Tennessee Titans, American football team in the National Football League
- Titans cricket team, the Nashua Titans, a South African cricket team based in Centurion and Benoni
- Ulster Titans, Rugby Union team based in Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Victoria Titans, former professional basketball team from Melbourne in the NBL
- Der Titan, epithet of Oliver Kahn, former German football keeper
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Companies
- Titan Aircraft, a company specializing in ultralight aircraft kits
- Titan Airways, a charter airline
- Titan Books, a UK publisher of Titan Magazines graphic novels
- Titan Cement, a Greek multinational company
- Titan Chemical Corp, a producer of olefins and polyolefins
- Titan Corp., a private military contractor
- Titan Industries, an Indian watchmaker
- Titan Media, American pornographic film company
- Titan Salvage, marine salvage and wreck removal company
- Titan Sports, the former parent company of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- Titan Tire, a U.S. tire manufacturer
- Titan (Transit Advertising Company), a media sales company specializing in Out-of-Home advertising
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Vehicles
- Ellipse Titan, a French hang glider
- Titan, a South Devon Railway Gorgon class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
- Titan (rocket family)
- Titan Clydebank, a cantilever crane located in Clydebank, Scotland
- Cessna 404 Titan II, a small twin-propeller aircraft
- Chevrolet Titan, a cabover tractor-trailer truck by Chevrolet
- Floating crane Titan, a floating crane that operated in Sydney Harbour, Australia
- Leyland Titan (front engined double-decker), a chassis for double-decker buses, made from 1927 to 1970
- Leyland Titan (B15), a double-decker bus, made from 1977 to 1984
- Nissan Titan, a pickup truck
- ST Titan, a Gold Coast tugboat
- Terex Titan, the prototype of a large dump truck
- USNS Titan (T-AGOS-15), a ship in the United States Navy
- Volkswagen Titan, a truck from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
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In science and technology
- Kwikset Titan, a former series of enhanced-security locks, renamed Signature Series in the mid-2000s
- Titan beetle, the largest beetle in the Amazon rainforest
- HTC Titan, a smartphone running Windows Phone 7 (7.5 Mango) by HTC
- HTC Titan (Windows Mobile phone), a PDA phone running Windows Mobile (6.0) by HTC
- Titan (computer), prototype Atlas 2 computer developed in the early 1960s
- Titan (supercomputer), a U.S. supercomputer capable of 20 petaflops
- TITAN2D, a software application for simulating granular avalanches
- Titan, a Facebook internal project publicly called Social Inbox
- Titan the Robot, an electronically controlled dance and stage performance costume featured in Big Brother 2010 (UK)
- Titan, an engine test stand series from Horiba
- Titan, a term for a mathematician who proves a Titanic prime coined by Samuel Yates.
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Other uses
- Titan, a brand of hockey stick produced by The Hockey Company (CCM)
- Titan (roller coaster), at Six Flags Over Texas
- Titan, a banknote with a nominal value of 100 million Pounds Sterling
- Titan (dog), the world's tallest dog
- A sunflower variety
- HMH-769, United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Titan
- Titan test
- Titán (wrestler), the ring name of a Mexican masked professional wrestler.
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See also
- Titán, a Mexican electronic band formed in 1992
- List of sports teams nicknamed Titans
- Titanic (disambiguation)
- Titanium, a chemical element named for the titans of Greek mythology
- Titin, the largest protein known
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