Nelson

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Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Australia 1.2 Canada 1.3 Egypt 1.4 New Zealand 1.5 United Kingdom 1.6 United States 2 Schools 3 Ships 4 Sports 5 Other uses

Nelson may be a proper name referring to a place, an institution or a vehicle, many derived from Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, better known as Lord Nelson, a British admiral famous for his participation in the Napoleonic Wars:

[edit] Geography

[edit] Australia

• Nelson, New South Wales
• Nelson, Victoria

[edit] Canada

• Nelson, British Columbia
• Nelson Head, Northwest Territories
• Nelson River

[edit] Egypt

• Nelson's Island

[edit] New Zealand

• Nelson, New Zealand
• Nelson Lakes National Park

[edit] United Kingdom

• Nelson, Lancashire, in England
• Nelson, Caerphilly, in Wales
• Nelson's Column in Trafalgar Square, London

[edit] United States

• Nelson, California
• Nelson, Georgia
• Nelson, Illinois
• Nelson, Missouri
• Nelson, Minnesota
• Nelson, Nebraska
• Nelson, New Hampshire
• Nelson, New York
• Nelson, North Carolina
• Nelson, Wisconsin

[edit] Schools

• Nelson College, a secondary school for boys in Nelson, New Zealand
• Nelson College for Girls, a secondary school for girls in Nelson, New Zealand
• Nelson High School, in Burlington, Ontario, Canada
• Lord Nelson Elementary School, in Vancouver, B.C., Canada

[edit] Ships

• HMS Nelson (1814), a first rate
• HMS Nelson (1881), an armoured cruiser
• HMS Lord Nelson (1906), a battleship
• HMS Nelson (1927), a battleship
• USS Nelson (DD-623), an American Gleaves-class destroyer
• HMNB Portsmouth, a naval base formed partly by a stone frigate called HMS Nelson

[edit] Sports

• Nelson (cricket), a term in the sport of cricket
• Nelson F.C., a football club based in Nelson, Lancashire
• Nelson hold, a type of grappling and wrestling hold
• Nelson Leafs, a junior B hockey team based in Nelson, British Columia
• Nelson Piquet, a Brazilian F1 Driver

[edit] Other uses

• Nelson hold a grappling hold, sometimes simply referred to as a nelson.
• Nelson (automobile)
• Nelson (band)
• Nelson rules, a methodology in control theory
• Nelson's syndrome, an endocrine disorder
• Nelson (surname)
• Nelson (given name)

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