Reading (disambiguation)
Appearance
Reading is the complex cognitive process of decoding symbols to derive meaning.
Reading also commonly refers to Reading, Berkshire, a town in England.
The common noun or verb reading (pronounced as /ˈriːdɪŋ/) or the proper noun Reading (pronounced as /ˈrɛdɪŋ/) may also refer to:
Common noun or verb
- Literary and colloquial readings of Chinese characters
- Readings of kanji in Japanese
- Reading (computer), an action performed by computers, to acquire data from a source
- Reading (legislature), the mechanism by which a bill is introduced to a legislature
- Divination, gaining insight through interpretation of omens or supernatural indicators
- Psychic reading, an attempt to discern information through clairvoyance
- Dramatic reading, a dramatic art, also known as oral interpretation and interpretive reading
Art
- The Reading (Fantin-Latour), an 1877 painting by Henri Fantin-Latour
- The Reading (Manet), a c. 1865-1873 painting by Édouard Manet
Businesses and organisations
- Reading School, a British grammar school
- University of Reading, a British university
- Reading Power Station, in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Reading Works, a former factory in Pennsylvania, U.S.
- Reading Company, also called Reading Railroad and Reading Lines, an American company
Events
- Battle of Reading (871)
- Battle of Reading (1688)
- Siege of Reading (1642–1643)
- Reading and Leeds Festivals
People
- Reading (surname)
- John of Reading (died 1346), theologian
- Marquess of Reading, a title in peerage of the UK since 1926, including Earl of Reading, Baron Reading, Viscount Reading
- Marchioness of Reading (disambiguation), wife of the Marquess
- Bishop of Reading, Anglican suffragan bishop in Diocese of Oxford since 1889
Places
United Kingdom
- Reading, Berkshire
- Reading/Wokingham Urban Area, area defined by the UK Office for National Statistics
- Reading (UK Parliament constituency) (1295–1950 and 1955–1974)
- Reading East (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
- Reading North (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
- Reading South (UK Parliament constituency) (1950–1955 and 1974–1983)
- Reading West (UK Parliament constituency) (created 1983)
- HM Prison Reading, in Reading, Berkshire, England
United States
- Reading, Kansas
- Reading, Massachusetts
- Reading, Michigan
- Reading, Minnesota
- Reading, Missouri
- Reading, New York
- Reading, Ohio, a city in Hamilton County
- Reading, Columbiana County, Ohio
- Reading, Pennsylvania
- Reading, Vermont
- North Reading, Massachusetts
- Port Reading, New Jersey
- Reading Township (disambiguation)
- West Reading, Pennsylvania
Other places
Ships
- HMS Reading (G71), a Royal Navy destroyer ship formerly USS Bailey
- USS Reading (PF-66), a U.S. Navy frigate
Sport
- Reading F.C., an English football club
- Reading Hockey Club, an English field hockey club
- Reading R.F.C., an English rugby team
- Reading Racers, an English speedway team
- Reading Town F.C., a defunct English football club
- Reading Fightin Phils, an American baseball team
- Reading (United States Baseball League), a 1912 team