Borg
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Borg may refer to:
- Borg (surname)
- Borg means Castle in some Nordic languages.
[edit] Places
- Borg, Saarland, Germany
- Borg á Mýrum, Iceland
- Borg, Vestvågøy, Norway
- Diocese of Borg, Norway
- Borg Massif, Antarctica
- Borg El Arab, Egypt
[edit] Companies and products
- Borg Bryggerier, a Norwegian brewery
- BorgWarner, an automotive supply company
- Borg Buss, a Norwegian bus company
[edit] Fiction
- The Story of the Borg Family (1919), a film by Danish director Gunnar Sommerfelt, based on a novel by the Icelandic writer Gunnar Gunnarsson
- Isak Borg, a character in the Ingmar Bergman film, Wild Strawberries (1957), played by Victor Sjöström.
- Borg (Star Trek), a fictional collection of cyborgs in the Star Trek universe
- Borg, an automated player in Angband
- A fictional race in Gotcha Force
- The Rifts role-playing game uses "Borg" or "'Borg" as shortened form of "cyborg"
- In Emma Clayton's novel The Roar (2009), and its sequel The Whisper, borgs are various machines, from borg sentry turrets, vacuum-bots, and robot animals. They can also be used as substitutes for missing body parts, such as borg eyes.
[edit] Other
- Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player who won 11 grand slam titles. A cutting-edge Swedish fashion label is also in his name.
- Tor Borg, Finnish man that was interrogated by the Nazi-Germans on suspicion of insulting Hitler by training his dog to emulate the Nazi salute.
- Anders Borg, Minister of Finance in the Swedish Government.
- Jákup á Borg, A Faroese footballer.
- Marcus Borg, An American Biblical scholar and author.
- Oscar Borg, A Norwegian composer and conductor.
- Borg scale, in sports science, a measurement of perceived exertion
- Borg, a term used in Travian
- Borg, "Bundesoberstufenrealgymnasium", an Austrian name for state-run high schools focused on technical education
- Borg Opening, a rare chess opening
[edit] See also
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