Rex

Rex is Latin for "king", see Rex (king). Specifically, it was the title of the kings of ancient Rome.

The term may also refer to:

People

• Rex (given name), for people with the given name "Rex"
• Rex (surname), for people with the surname "Rex"

Places

• Rex, Georgia, an unincorporated community in Clayton County, United States
• Rex, North Carolina, a census-designated place in Robeson County, United States
• Rex River, a river in the U.S. state of Washington
• Mount Rex, an isolated mountain in Antarctica

Literature and performing arts

• Oedipus the King (Oedipus Rex in Latin), a Greek tragedy (Oedipus Tyrannus) written by Sophocles
• Oedipus rex (opera), an opera by Igor Stravinsky
• Rex (musical), a stage musical, with music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Sheldon Harnick

Fictional characters

Film

• Rex Lewis, a character from G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
• Rex (Toy Story), a toy character from Disney/Pixar's Toy Story series
• Rex (Police dog), Rex is a fictional character from the police drama television series Inspector Rex
• Rex, the sheepdog from the 1995 Academy Award winning film Babe
• Rex, a Tyrannosaurus Rex, character in animated film We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (film)
• Rex Kwon Do, a martial arts choreographer in the 2004 cult film, Napoleon Dynamite
• Rex, Lori's boss in the film Ted

Animated television series

• Rex Banner, a one-time character in The Simpsons appearing in the episode "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
• Rex Raptor, a character in the seriesYu-Gi-Oh!
• Rex, the title character in the series Generator Rex
• Rex, the title character in the claymation series Rex the Runt
• Captain Rex, the clone trooper captain who served as General Anakin Skywalker's second-in-command in the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Live-action television series

• Rex Balsom, a character on the soap opera One Life to Live
• Rex Brady, a character on the soap opera Days of Our Lives
• Inspector Rex, an Austrian police dog in the series of the same name
• Rex (Primeval), a Coelurosauravus-like reptile in the series Primeval
• Rex Van de Kamp, a character in the series Desperate Housewives
• Rex Britten, a character in the series Awake
• Rex Powers, a dummy in the series Victorious
• Rex Buckland from Charmed

Other fiction

• Rex, a locomotive in The Railway Series books and the spin-off series Thomas and Friends.
• Rex (NX Files), a character in the action adventure web-show NX Files
• Metal Gear REX, a mecha from the video game, Metal Gear Solid
• Rex the Wonder Dog, a DC Comics superhero dog
• Rex Morgan, M.D., a comic strip and its title character

Biology

Animals

• Cornish Rex, a breed of cat
• Devon Rex, a breed of cat
• Mini Rex, a breed of rabbit
• Standard Rex, a breed of rabbit
• Rex (dog), a dog once owned by Ronald Reagan
• Rex (horse), aka Rex the Wonder Horse, star of 15 Hollywood motion pictures
• Rex sole (Glyptocephalus zachirus), a flatfish species
• Nuralagus rex, extinct giant rabbit
• Tyrannosaurus rex, the iconic dinosaur species
• -rex, a suffix used to describe several animals in taxonomy

Biochemistry

• Oligosaccharide reducing-end xylanase, an enzyme

Transportation

Land

• BMW i3 REx, range extender variant of the all-electric BMW i3
• Subaru Rex, a Japanese Kei car
• Subaru Impreza WRX, a car referred to as "Rex"
• Rex-Acme, a premier British motorcycle company of early 1900s, originally Rex

Sea

• SS Rex, an Italian luxury ship, sunk by Allied bombers off the coast of Slovenia in 1944

Air

• Dudek Rex, a Polish paraglider design
• Regional Express Airlines (aka Rex), an Australian airline
• The IATA airport code for the General Lucio Blanco International Airport in Reynosa, Mexico
• Reporting name for the Kawanishi N1K Japanese Fighter

Energy and fuels

• Rockies Express Pipeline, a natural gas pipeline built across the United States
• Rex Energy, an independent energy company
• Rex International Holding, an oil & gas company headquartered in Singapore

Music

• Rex (band), an alternative rock band
• Rex (Live at the Fillmore), a 2008 album by Keller Williams, Keith Moseley and Jeff Austin
• Rex Records, the name of several record companies
• T. Rex (band), British rock band, formed in 1967 by singer/songwriter and guitarist Marc Bolan

Computing and technology

• The REX prefix used by the x86-64 instruction encoding
• REXX (originally named Rex), a computer programming language
• .rex (disambiguation) file extensions used by REXX and REX2
• REX 5000, a series of personal digital assistants
• REX 6000, a series of personal digital assistants
• Rex (software), a remote execution, configuration management and software deployment system
• Rex (video game), a 1988 game for the ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC
• REX, an audio file format; see REX2
• REX OS, a real-time operating system developed by Qualcomm
• Samsung REX, a series of affordable feature phones
• REX is an abbreviation for "request to exit", a push-button or motion detector used for access control

Other

• Rex parade, the de facto monarch of the Carnival Season in New Orleans
  • Rex, king of the New Orleans Mardi Gras Carnival
• Rex Architecture P.C., an architecture and design firm based in New York City
• Rex 84, a plan by the United States to test their ability to detain large numbers of American citizens
• Rex (chair), a foldable chair
• The Rex Streak, a streak of 20 consecutive shows on The Jim Rome Show in which a person named "Rex" was interviewed
• Rex, the dinosaur mascot of the Calgary Dinos athletic teams at the University of Calgary
• Rexism, a fascist political movement and ideology in Belgium
• Rex, a title on coins of British kings
• the MP412 REX, a Russian handgun
• REX, the Regents External Degree program, a former name of Excelsior College