Thistle (disambiguation)
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Thistle is a group of flowering plants.
Thistle may also refer to:
Places
[edit]- Thistle, Utah, United States, a ghost town
- Thistle oil field in the North Sea
Arts, entertainment, and media
[edit]- Thistle (novel), a 1957 novel by István Fekete
- The Thistle, a Scottish ladies' step dance
- Thistle TV, a local television station
Businesses
[edit]- Thistle Hotels
- Thistle Mining, a corporation once headed by David R. Beatty
People
[edit]- Thistle Yolette Harris (1902–1990), Australian botanist and conservationist
- Michael Thistle (born 1980), Australian cricketer
- Thomas Thistle (1853–1936), English clergyman and educator
Sports
[edit]Association football clubs
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Port Thistle S.C., originally Port Presbyterian Thistle S.C.
England
[edit]New Zealand
[edit]- Auckland Thistle
- Christchurch Thistle
- Gisborne Thistle
- Huntly Thistle
- Invercargill Thistle also known as Thistle FC
- Nelson Thistle
- Timaru Thistle
Scotland
[edit]- Ardeer Thistle F.C.
- Armadale Thistle F.C.
- Bathgate Thistle F.C.
- Buckie Thistle F.C.
- Bunillidh Thistle F.C.
- Burghead Thistle F.C.
- Dalkeith Thistle F.C.
- Dalry Thistle F.C.
- East Kilbride Thistle F.C.
- Ferranti Thistle F.C.
- Forres Thistle F.C.
- Inverness Caledonian Thistle F.C.
- Inverness Thistle F.C.
- Kirriemuir Thistle F.C.
- Largs Thistle F.C.
- Larkhall Thistle F.C.
- Lothian Thistle F.C.
- Lugar Boswell Thistle F.C.
- Meadowbank Thistle F.C.
- Partick Thistle F.C.
- Scone Thistle F.C.
- Strathspey Thistle F.C.
- Thistle F.C.
- Wishaw Thistle F.C.
Other sports
[edit]- Thistles (women's cricket), a women's cricket team from South Africa
Watercraft
[edit]- Thistle (dinghy)
- Thistle (yacht)
- HMS Thistle, the name of several Royal Navy ships
- USAHS Thistle, a hospital ship
- USS Thistle, the name of several U.S. Navy ships
Other uses
[edit]- Thistle (color)
- Thistle tube, a piece of laboratory glassware
- Order of the Thistle, an order of chivalry