Pullman

Pullman

Pullman may refer to:
*Pullman hotels & resorts, international hotel chain
*Pullman (car or coach), various luxurious railway cars, cars, buses or coaches
*Pullman Company, maker of Pullman rail cars
*Pullman (architecture), a long, narrow room
*Pullman F.C., Pullman Company soccer team
*Pullman loaf, a long, square-edged loaf of bread
*Pullman Motor Company, maker of automobiles in York, Pennsylvania from 1905-1917
*Pullman case or valise, a large piece of luggage
*Pullman hotels, a brand part of the French Accor group
*Pullman Strike, a major American railroad strike in 1886
*Humber Pullman a large automobile manufactured in central England between 1930 and 1954

Places in the United States

*Pullman, Chicago, Illinois
*Pullman, Michigan
*Pullman, Washington
*Pullman, West Virginia

urname

* Alberte Pullman
* Bernard Pullman
* Bill Pullman
* George Pullman, founder of the Pullman Company
* Philip Pullman, English writer
* Simon Pullman


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