Shaw

Shaw

Shaw may refer to:

In geography of the United States:
*Shaw, Mississippi, a city
*Shaw, Washington, D.C., a neighborhood
*Shaw, St. Louis, Missouri, a neighborhood

In geography of England, United Kingdom:
*Shaw, Berkshire, a village
*Shaw, Wiltshire, a village
*Shaw and Crompton, a town in Greater Manchester

In business:
*Shaw Brothers Studio (est. 1930), largest film production company in Hong Kong
*Shaw Communications (est. 1966), a Canadian telecommunications company
*Shaw University (est. 1865), an American historically black college in Raleigh, North Carolina
*The Shaw Group (est. 1987), a diversified American Fortune 500 corporation
*Shaw Industries (est. 1946), an American flooring manufacturer
*D. E. Shaw & Co. (est. 1988), an American hedge fund, private equity and technology development firm
*Shaw's, an American grocery group
*The Shaw Brothers, Rick and Ron Shaw, American folk musicians from New Hampshire

In general uses:
*Shaw (name), a surname and rarely a given name
*Shaw (woodland), a strip of woodland, usually separating fields or lining a road
*Shaw Festival (est. 1962), a major Canadian theatre festival
*Clan Shaw of Tordarroch, a Scottish clan


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