Deluge

Deluge

Deluge can refer to:

Mythical and prehistoric floods
  • Deluge myth, mythic floods in general, involving Gilgamesh, and others
  • Deluge (prehistoric), prehistoric great floods, some of which may have inspired deluge myths
Polish and Lithuanian history and culture
Other
  • Before The Deluge (song), a Jackson Browne song from Late for the Sky
  • Deluge, a 2008 novel by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Anne Sarborough
  • The Deluge (album), a 1986 album by Manilla Road
  • Deluge (fine art photography), a museum exhibit by David LaChapelle
  • Deluge (fireboat), a boat used in firefighting
  • Deluge (novel), a 1928 novel by S. Fowler Wright
    • Deluge (film), a 1933 apocalyptic science fiction film loosely based on the novel
  • The Deluge (novella), a 1954 pastiche story credited to Leonardo da Vinci, actually written by Robert Payne
  • Mark Morris
  • Deluge (software), a cross-platform BitTorrent client written using Python and GTK+
  • Deluge (Transformers), several Transformers characters
  • Deluge fire suppression systems, systems that have all sprinklers connected to the water piping system open
  • Flame Deluge, a devastating nuclear war from Walter M. Miller, Jr.'s novel A Canticle for Leibowitz
  • Le Déluge, a 1875 oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns

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  • déluge — [ delyʒ ] n. m. • 1175; lat. diluvium « inondation » 1 ♦ Relig., myth. Cataclysme consistant en des précipitations continues submergeant la Terre. Mythe mésopotamien du déluge. Absolt Le Déluge (dans la Bible). L arche de Noé échappa au Déluge.… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Deluge — • A catastrophe fully described in Gen., vi, 1 ix, 19 Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Deluge     Deluge     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Deluge — Deluge …   Википедия

  • Deluge — 1.1.2 Basis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Deluge — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Deluge Deluge 1.1.6 en Mandriva …   Wikipedia Español

  • déluge — DÉLUGE. s. m. Grande inondation. Il se dit principalement Du déluge universel, qu on appelle aussi absolument Le déluge. Avant le déluge. Après le déluge. Le déluge de Deucalion. Les Américains parlent d un déluge arrivé autrefois dans leur Pays …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798

  • Deluge — (logiciel) Pour les articles homonymes, voir Déluge. Deluge …   Wikipédia en Français

  • deluge — DELUGE. s. m. Inondation, grand desbordement d eaux. Il se dit principalement du deluge universel, qu on appelle aussi absolument le Deluge. Avant le deluge. aprés le deluge. le deluge de Deucalion. les Americains parlent d un deluge arrivé… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Deluge — Del uge (d[e^]l [ u]j), n. [F. d[ e]luge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di = dis + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See {Lave}, and cf. {Diluvium}.] 1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deluge — Deluge, Diluuium. Deluge d eau, Eluuio, Cataclysmus. Un deluge de tous biens, Eluuies. Petit deluge, Alluuies …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

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