Ivory (disambiguation)

Ivory (disambiguation)

Ivory is a hard, white, organic substance that is the bulk of the teeth and tusks of animals such as the elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, mammoth, and narwhal. Ivory may also refer to:

Places

* Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), a country in West Africa
* Ivory, Jura, a commune of the Jura "département" in France
* Ivory Park, Gauteng, in South Africa
* Ivoryton, village in Essex, Connecticut USA
* Port Ivory, Staten Island, a locality in the northwestern part of the island

People

* Delores Ivory Davis(born 1939), American opera singer
* George Ivory, American basketball coach
* Harold Ivory Williams Jr., American jazz musician
* Horace Ivory (born 1954), American football player
* Ivory Joe Hunter (1914–1974), American R&B singer, songwriter and pianist
* James Ivory (mathematician) (1765–1842), Scottish mathematician
* James Ivory (director) (born 1928), American film director
* Judith Ivory, American romance novel author
* Keenen Ivory Wayans (born 1958), American actor, comedian, director and writer
* Lisa Moretti (born 1961), professional wrestler with the stage name "Ivory"
* Trevor Ivory, British political candidate

Other uses

* Barberini ivory, Byzantine diptych
* "Ebony and Ivory", a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
* "Ebony, Ivory & Jade", 1976 movie filmed in the Philippines
* Hornbill ivory, aka "golden jade"
* Ivory-billed Woodpecker ("Campephilus principalis"), an endangered species of woodpecker
* Ivory Coast Rat, rodent
* Ivory (color), an off-white color that resembles Ivory
* Ivory Forest, 1980 album
* Ivory Gull, breeds in the high Arctic
* Ivory (soap), a white and mildly fragranced bar soap made by Procter & Gamble
* Ivory Knight, Canadian metal quartet
* Ivory Night, German band
* Ivory Tower, a Christian symbol for noble purity and a term for academic elitism
* Ivory Tower (Harvard-Radcliffe Television), college soap opera
* Ivory Tower (film), 1998 American film
* Merchant Ivory Productions, film company
* Pink Ivory, an African tree with valuable wood
* "The Battle of the Ivory Plains", Dragonland album
* "The Mystery of the Ivory Charm", Nancy Drew story
* Vegetable ivory, Tagua nut


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