Endeavour

Endeavour

Endeavour or endeavor may refer to:

Places

* Endeavour River, river in Far North Queensland, Australia
* Endeavour Reef, north of Cape Tribulation, Queensland
* Endeavor, Wisconsin, a city in the USA
* Endeavour, Saskatchewan, a village in Saskatchewan, Canada
* Endeavour Rupes, an escarpment on Mercury
* Endeavour (crater), an crater on Mars

hips and yachts

* HMS "Endeavour", the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy
* HM Bark "Endeavour", the most famous of the nine
* HMNZS "Endeavour", the name of three ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy
* Auxiliary barque "Endeavour II", wrecked in New Zealand in 1971, see List of shipwrecks in 1971
* J-class yachts "Endeavour" and "Endeavour II"

pace vehicles

* "Endeavour", the callsign of the "Apollo 15" Command/Service Module
*, the NASA space shuttle

Trains

* Endeavour (train), a former passenger train that operated in New Zealand
* Endeavour railcar (CityRail), a railcar of the CityRail network in Sydney, Australia

In fiction

* "Endeavour", an Alliance Strike carrier from the video game "Starlancer"
* "Endeavour", a Solar Survey ship from the science fiction novel "Rendezvous with Rama" by Arthur C. Clarke
* "H.M.S. Endeavour", a ship in the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
* Detective Chief Inspector Endeavour Morse, from the "Inspector Morse" novels by Colin Dexter and associated TV series

Other uses

* Mitsubishi Endeavor, Mitsubishi mid-size SUV assembled in USA
* Endeavour Award, a science fiction lierary award
* Endeavour (organization), a non-profit organisation in Queensland, Australia
* Endeavour Programme, a science excellence linkage program by the Australian Commonwealth Government
* Endeavor Talent Agency, a talent agency in Beverly Hills, California
* Endeavour drug-eluting stent.


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  • Endeavour — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda El término Endeavour puede referirse a: HMS Endeavour fue el nombre de 9 barcos de la Marina Real Británica, entre los que está el HMB Endeavour del capitán James Cook. Transbordador espacial Endeavour. Obtenido de… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Endeavour — (spr. endéwwer), Fluß im britisch austral. Staat Queensland, dessen Mündung unter 15°27´ nördl. Br. bei Cooktown einen guten Hafen bildet, in den Cook 1770 einlief, um sein beschädigtes Schiff Endeavour auszubessern …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Endeavour — (spr. Endewwer), Fluß in der britischen Colonie Neusüdwales (Australien), mündet in den Ocean; der umliegende Landstrich heißt Endeavourdistrict. Die Endeavourstraße trennt das Cap York (im Norden) von der Prinz Wales Inselgruppe …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Endeavour — (Endiwwer), Fluß im südl. Neu Süd Wales. – Straße E., Theil der Torresstraße …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • endeavour — British English spelling of ENDEAVOR (Cf. endeavor) (q.v.); for spelling, see OR (Cf. or). Related: Endeavoured; endeavoring; endeavours …   Etymology dictionary

  • endeavour — is the spelling for the noun and verb in BrE, endeavor in AmE. See formal words …   Modern English usage

  • endeavour — (US endeavor) ► VERB ▪ try hard to do or achieve something. ► NOUN 1) an earnest attempt to achieve something. 2) earnest and industrious effort. ORIGIN from the obsolete phrase put oneself in devoir «do one s utmost» (from archaic devoir one s… …   English terms dictionary

  • Endeavour — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Endeavour », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le mot anglais endeavour peut signifier… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Endeavour — Der Name Endeavour (engl. Bemühen, Anstrengung) bezeichnet Schiffe Endeavour (Schiff), ein Segelschiff kommandiert von James Cook, Endeavour (Yacht), eine America’s Cup Segelyacht HMS Endeavour, neun Schiffe der Royal Navy HMNZS Endeavour, drei… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • endeavour — (BrE) (AmE endeavor) noun ADJECTIVE ▪ collaborative, collective, cooperative, joint ▪ brave, heroic ▪ honest …   Collocations dictionary

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