Stanley

Stanley

:"For people with the surname Stanley, see Stanley (surname)."Stanley may refer to:

Place names

Australia

* Stanley, Tasmania
* Stanley, Victoria

Canada

* Stanley, British Columbia
* Stanley Peak, mountain in British Columbia
* Stanley, New Brunswick
* Port Stanley, Ontario

Hong Kong

* Stanley, Hong Kong

Democratic Republic of Congo / Uganda

* Mount Stanley, mountain in the Ruwenzori Range

Egypt

* Stanley, Alexandria, Egypt, area with popular beach

Papua New Guinea

* Owen Stanley Range, mountain range

United Kingdom

England

* Stanley, Derbyshire
* Stanley, County Durham
* Stanley Crook, a village in County Durham
* Stanley, West Yorkshire, a village near Wakefield
* King's Stanley, village in Gloucestershire

Falkland Islands

* Stanley, Falkland Islands, formerly Port Stanley, capital and only town in the Falkland Islands

cotland

* Stanley, Perthshire, home of the Stanley Ceilidh

United States

* Stanley, Idaho
* Stanley, Iowa
* Stanley, Louisiana
* Stanley, North Carolina
* Stanley, North Dakota
* Stanley, Virginia
* Stanley, Wisconsin, city in Chippewa County
* Stanley, Barron County, Wisconsin
* Stanley County, South Dakota
* Stanley Township, Minnesota

Business

* Morgan Stanley, American investment bank and stockbroker company
* Stanley Works, American manufacturer of hardware tools
* Stanley (company), American government contractor

ports

* Accrington Stanley F.C., English league football club
* Stanley Cole, American water polo player
* Stanley Cup, championship trophy of the National Hockey League
* Stanley Floyd, American track and field sprinter
* Sir Stanley Matthews, an English football player
* Stanley Menzo, Dutch football (soccer) goalkeeper and coach
* Stanley whitewater canoeing course, Scotland

Media and entertainment

* "Stanley" (1956 TV series), American comedy series starring Buddy Hackett, Paul Lynde, and Carol Burnett
* "Stanley" (2001 TV series), a cartoon airing on Playhouse Disney
* Stanley Award, Australian award for best cartoonist
* "Flat Stanley", children's book and series by Jeff Brown

Fictional characters

*Stanley ("Cars")
*Stanley Hudson, a character on the TV show "The Office"
*Stanley Kowalski, a character in the Tennessee Williams play "A Streetcar Named Desire"
*Stan Marsh, a character on the TV show "South Park"
*Stanley Roper, a character on the popular U.S. sitcom "Three's Company"
*Stanley the Tool, formerly Plaid, a character in the webcomic "Erfworld"
*Stanley Yelnats, a character from the novel and film "Holes"

Theaters

* Stanley Theater (disambiguation), one of several theaters by the same name

Transportation

* Stanley (boat)
* Stanley (vehicle), an autonomous vehicle that won the 2005 DARPA Grand Challenge
* Stanley Steamer, an American automobile produced by the Stanley Motor Carriage Company
* Stanley Airport in Nova Scotia, Canada
* Port Stanley Airport in the Falkland Islands

Other uses

* The Stanley Hotel, hotel in Estes Park, Colorado
* Stanley knife, the colloquial name for a utility knife in Great Britain
* Stanley Medical College, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
* Stanley Park, large park in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
* Stanley Park, Liverpool, park in Liverpool, England
* "Stanley v. Georgia", a 1969 U.S. Supreme Court decision


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