Humber (disambiguation)

Humber (disambiguation)

Humber may refer to:

*Rivers
** The Humber, a river and large tidal estuary in northern England.
** Humber River (Newfoundland), Newfoundland, Canada
** Humber River (Toronto), Ontario, Canada

*People
** Humber the Hun was a legendary king of the Huns
** Philip Humber, a pitcher in Major League Baseball

*Education
** Humber College, both campuses in Toronto, Ontario, Canada

*Vehicles
** HMS "Humber" was the name of nine ships of the Royal Navy.
** Humber (bicycle)
** Humber (car) is also the name of one of the ranges of cars manufactured by the Rootes Group
** the Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and Humber Armoured Car were British reconnaissance vehicles during World War II.

*Geology
** Humber Zone, one of the 5 tectonostratographic zones of the Appalachian Mountains

*Information Technology
** Humber (hypertext), a Digital object identifier-like scheme proposed by Ted Nelson for Project Xanadu. A portmanteau of humongous number.


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