Beach (disambiguation)
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A beach is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles along the shoreline of a body of water.
Beach, Beaches or beaching may also refer to:
Places
- Beach, Georgia, an unincorporated community
- Beach, Gloucestershire, a village in England
- Beach, Missouri, an unincorporated community
- Beach, North Dakota, a town in the USA
- Beach, Washington, an unincorporated community
- Beaches, Newfoundland and Labrador, a Canadian village
- Jacksonville Beaches, or Beaches, a neighborhood of Jacksonville, Florida
- List of beaches
- Kingdom of Beach, a promontory of Terra Australis appearing on Latin maps of the 16th century
- The Beaches, a neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada
People
- Alfred Ely Beach (1826–1896), inventor and publisher
- Allen C. Beach (1825–1918), New York politician
- Amy Beach (1867–1944), American composer, also known as Mrs. H.H.A. Beach
- David Nelson Beach (1848–1926), American theologian
- Edward L. Beach, Jr. (1918–2002) U.S. Navy submarine commander and author
- George Beach (politician) (born 1817), New York politician
- George Beach (born 1926), Canadian-born ice hockey player
- Harlan Page Beach (1854–1933), American missionary, brother of David Nelson Beach
- Michael Beach, American actor
- Moses Yale Beach (1800–1868), American inventor and publisher
- Nelson J. Beach (1800–1876), New York politician
- Ralph H. Beach, co-inventor of the Edison-Beach railcar
- Rex Beach (1877–1949), American author
- Sylvia Beach (1887–1962), editor and bookseller
- Walter Beach (born 1933), American football player
- William Beach (c. 1816–1860), New York politician
- Zenas Beach (1825–1898), Wisconsin politician
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
- Beaches (film), a 1988 film starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
- Beaches (2017 film), a 2017 television remake of the 1988 film, starring Idina Menzel and Nia Long
- The Beach (film), a 2000 film starring Leonardo DiCaprio
Literature
- Beaches (novel), a 1986 novel by Iris Rainer Dart
- The Beach (novel), a 1996 novel by Alex Garland
Other arts, entertainment, and media
- Beach music
- Beaches (soundtrack), the soundtrack to the 1988 film
- Sebastian Beach, Lord Emsworth's butler in the stories of P. G. Wodehouse
Other uses
- Beaching (nautical), to lay a vessel ashore or ground it deliberately
- Cetacean stranding when a whale beaches itself
- Wader, also known as beach bird
See also
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