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Magnum, from the Latin for 'great', may refer to:
Businesses and organizations
- Magnum Research, a firearms maker
- Magnum Semiconductor, a spin-off of Cirrus Logic
- Magnum Photos, a photojournalist cooperative
- Magnum Corporation, a Malaysian gaming company
Art and entertainment
Music
- Magnum (band), English rock band
- Magnum (rock musician) (born 1973), stage name of Sami Wolking
- Magnum St.Pierre (1971–2008), American record producer based in San Francisco
- Jeff Magnum, former bassist of The Dead Boys
Other uses in arts and entertainment
- Magnum Force The 2nd of five Dirty Harry movies, starring Clint Eastwood as San Francisco policeman, Harry Callahan. The title refers to Harry's use of a .44 Magnum gun.
- Magnum Force (album), the second album from hip hop duo Heltah Skeltah
- Magnum (Transformers), a fictional characters and commander of the Autobots
- Magnum, a member of the Elementals in Marvel Comics
- Magnum, P.I., a 1980s American crime drama
- Thomas Magnum, the lead character
- Magnum P.I. (2018 TV series), its remake
- Moses Magnum, a Marvel Comics villain
- Magnum T.A. (born 1959), ring name of professional wrestler Terry Wayne Allen
- Magnum XL-200, a roller coaster at Cedar Point
In science and technology
Vehicles
- Chevrolet Optra Magnum, a car
- Chrysler LA engine, line
- Dodge Magnum, a car
- Dynamic Sport Magnum, a Polish paraglider design
- MV Magnum, a 1979 Cambodian cargo ship
- O'Neill Magnum, AKA Magnum Jake and Magnum Pickup, an airplane
- Rayton-Fissore Magnum, an Italian luxury off-roader
- TES 28 Magnam, a Polish sailboat design
- Renault Magnum, a truck
- Vauxhall Magnum, a car
- Yakovlev Yak-30 (1960), a Soviet military trainer aircraft
Other uses in science and technology
- Os magnum or capitate bone, the largest of the carpal bones in the human hand
- Magnum (rocket), a rocket designed by NASA during the 1990s
- Magnum (satellite), a class of U.S. reconnaissance satellite
- Foramen magnum, a large opening in the occipital bone of the cranium
- Magnum cartridge, a type of firearms cartridge
- MIPS Magnum, a type of computer workstation
- Multicolor Active Galactic Nuclei Monitoring, a telescope in Hawaii
Other products
- Magnum (condom), manufactured by Trojan
- Magnum (ice cream), owned by Unilever
- Magnum, a 1.5-litre size of wine bottle
- Magnum hops, used in the brewing of beer
- Sharpie (marker) Magnum, Permanent Marker
- Magnum engine
- Magnum, series of pistol ammunition types
People
- H Magnum, French rapper originating from the Ivory Coast
- Dave Magnum (born 1962), former political candidate in Wisconsin
- Magnum Membrere (born 1982), Filipino basketball player
- Magnum Rolle (born 1986), Bahamian basketball player
- Magnum Tokyo (born 1973), Japanese professional wrestler
Other uses
- Magnum (unit), a UK bottle size for wine and champagne
- Magnum, NATO code for an AGM-88 or anti-radiation missile launch
- "Magnum opus", a work or art considered the greatest work of a person's career or to a work of outstanding skill
- Magnum opus (alchemy), the creation of the philosopher's stone
See also
- O magnum mysterium, a Christian liturgical chant
- Magna (disambiguation)
- Magnus (disambiguation)
- Magnum opus (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with Magnum
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