Rainbow (disambiguation)

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The Rainbow is a novel by D. H. Lawrence.

A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon that appears as a multicolored arc that forms with the sunlight reflecting off water.

Rainbow may also refer to:

Art, entertainment, and media

Brands and enterprises

• Rainbow (vacuum cleaner), a water filter vacuum cleaner by Rexair
• Rainbow Babies & Children's Hospital, a hospital in Ohio, United States
• Rainbow Bar and Grill, a bar and restaurant in West Hollywood, California, United States
• Rainbow Centre, Karachi, a building in Karachi, Pakistan
• Rainbow Foods, a Minnesota grocery store
• Rainbow Media Holdings, now AMC Networks, formerly a subsidiary of Cablevision
• Rainbow Room, an upscale restaurant and nightclub in Rockefeller Center, Midtown Manhattan, New York City
• Rainbow S.r.l., Italian animation studio
• Rainbow Sandals, a footwear brand
• Rainbow Shops, a fashion retail chain
• Rainbow Stores, a supermarket chain owned by Anglia Regional Co-operative Society
• Rainbow Ski Area, a ski resort in the Tasman Region of New Zealand's South Island
• Rainbow Theatre, a building in the Finsbury Park area of North London, UK

Computing

• Rainbow 100, a microcomputer
• Rainbow storage
• Rainbow table, a data structure used in password cracking
• Rainbow, an application using the Okapi Framework

Flags

• Rainbow flag (LGBT movement), symbol of diversity in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities
• Rainbow flags, flags used in various cultures and movements

Military

• AGM-136 Tacit Rainbow, a missile program
• Goodyear L class blimp, Rainbow, World War II US Navy designation L-7
• Operation Rainbow (2004), an Israel military operation in Gaza Strip
• Project RAINBOW, a CIA project
• Rainbow Sideboys, an honor guard used on aircraft carriers
• Rainbow Codes, a series of code names used for British military projects
• Rainbow Herbicides, a form of herbicidal warfare
• Rainbow Plans, a series of U.S. war plans
• XF-12 Rainbow, a 1940s military reconnaissance aircraft

Organizations

• RAINBO, an international non-governmental organization
• Rainbow (Girl Guides), a youth organization in the UK
• Rainbow (Iceland), an Icelander eurosceptic and socialist party
• Rainbow (Greece), a Greek regionalist political party
• Green-Rainbow Party, a Massachusetts, US political party
• Mizrahi Democratic Rainbow Coalition in Israel
• National Rainbow Coalition, a former Kenyan political alliance
• Rainbow Family, a loosely affiliated group of individuals committed to principles of non-violence and egalitarianism
• Rainbow Motorcycle Club, a gay men's motorcycle club based in San Francisco, California
• Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, a US political organization
• Rainbow Saver Anglia Credit Union, a financial co-operative, based in Lowestoft, United Kingdom
• Rainbows (charity), a youth grief support

People

• Rainbow Rowell (born 1973), American author of YA and adult contemporary novels
• Rainbow (musician), member of the Birthday Massacre
• Jeramy "Rainbow" Gritter, member of Whitestarr
• Bernarr Rainbow (1914–1998), organist and choir master
• William Joseph Rainbow (1856–1919), Australian entomologist
• Edward Rainbowe (1608–1684), Bishop of Carlisle
• Rainbow Sun Francks (born 1979), Canadian actor and songwriter

Places

Ships

• Rainbow (1837 ship), iron paddle-wheel steamer, Birkenhead, England
• Rainbow (clipper), the first extreme clipper ship to sail in the China trade (1845)
• Rainbow (sternwheeler), steamboat which operated in Oregon, United States
• Rainbow (yacht), J-class yacht involved in the America's Cup
• HMCS Rainbow, one of two Canadian warships
• HMS Rainbow, one of nine British warships
• MV Rainbow, a Greek ship
• USS Rainbow (AS-7), a ship of the United States Navy

Transportation

• Rainbow BRTS, a Bus Rapid Transit System in Pune and Pimpri Chinchwad cities, in western India

Other uses

• Human rainbow, a rainbow pattern formed by people
• Rainbow (Netherlands), 1989 alliance of Dutch political parties
• Rainbow Gatherings, a series of temporary intentional communities
• Rainbow kick or rainbow flick, a football trick
• Rainbow nation, a term describing post-apartheid South Africa

See also

• Over the Rainbow (disambiguation)
• Rainbow Coalition (disambiguation)
• Rainbow Warrior (disambiguation)
• Rainbows in culture
• Rainbows in mythology