Sphinx (disambiguation)

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A sphinx is a mythical creature with the head of a human and the body of a lion.

Sphinx or Sphynx may also refer to:

In Egypt

• Great Sphinx of Giza, the giant Sphinx statue near the Great Pyramids
• Sphinx of Memphis, a stone sphinx located near the ruins of Memphis
• Sphinx International Airport, a public airport serving the city of Giza

Geographic features

Antarctica

• Mount Sphinx, in the Prince de Ligne Mountains, Queen Maud Land
• Sphinx Hill, King George Island, South Shetland Islands
• Sphinx Island, Graham Land
• Sphinx Mountain, in the Wohlthat Mountains, Queen Maud Land
• Sphinx Peak, Victoria Land

Canada

• The Sphinx (British Columbia), a mountain in British Columbia
• Sphinx Dome, a lava dome in British Columbia

Europe

• Sphinx (Romania), a natural rock formation in the Carpathian Mountains
• Sphinx (Scotland), meteorological feature in the Cairngorms
• Sphinx, a Turkish rock outcrop in ANZAC Cove

United States

• The Sphinx (Kings Canyon National Park), in California
• The Sphinx (Wyoming), a mountain in the Wind River Range
• Sphinx Mountain (Madison County, Montana)

Arts and entertainment

Fictional entities

• Sphinx (Marvel Comics), two Marvel Comics characters
• S.P.H.I.N.X., an organization in The Venture Bros.
• The Sphinx, a character in the 1999 film Mystery Men
• Sphinx, a character in the TV series Mahō Sentai Magiranger

Film and television

• The Sphinx (1916 film), an American lost silent film
• The Sphinx (1920 film), an Italian silent film
• The Sphinx (1933 film), an American film directed by Phil Rosen
• Sphinx (film), a 1981 American film adaptation of Robin Cook's novel (see below)
• "Sphinx" (Space Ghost Coast to Coast), a television episode
• "The Sphinx" (Extreme Ghostbusters), a television episode

Literature and periodicals

• Sphinx (novel), a 1979 novel by Robin Cook
• The Sphinx (Aeschylus), a fragmentary satyr play in the Seven Against Thebes trilogy
• The Sphinx (magazine), a 1902–1953 magazine for magicians
• The Sphinx (poem), an 1894 poem by Oscar Wilde
• The Sphinx, an 1846 short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Sphinx, a journal of Alpha Phi Alpha

Music

• Sphynx (band), a 1990s American dance music act
• The Sphinx (album), a 2011 album, or the title song, by Sananda Maitreya (Terence Trent D'Arby)
• The Sphinx – Das Beste aus den Jahren 1976–1983, a 2006 album by Amanda Lear
• Sphynx (album), a 2003 album by Melechesh
• "The Sphinx" (song), a 1978 song by Amanda Lear

Other media

• Sphinx (Marc Quinn sculpture), a 2006 sculpture of Kate Moss
• Sphinx, a 1984 role-playing game
• The Sphinx, a 2013 sculpture produced by Banksy during the Better Out Than In residency in New York City

Organisations

• Sphinx (senior society), a secret society at Dartmouth College
• Sphinx Senior Society, a senior society at the University of Pennsylvania
• Sphinx Organization, aiding the development of young Black and Latino classical musicians
• Sphinx Resources, a Canadian mining company
• Sphinx Systems, a Swiss firearms manufacturer

Science and technology

• Sphinx (gene), a non-coding RNA in Drosophila
• Sphinx (moth), the common name of many moths in the family Sphingidae
  • Sphinx (genus), a genus of moths in the family Sphingidae
• Sphinx (satellite), an American test satellite
• Sphynx cat, a breed of hairless cat
• Sphinx tiling, a geometric tiling using the "sphinx" hexiamond

Computing

• Sphinx (documentation generator), a free, open-source, extensible documentation generator
• Sphinx (home automation system), a conceptual home environment designed in the Soviet Union in 1987
• Sphinx (search engine), an SQL full-text search engine
• CMU Sphinx, a free voice recognition engine from Carnegie Mellon University
• Sphinx, codename for Microsoft SQL Server 7.0; see History of Microsoft SQL Server

Transport

• CSS Sphynx, later the Japanese ironclad Kōtetsu, a 19th-century warship
• HMS Sphinx, several ships of the Royal Navy
• French ship Sphinx, several ships of the French Navy
• La Mouette Sphinx, a French hang glider design

Other uses

• Le Sphinx, a Paris brothel founded in 1931
• Sphinx Ting, Taiwanese actor and model
• Sphinx, a typeface produced by Deberny & Peignot
• Sphinx, a disc golf fairway driver by Infinite Discs
• Sphinx, a nickname for Franklin D. Roosevelt, the 32nd president of United States
• Sphinx Observatory at the Jungfraujoch glacier saddle in Switzerland

See also

• All pages with titles containing Sphinx
• SPHINCS
• Sfinks (disambiguation)
• Sfinx (disambiguation)

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