titan

1 a person of exceptional importance and reputation [syn: colossus, behemoth, giant, heavyweight]

2 (Greek mythology) any of the primordial giant gods who ruled the Earth until overthrown by Zeus; the Titans were offspring of Uranus (Heaven) and Gaea (Earth)

3 the largest of the satellites of Saturn; has a hazy nitrogen atmosphere

see Titan

English

Pronunciation

• , /ˈtaɪtən/, /"taIt@n/

Homophones

• tighten
• Titan

Noun

1. Something or someone of very large stature, greatness, or godliness.

Derived terms

• titanic
• titanium

Translations

Czech

Noun

titan

1. titanium

Miskito

Noun

1. morning

Romanian

Noun

1. titanium

Vietnamese

Noun

titan

1. titanium

Titan refers to:

Mythology

• Titan (mythology), a class of deity preceding the Olympians in Greek mythology
• Helios, Greek sun-deity sometimes referred to as "Titan"

People

• Titan, a Gladiator played by Michael O'Hearn in the 2008 TV series "American Gladiators"

Music

• Symphony No. 1 (Mahler), nicknamed "Titan"
• Tit%C3%A3s, a Brazilian Pop/Rock band
• Titán, the Mexican band

Science

• Titan beetle, the largest beetle in the Amazon rainforest
• Titan (moon), largest satellite of the planet Saturn

Military

• USS Titan (AGOS-15), a ship in the United States Navy
• Titan (rocket family)
• Titan, a British merchant ship torpedoed in 1940 whose survivors were resucued by
• HMH-769, United States Marine Corps helicopter squadron known as Titan.

Fiction

Reading

• Titan (Imperial Guard), a member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guards in the Marvel Universe
• Titan (DC comics), the moon of Saturn, as depicted in the fictional universe of DC Comics
• Titan (Marvel Comics), the moon of Saturn, as depicted in the fictional universe of Marvel Comics
• Titan (Stephen Baxter), a science fiction novel by Stephen Baxter
• Titan (John Varley), the first book in the Gaea Trilogy, by science fiction author John Varley
• Titans (comics), also known as The Teen Titans, a group of DC Comics superheroes
• Titan (Comics Greatest World), a superhero turned supervillain in the Dark Horse Comics imprint Comics' Greatest World
• Titan (Dune), a group of immortal cymeks in Brian Herbert's and Kevin J. Anderson's book The Butlerian Jihad
• Titan (Ben Bova), a novel in the "Grand Tour" series
• The Titan, a novel by Theodore Dreiser
• The Titan (collection), a collection of short stories by P. Schuyler Miller
• Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan, 1898 novella written by Morgan Robertson

Television

• Titan A.E., an animated sci-fi space adventure movie
• USS Titan (Star Trek), a Starfleet ship in Star Trek
• Titans (TV series), starring Casper Van Dien and Yasmine Bleeth
• Titans (Canadian TV series), hosted by Patrick Watson

Otherwise

• Titans, an elite counter-insurgency group in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
• Hades God Titan of the Infershia Pantheon from Mahou Sentai Magiranger
• Titan, a fictional planet of the Warhammer 40,000 table-top game
• Titan, the moon of Saturn, depicted as the stage for a massive war in the years preceding the anime Cowboy Bebop
• Titan, British bank note with a nominal value of 100 million Pounds Sterling
• Titan Prison, a new form of large prison in the UK being proposed and consulted

Geography

• Titan, Bucharest, a neighbourhood
• Titan metro station, located in the Titan neighbourhood of Bucharest
• Titan (cave), in Derbyshire, the largest known pitch in the United Kingdom
• Titan, Afghanistan

Gaming

• Titan (game), a fantasy war board game
• Titan (world), the Fighting Fantasy Game Books world that was created by Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone
• Titan (Dungeons & Dragons), a Dungeons & Dragons race of Outsiders
• Titan (Warhammer 40,000), massive walking war-engines armed with powerful weapons
• Titans (Warcraft), a race of beings that shape worlds in order to encourage the development of sentient life
• Titan (game engine), a game engine developed by Stainless Steel Studios
• Titan (1989 computer game), an obscure Arkanoid/Breakout-clone made by Titus
• Titan (Final Fantasy character), a summoned beast in the Final Fantasy series
• Age of Mythology: The Titans, an expansion pack to the game Age of Mythology
• The titan reactor on explorer-class science vessels in the science-fiction series StarCraft.
• Titan, the strongest upgraded unit of the Tower town in the Heroes of Might and Magic series
• Titans, the largest ship class in EVE Online
• Titan (Battlefield 2142), huge transport and assault vehicles in Battlefield 2142
• Titan, GDI's Medium Battle Mechanized Walker in Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun and Command & Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath
• Crash of the Titans, a Crash Bandicoot game
• Titans (Crash of the Titans) The lead enemies in the video game Crash of the Titans
• Resident Evil Outbreak File 2 Titan, aka Oscar, is Raccon City's zombified elephant
• Titan Quest, a PC action role-playing game developed by Iron Lore Entertainment

Sports

• Acadie-Bathurst Titan, hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
• Gold Coast Titans, Australian rugby league team
• Titans cricket team, the Nashua Titans, a South African cricket team based in Centurion and Benoni
• Tennessee Titans, American football team in the National Football League
• New York Titans, former name of the New York Jets, an American football team
• New York Titans (NLL), a team in the National Lacrosse League
• California State University, Fullerton's athletic teams, nicknamed "The Titans"
• University of Detroit Mercy Titans
• The Wilbraham & Monson Academy Titans, Wilbraham, Massachusetts
• The St. John's Jesuit High School and Academy Titans, in Toledo, Ohio
• The Syracuse High School Titans, located in Syracuse, Utah
• The T. C. Williams High School Titans, located in Alexandria, Virginia
• The West Forsyth High School Titans, located in Clemmons, North Carolina
• Wichita South High School Titans, located in Wichita, Kansas
• Todd Beamer High School Titans, located in Federal Way, Washington
• University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Titans, collegiate teams from Wisconsin.

Companies and products

• Chevrolet Titan, a cabover tractor-trailer truck made by Chevrolet from 1968-1988
• Leyland Titan (B15) and Leyland Titan, Leyland's double-deck buses
• Nissan Titan, a full-size pickup truck for the North American market
• Titan Aircraft, a company specializing in ultralight aircraft kits
• Titan Airways, a charter airline
• Titan Books, a UK publisher of Titan Magazines graphic novels
• Titan Cement, an international cement company.
• Titan Corporation, a private military contractor
• Titan Industries, an Indian watchmaker
• TITAN2D, software application; a numerical code for simulating granular avalanches.
• Titan (roller coaster), at Six Flags Over Texas, produced by Giovanola
• Titan (computer), prototype Atlas 2 computer developed in the early 1960s
• Titan, a South Devon Railway Gorgon class 4-4-0ST steam locomotive
• Terex Titan 33-19, largest dump truck in the world, one-of-a-kind, parked in Sparwood, BC, Canada
• Titan Sports, the former parent company of World Wrestling Federation Entertainment Inc, now World Wrestling Entertainment Inc
• Volkswagen Titan, a truck from Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles

See also

• Titanium, a light, strong, lustrous, corrosion-resistant metal
• Titanic (disambiguation)

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