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'''Hotchkiss''' may refer to:
'''Hotchkiss''' may refer to:
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==Places==
* [[Benjamin B. Hotchkiss]] - a 19th century American engineer
=== Canada ===
** [[Hotchkiss et Cie]] - Hotchkiss Company, a French arms and car manufacturer set up by Benjamin Hotchkiss; full name: Société Anonyme des Anciens Etablissements Hotchkiss et Cie
*** [[Hotchkiss gun]] - a product of the Hotchkiss company
* [[Hotchkiss, Alberta]]
*** [[Hotchkiss machine gun]] - a product of the Hotchkiss company
* [[Hotchkiss, Calgary]]
*** [[Hotchkiss (automobile)]] - a product of the Hotchkiss company
*** [[Hotchkiss drive]] - Automotive [[power transmission]] first used by the Hotchkiss company
** [[Maria Bissell Hotchkiss]] - wife of Benjamin B. Hotchkiss and founder of Hotchkiss School and Hotchkiss Library
***The [[Hotchkiss School]] - a preparatory school in [[Connecticut]], [[USA]]
* [[Jedediah Hotchkiss]] - a [[cartographer]] for the [[Confederate States Army|Confederate Army]] during the [[American Civil War]]
* [[William Hotchkiss III]] - former commanding general of the [[Philippine Air Force]]
* [[Hotchkiss, Colorado]] - a town in the [[USA]]
* ''[[Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School]]'', two films, from 1990 and 2005


=== United States ===
"Hotchkiss" (ホチキス or alternatively ホッチキス) is also the generic name for office [[stapler]]s in [[Japan]] and [[Korea]], probably deriving from the brand name stamped on the stapler, in much the same way as "[[Hoover]]" is used as a generic name for vacuum cleaners in the UK. The name derives from an American company named [[E H Hotchkiss]] which made staplers. [http://www.jekai.org/entries/aa/00/np/aa00np69.htm]
* [[Hotchkiss, Colorado]]
* [[Hotchkiss, Virginia]]
* [[Hotchkiss, West Virginia]]


==Business and industry==
The [[surname]] "Hotchkiss" is a variant of [[Hodgkin]].
* [[Automobiles Hotchkiss]], a French automobile manufacturer
* [[Hotchkiss et Cie]], a French armaments manufacturer
* [[Hotchkiss Ordnance Company]], an English armaments manufacturer


==Military==
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* [[Hotchkiss H35]], a French tank of World War II
* [[Hotchkiss gun]]
** [[Hotchkiss machine gun]], including a list of variants
* [[Hotchkiss M201]], a French light transport vehicle


==Other uses==
[[es:Hotchkiss]]
* [[Hotchkiss (surname)]]
[[ko:호치키스]]
* [[Hotchkiss drive]], a form of automobile power transmission and suspension.
* [[Hotchkiss Bicycle Railroad]] in Smithville, Burlington County, New Jersey, U.S.
* [[Hotchkiss School]], a private school in Lakeville, Connecticut, U.S.
* [[Rebecca Hotchkiss]], a character on the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama ''Passions''

==See also==
* [[Hodgkin]], a surname

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