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'''[[Mavis]]''' is a feminine given name.
For the given name and list of namesakes see '''[[Mavis]]'''.


'''Mavis''' may also refer to:
'''Mavis''' may also refer to:


==Places==
In '''geography''':
*[[Mavis (crater)]], a small lunar [[Lunar crater|crater]] adjacent to Mons La Hire
*[[Mavis (crater)]], a small lunar crater
*[[1607 Mavis]], an asteroid, discovered in 1950
*[[Mavis Banks]], Jamaican coffee growing community
*[[Mavis Enderby]], village in Lincolnshire, England
*[[Mavis Grind]], an isthmus in the Shetland Islands isthmus
*[[Mavis Road]], a street in Peel Region, Ontario, Canada


==Surname==
In '''computer science''':
*[[Andrew Mavis]] (born 1976), Canadian basketball player who competed in the 2000 Olympics
*[[Mavis (P2P)]], a peer-to-peer (P2P) proxy sharing program
*[[Eylem Elif Maviş]] (born 1973), first Turkish woman mountaineer to climb Mount Everest
*[[MaVIS]], (Market Volatility and Information System) a distributed system for pricing financial instruments
*[[Mavis Beacon Teaches Typing]], a software program for teaching touch typing


==Other uses==
In '''others''':
*"Mavis", Allied codename for the World War II Japanese [[Kawanishi H6K]] flying boat
*"Mavis", Allied codename for the World War II Japanese [[Kawanishi H6K]] flying boat
*Mavis, the Old English name for the [[Song Thrush]] (''turdus philomelos'') still used by some dialects in the UK
*Mavis, the Old English name for the [[song thrush]] (''Turdus philomelos''), still used by some dialects in the UK
*MAVIS, acronym for the Mobility Advice and Vehicle Information Service in the UK
*MAVIS, acronym for Mothers Against Violence in Schools
*''[[The Mavis Bramston Show]]'' (1964–1968), an Australian television satire
*Mavis of Meath (horse), winner of the 1900 [[Irish Grand National]].
*[[The Mavis's]], an Australian alternative rock band
*[[The Mavis's]], an Australian alternative rock band
*[[Cyclone Mavis (1965)]], west of Australia - see [[List of historical tropical cyclone names]]
*The [[list of tropical cyclones]] records two ''Cyclone Mavis''es in the Australian region, dated 1965 and 1971
*[[Cyclone Mavis (1971)]]
*The [[List of Empire ships - M]] lists an ''Empire Mavis'' (under several other names) operated by the UK [[Ministry of War Transport]] during the [[Second World War]]
*[[Mavis Mill]], a Lancashire cotton spinning mill
*[[1607 Mavis]] is an asteroid, discovered in 1950
*''Empire Mavis'', a British ship - see [[List of Empire ships (M)]]
*[[Mavis Mill, Coppull]] is a Lancashire cotton spinning mill
*[[Mavis Discount Tires]], an American tire retailing company
*Mavis Worthington, a [[Nottingham Express Transit]] high speed tram


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Latest revision as of 20:46, 21 November 2020

Mavis is a feminine given name.

Mavis may also refer to:

Places

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Surname

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  • Andrew Mavis (born 1976), Canadian basketball player who competed in the 2000 Olympics
  • Eylem Elif Maviş (born 1973), first Turkish woman mountaineer to climb Mount Everest

Other uses

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