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Vulcan, in Roman mythology, was the god of fire and volcanoes, and the manufacturer of art, arms, iron, and armor for gods and heroes.
Vulcan may also refer to:
[edit] Places
- Vulcan, Alberta, Canada
- Vulcan, Romania, in Hunedoara County in the Jiu Valley
- Vulcan, Braşov, also in Romania in Braşov County
- Vulcan, Michigan, United States
- Vulcan, Missouri, United States
- Vulcan (volcano), a volcano in Papua New Guinea
- Vulcano, a small volcanic island in the Tyrrhenian Sea
- HMS Vulcan, a Royal Navy shore establishment at Dounreay, Scotland, dedicated to the development of nuclear power
[edit] Companies
- Vulcanair, an Italian based manufacturer of light twin-engined aircraft that took over Partenavia
- Vulcan (cars), a Southport, England based car manufacturer
- Vulcan Corporation, a materials manufacturing company in Clarksville, Tennessee
- Vulcan Foundry, a former British locomotive builder
- Vulcan Iron Works, a former United States locomotive builder
- Vulcan Materials Company, a construction materials company headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama
- Vulcan Inc., an investment company formed by Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen
- Stettiner Vulcan AG, a former shipyard in Hamburg, Germany
- Vulcan (shipyard) (1857–1944), the shipyard in Szczecin, Poland
- Vulcan Media, an educational software company from Poland
- Vulcan Software, a British computer game company
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[edit] Other uses
- Vulcan statue, the largest cast iron statue in the world and the symbol of Birmingham, Alabama
- Vulcan of the alchemists, the patron deity associated with Paracelsian alchemy
- Birmingham Vulcans, a 1975 World Football League team
- M61 Vulcan, a 20mm six-barreled gatling gun
- Vulcan M-11-9, a semi-automatic, closed bolt pistol manufactured by Vulcan Armament
- The Vulcans, an informal name of George W. Bush's foreign policy advisory team for the 2000 U.S. presidential election
- The Vulcan, an occasional magazine from various organizations within the Young Fine Gael, the youth wing of the Irish Fine Gael political party
- Vulcan, the title of an EP and a song by the rock band Snake River Conspiracy
- Operation Vulcan, Allied action in Tunisia during World War II
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