Superior

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Superior may refer to

• superior (hierarchy), in a hierarchical structure of any kind, a superior is above a subordinate and closer to the apex
• superior is the generic term, and in some cases the formal title, for the head of a monastery or other local unit of a religious order or congregation, e.g. abbot and prior, while a general superior and a provincial superior, exercise a supervisory role in a religious order or congregation viz. a territorial part of it (called ecclesiastical province)
• Standard Superior, a German automobile brand built in the 1920s that may have been a forerunner of the Volkswagen Beetle
• Superior Coach Company, a former manufacturer of school buses and that currently builds hearses
• Superior (band), a progressive metal band from Germany
• Superior Worldwide Corporation, resort and land developer.
• a party enjoying military superiority, the dominance of one military over another in any given conflict: see air superiority and command of the sea

"Superior" is commonly used as an adjective: see All pages beginning with "superior"

• Superior is also used anatomically, meaning above or in a higher position on the body (when the body is in its anatomical position). The head is the most superior part of the body.

[edit] Geographical locations

• Lake Superior, the largest of the North American Great Lakes

Superior is also the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Superior, Arizona
• Superior, Colorado
• Superior, Iowa
• Superior Township, Chippewa County, Michigan
• Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan
• Superior, Montana
• Superior, Nebraska
• Superior, Wisconsin
• Superior (town), Wisconsin
• Superior (village), Wisconsin
• Superior, Wyoming

• Some inhabitants of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan have proposed seceding from Michigan to form a new U.S. state called Superior (proposed state).