Wing (disambiguation)

A wing is an appendage used for flight by an animal or an apparatus used to create lift in aeronautics or a way to increase width (leverage) on a sailboat.

Wing may also refer to:

Animals

• Bird wing
• Insect wing

Places

England

• Wing, Buckinghamshire, England
• Wing, Rutland, England

United States

• Wing, Alabama, United States
• Wing, North Dakota, United States

People with the name

• Wing (singer) (born 1960), the stage name of Wing Han Tsang, a New Zealand singer from Hong Kong
• Amelia Kempshall Wing (1837-1927), American author and philanthropist
• Anna Wing (1914–2013), English actress
• Brad Wing (born 1991), American-football player from Australia
• Craig Wing (born 1979), rugby league player for the Sydney Roosters
• Donald Wing (1904–1972), Yale Librarian, compiler of a notable short title catalogue of books
• Helen Wing ( (1892 – 1981) American author, composer, and pianist
• Jeannette Wing, computer science researcher and corporate vice president of Microsoft Research
• Jerry L. Wing (1923–1994), American businessman and politician
• Joseph Wing (1810–1898), and William Ricketson Wing (1830–1908), owners of whaling company J. & W. R. Wing Company
• Lorna Wing (1928–2014), Asperger syndrome researcher
• Toby Wing (1915–2001), American actress
• Warner Wing (1805–1876), American jurist and legislator
• Wings Hauser (1805–1876), American actor and occasional director

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional characters

• Wing (DC Comics), a DC Comics character
• Wing (Hunter × Hunter), a character from the manga series Hunter × Hunter
• Wing (Transformers), a character from the Transformers universe
• Colleen Wing, a samurai in the Marvel Comics universe
• Cure Wing, a character in Soaring Sky! Pretty Cure

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• Wings (1990 TV series), American sitcom television series that ran for eight seasons on NBC
• Wing (poetry collection), by Matthew Francis
• "Wing" (South Park), an episode of South Park featuring the singer Wing
• Wing (waltz), a ballroom dance move
• WING, an AM radio station in Dayton, Ohio
• Wing Records, a record label
• "Wing", a song by Patti Smith from Gone Again, 1996

Brands and enterprises

• Wing (company), a subsidiary of Alphabet
• T-Mobile Wing, a Pocket PC phone
• The Wing (workspace), a women-focused co-working space in the United States

Computing

• WinG, a Windows interface in computing
• Wing IDE, an integrated development environment for Python

Transportation

• Wing, another term for fender, the panel which surrounds the wheel on a motor vehicle
• Wing, a type of spoiler, an aerodynamic device intended to generate downforce on a motor vehicle
• Wing configuration, is an aircraft design for fixed-wing aircraft, pertaining to its arrangement of lifting and related surfaces

Other uses

• Wing (basketball), a combination shooting guard and small forward
• Wing (building), part of a building subordinate to the main
• Wing (military unit), a unit of command, usually comprising two or more squadrons; the associated rank is Wing commander (rank)
• Wing, part of the backplate and wing device worn by scuba divers
• Wing, one of several botanical terms
• Wing, a slang term for a human arm

See also

• Left wing
• Right wing
• Take Wing
• Wing and a Prayer (disambiguation)
• Winger (sports), a position in several sports
• Wings (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Wing
• All pages with titles containing Wing