Strand

The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: Strand and strand.

Strand can be

Topography

  • The flat area of land that touches a body of water
  • Strand swamp, a type of swamp habitat in Florida

Places

Africa

  • Strand, Western Cape, a seaside town in South Africa
  • Strand Street, a road in Cape Town, South Africa

Asia

  • A park alongside the river Ganges in Chandannagar, India
  • Strand Road, Kolkata, a road alongside the river Ganges in Kolkata, India

Australia

  • The Strand Arcade, a Victorian shopping arcade in Sydney, Australia
  • The Strand, Townsville, a beachside foreshore in Townsville, Australia
  • The Strand, Auckland, a street in Auckland, New Zealand
  • The Strand Station, the former main railway station of Auckland, New Zealand, known as The Strand for excursion trains

Europe

  • Strand (island), a German island that was split into two by the Burchardi Flood of 1634
  • Ștrand, a district of Sibiu, Romania
  • Štrand, a beach on the Danube in Novi Sad, Serbia
  • Strand, Akershus, a village area in Bærum municipality in Viken county, Norway
  • Strand, Friesland, a hamlet in Súdwest-Fryslân, Friesland, the Netherlands
  • Strand, Nordland, a village in Sortland municipality in Nordland county, Norway
  • Strand, Norway, a municipality in Rogaland county
  • Strand, Vestfold, a village in Sandefjord municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway

United Kingdom

  • Strand (UK Parliament constituency)
  • Strand, County Down, a townland in County Down, Northern Ireland
  • Strand, London, a street in Central London
  • New Strand Shopping Centre, a shopping centre in Bootle, Merseyside
  • St Mary le Strand (parish)
  • Strand District (Metropolis), a local government district within the metropolitan area of London, England, from 1855 to 1900
  • The Strand, recreation area in Gillingham, Kent

North America

Canada

  • Strand Fiord Pass, a pass on Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut, Canada

United States

  • Strand, Iowa
  • Grand Strand, a stretch of beaches in North and South Carolina
  • Silver Strand (San Diego), or The Strand, a narrow isthmus connecting Coronado Island with Imperial Beach, California
  • Strand National Historic Landmark District, a neighborhood in Galveston, Texas
  • The Strand (bicycle path), a pedestrian/bike path along the coast of the South Bay, Los Angeles

Biology

  • Coding strand, a strand of DNA
  • A strand of hair

Other uses

  • Strand (programming language), a parallel programming system
  • Strand (surname)
  • Strand, part of an electrical cable
  • Strand (mathematics), part of a knot as meant in the definition of tricolorability