Cyclone (disambiguation)

A cyclone is an area of closed, circular fluid motion characterized by inwardly spiraling winds.

Cyclone may also refer to:

In the military

• Caudron C.714 Cyclone, an unsuccessful French fighter aircraft which saw some use early in World War II
• Sikorsky CH-148 Cyclone, Canadian Forces Air Command designation for the Sikorsky H-92 Superhawk helicopter
• Cyclone-class patrol ship
  • USS Cyclone (PC-1), a United States Navy coastal patrol ship
• Operation Cyclone, the Allied World War II assault on the Pacific island of Noemfoor - see Battle of Noemfoor
• nickname of the 38th Infantry Division (United States)

Transportation

Land

• Cyclone (motorcycle), manufactured from 1912 through 1917
• Buell M2 Cyclone motorcycle, produced from 1997 to 2003
• Mercury Cyclone, a former mid-size muscle car
• Cadillac Cyclone, a 1959 concept car designed by Harley Earl
• Ford Cyclone engine, the codename of the Duratec 35
• Raleigh Cyclone, a model of mountain bike

Air

• Wright Cyclone series, a family of piston engines for aircraft in the 1930s and 1940s
• St-Just Cyclone, a Canadian kit aircraft

Technology

• CYCLONE, an early computer
• Cyclone (programming language), a "safe" dialect of C
• "The Cyclone", a line of CD burners manufactured by TDK Corporation
• Cyclone, a family of field-programmable gate arrays from Altera
• CYCLONE (CYClic Operations NEtwork), construction simulation software developed at Purdue University
• Cyclone, a cylinder used for cyclonic separation, a method for removing particles from an air, gas or liquid stream without using filters

Sports teams

United States

• Iowa State Cyclones, the Iowa State University sports teams
• Brooklyn Cyclones, a minor league baseball team
• Cincinnati Cyclones, a minor league hockey team
• Connecticut Cyclones, a team of the Women's Football Alliance
• Conway Cyclones, a former American Basketball Association team based in Conway, Arkansas - see List of former American Basketball Association teams
• H-Town Texas Cyclones, a former Independent Women's Football League team based in Houston, Texas
• Jacksonville Cyclones, a defunct American soccer team
• LA Pama Cyclones, a professional roller hockey team based in Los Angeles
• Twin City Cyclones, a former minor league ice hockey team based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Canada

• Cypress Cyclones, a Junior ice hockey franchise from Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
• La Salle Cyclones, a former Junior "A" ice hockey team in LaSalle, Quebec
• Listowel Cyclones, a Junior ice hockey team based in Listowel, Ontario
• Tamworth Cyclones, a former Junior ice hockey team based in Tamworth, Ontario

Elsewhere

• Cairns Cyclones, a former Australian rugby league team (1996-2000)
• Queensland Cyclones, a broomball team
• Cyclones of Chittagong, a Bangladeshi cricket team
• Zhejiang Golden Bulls, formerly the Zhejiang Cyclones (1999-2000), a Chinese Basketball Association team

Music

• The Cyclones, a New York City rock and roll band in the late 1970s and early 1980s
• Cyclone (Tangerine Dream album)
• Cyclone (Baby Bash album), a 2007 album by Baby Bash
• "Cyclone" (song), a 2007 song by Baby Bash
• "Cyclone", a 2009 song by Bruce Hornsby & The Noisemakers from the "Levitate" album.
• "Cyclone", a song by Dub Pistols
• "Cyclone", a song by Japanese band 12012
• "Cyclone", a song by street metal band StillWell
• Fender Cyclone, an electric guitar

Films

• The Cyclone (1920 film), a 1920 American drama film directed by Clifford Smith
• Cyclone (1978 film), starring Arthur Kennedy and Carroll Baker
• Cyclone (1987 film), a science fiction film featuring Heather Thomas, Jeffrey Combs and Martin Landau
• The Cyclone (film), a 1996 Italian film

Games

• Cyclones (video game), made by Raven Software
• Cyclone (video game), a 1985 computer game for the ZX Spectrum
• Cyclone, a 1988 pinball game by Williams

Comics

• Cyclone (DC Comics), a Justice Society of America heroine
• Cyclone (Marvel Comics), a fictional Spider-Man villain
• Cyclone!, a 1985 Australian superhero anthology comic book
• Cyclone (Robotech), a type of transformable powered armor for infantry in the Robotech universe

Roller coasters

• The Coney Island Cyclone, the most famous roller coaster in Coney Island, New York
• Crystal Beach Cyclone, a roller coaster at Crystal Beach, Ontario
• The Cyclone (Dreamworld), a roller coaster at Dreamworld, Queensland, Australia. Formerly Luna Park Sydney's Big Dipper
• The Cyclone, a roller coaster formerly at Geauga Lake (amusement park), Aurora, Ohio
• The Cyclone, a roller coaster formerly at Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio
• The Cyclone (Revere Beach), a roller coaster formerly at Revere Beach in Revere, Massachusetts
• The Wicked Cyclone (Six Flags New England), a roller coaster at Six Flags New England in Agawam, Massachusetts
• The Cyclone Coaster, a roller coaster at Sandspit Entertainment Cavendish Beach in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island
• Cyclone Racer twin track roller coaster at The Pike, Long Beach, California
• The Carolina Cyclone, a roller coaster at Carowinds near Charlotte, North Carolina
• The Georgia Cyclone, a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
• The Texas Cyclone, the former roller coaster at the defunct Six Flags Astroworld, Houston, Texas

Places

In the United States

• Cyclone, Indiana, an unincorporated community
• Cyclone, Kentucky, an unincorporated community
• Cyclone, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Cyclone, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
• Cyclone, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Cyclone Lake, a lake in Utah

People

• Cyclone (nickname)

Other uses

• Operation Cyclone, a CIA program to arm and finance Afghan mujahideen (1979-1989)
• The Cyclone, the motorcycle used by fictional characters Kamen Rider 1 and Kamen Rider 2

See also

• Tsyklon, a Ukrainian expendable space rocket
• GMC Syclone, a high-performance version of the GMC Sonoma pickup truck
• Psyclone (roller coaster), a former roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, Santa Clarita, California