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Maud

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As a name

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Feminine given name

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Royal name

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Placename

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In Antarctica:
  • Queen Maud Land (Norwegian: Dronning Maud Land), an area of 2.5 million square kilometers (1 million sq. mi.) claimed by Norway in 1938
In Canada:
In New Zealand:
  • Maud Island, the second largest island in the Marlborough Sounds
In Scotland:
In the United States:

Ship name

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  • HNoMS Maud, a replenishment ship of the Royal Norwegian Navy, currently being fitted out
  • Maud, a ship used from 1918 to 1925 by Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen in exploring the Northeast Passage (now known as the Northern Sea Route)
  • Maud, a Norfolk wherry built in 1899
  • SS Dronning Maud, a Norwegian Hurtigruten ship sunk under controversial circumstances by German bombers during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign
  • SS Princess Maud (1902), a passenger/cargo steamship torpedoed in 1918
  • TSS Princess Maud (1934), a ferry generally plying the Irish Sea but also a troopship in the Second World War
  • USS Maud (SP-1009), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919

In literature

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Other uses

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Maud may also refer to:

See also

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