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                            Introduction
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Mercury most commonly refers to:
* Mercury (planet), the closest planet to the Sun
* Mercury (element), a chemical element
* Mercury (mythology), a Roman deity

Mercury or The Mercury may also refer to:


                             Companies
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* Mercury (toy manufacturer), a brand of diecast toy cars manufactured
in Italy
* Mercury Communications, a British telecommunications firm set up in
the 1980s
* Mercury Corporation, an American aircraft manufacturer
* Mercury Cyclecar Company, a defunct American car company
* Mercury Drug, a Philippine pharmacy chain
* Mercury Energy, an electricity generation and retail company in New
Zealand
* Mercury Filmworks, a Canadian independent animation studio
* Mercury General, a multiple-line American insurance organization
* Mercury Interactive, a software testing tools vendor
* Mercury Marine, a manufacturer of marine engines, particularly
outboard motors
* Mercury Systems, a defense-related information technology company
* Mercury Technologies, a financial technology company
* Mercury Truck & Tractor Company, a defunct English manufacturer
of industrial vehicles
* Shenzhen Mercury Communication Technology Co., Ltd., a Chinese
market subsidiary of TP-Link


                             Computing
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* Mercury (programming language), a functional logic programming
language
* Mercury (metadata search system), a data search system for earth
science research
* Ferranti Mercury, an early 1950s commercial computer
* Mercury Browser, a freeware mobile browser
* Mercury Mail Transport System, an email server


                        Film and television
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* 'Mercury' (film), a 2018 Indian silent horror thriller by Karthik
Subbaraj
* 'Mercury' (TV series), an Australian television series
* Mercury Black, a character in the 'RWBY' web series
* Sailor Mercury, a character in the 'Sailor Moon' manga and anime
franchise


Comics
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* Mercury (Marvel Comics), a character who can turn herself into a
mercurial substance
* Makkari (comics) or Mercury, an Eternal, a Marvel Comics race of
superhumans
* Mercury, a member of the Metal Men, a DC Comics team
* Mercury, a member of Cerebro's X-Men
* Mercury, an Amalgam Comics character


Magazines
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* 'Mercury' (magazine), an astronomy magazine
* 'The American Mercury', originally a literary magazine, gradually
more political

===Newspapers===

* 'The Mercury' (Hobart), Tasmania, Australia
* 'The Mercury' (South Africa), Durban
* 'The Mercury' (Pennsylvania), US
* 'Mercury' (Newport), Rhode Island, US
* 'The Mercury', former name of the 'Reading Mercury'
* The Mercury News, San Jose, California daily newspaper
* List of newspapers named 'Mercury', for newspapers whose titles
include that word


Novels
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* 'Mercury' (Bova novel), a novel by Ben Bova
* 'Mercury' (Livesey novel), a novel by Margot Livesey
* 'Mercury', a novel by Anna Kavan


                               Music
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* Mercury Nashville, a record label
* Mercury Records, a record label
* Mercury Prize, an annual music prize awarded for the best album from
the United Kingdom
* "Mercury, the Winged Messenger", a movement in Gustav Holst's 'The
Planets'


Albums
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* 'Mercury' (American Music Club album) (1993)
* 'Mercury' (Longview album) (2003)
* 'Mercury' (Madder Mortem album) (1999)
* 'Mercury - Act 1' (2021), by Imagine Dragons
* 'Mercury - Acts 1 & 2' (2022), by Imagine Dragons


Songs
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* "Mercury" (song), a 2008 song by Bloc Party
* "Mercury", a song by Counting Crows from 'Recovering the Satellites'
* "Mercury", a song by Kathleen Edwards from 'Failer'
* "Mercury", a song by Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner, Nico Muhly and
James McAlister from 'Planetarium'
* "Mercury", a song by Steve Lacy from 'Gemini Rights'


                              Military
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* Operation Mercury, codename for the German invasion of Crete during
World War II
* Boeing E-6 Mercury, an American aircraft used as an airborne command
post and communications relay
* Miles Mercury, a British aircraft designed during the Second World
War
* , various vessels or shore establishments of that name
* , seven vessels of that name
* , an 1820 warship
* Mercury (pigeon), honored for bravery during World War II


                               People
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* Mercury (name), including a list of people with that surname or
given name


                               Places
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* Mercury, Savoie, a commune in southeastern France
* Mercury Bay, New Zealand
* Mercury, a place in Alabama
* Mercury, Nevada, a closed city within the Nevada Test Site, United
States
* Mercury, Texas, United States


                               Plants
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* Mercury (plant), members of the plant genus 'Mercurialis'
* Annual mercury ('Mercurialis annua'), a species of flowering plant
* English mercury, or mercury goosefoot ('Blitum bonus-henricus'), a
species of goosefoot


                               Radio
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* Mercury FM, a radio station in Surrey, United Kingdom
* Mercury 96.6 or Heart Hertfordshire, a radio station in
Hertfordshire, United Kingdom


                               Sports
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* Edmonton Mercurys, a 1940s and 1950s intermediate ice hockey team
from Canada
* Fujita Soccer Club Mercury, a Japanese women's football team active
from 1989 to 1999
* Memphis Mercury, American women's soccer team
* Phoenix Mercury, a Women's National Basketball Association team from
Arizona, United States
* Toledo Mercurys, a defunct International Hockey League franchise
from Ohio, United States


                              Theatres
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* Mercury Cinema, a theatre in Adelaide, Australia
* Mercury Theatre (disambiguation), a list of Mercury theatres


Air
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* Blackburn Mercury, a British aircraft from 1911
* Bristol Mercury, a nine-cylinder aircraft engine


Land
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* Mercury (automobile), brand of automobiles produced by the Ford
Motor Company from 1938 to 2011
:*List of Mercury vehicles
* Mercury (cyclecar), an American cyclecar from 1914
* 'Mercury' (train), a family of New York Central streamliner
passenger trains (1936-1958)


Sea
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* , several ships of that name
* Cape Cod Mercury 15, an American sailboat design
* Mercury 18, an American sailboat design


Space
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* Project Mercury, a United States human spaceflight program,
1958-1963
* Mercury (satellite), a series of American spy satellites


                             Locations
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* Mercury Boulevard in Virginia, United States
* The Mercury Mall, a shopping centre in Romford, England


                             Other uses
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* 'Archer Maclean's Mercury', a 2005 PlayStation Portable video game
* Mercury (cipher machine), a 1950s British cipher machine
* Shuttle America's callsign


                              See also
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*
* 'The American Mercury', an American magazine published from 1924 to
1981
* Mercure (disambiguation)
* Mercuri, a surname and list of people with the surname
* Mercurius (disambiguation)
* Mercury 1 (disambiguation)
* Mercury 2 (disambiguation)
* Mercury 3 (disambiguation)
* Mercury 4 (disambiguation)
* Mercury 5 (disambiguation)
* Mercury 6 (disambiguation)
* Mercury 7 (disambiguation)
* Mercury 8 (disambiguation)
* Mercury City (disambiguation)
* Mercury FM (disambiguation)
* Mercury House (disambiguation)
* Mercury mission (disambiguation)
* Mercury program (disambiguation)
* Mercury project (disambiguation)
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