Venus (disambiguation)

Venus is a planet in the Solar System.

Venus or VENUS may also refer to:

• Venus (mythology), the Ancient Roman goddess of love

Businesses

• Venus Centre, a dubbing company in Damascus, Syria
• Venus Optics, a manufacturer of photographic lenses
• Venus Pencils, a pencil brand
• Venus Records, a Japanese jazz record label
• Venus Records & Tapes, an Indian music record label company
• Venus Swimwear, a retailer of women's clothing and swimwear

Arts and entertainment

Film

• Venus (1929 film), a silent French film
• Venus (1932 film), an Italian film
• Planet Venus (film), a 1972 Italian film by Elda Tattoli
• Venus (2006 film), a British comedy-drama
• Venus (2017 film), a Canadian comedy-drama

Literature

• Venus (novel), a 2000 science fiction novel by Ben Bova
• Venus series, a series of science fiction novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• Venus (Marvel Comics), a comic book character
  • Venus (comic book)

Music

• Venus (Belgian band)
• Vênus, a Brazilian heavy metal group
• Venus (opera), a 1922 opera by Othmar Schoeck
• "Venus, the Bringer of Peace", a movement from Gustav Holst's The Planets

Albums

• Venus (Hello Venus EP) (2012)
• Venus (We Are the Fury album) (2007)
• Venus (Joy Williams album) (2015)
• Vénus, a 2008 album by Sheryfa Luna
• Venus, a 2014 EP by Jett Rebel

Songs

• "Venus" (Frankie Avalon song)
• "Venus" (Lady Gaga song)
• "Venus" (Shocking Blue song), later recorded by Bananarama
• "Venus" (Tackey and Tsubasa song)
• "Venus", a song by Air from Talkie Walkie
• "Venus", a song by Azealia Banks
• "Venus", a song by Billy Idol from Cyberpunk
• "Venus", a song by Butthole Surfers from Weird Revolution
• "Venus", a single by Low
• "Venus", a song by Shinhwa from The Return
• "Venus", a 1977 track by Television from Marquee Moon
• "Venus", a single by The Feelers from Supersystem
• "Venus", a song by Theatre of Tragedy from Aégis

Other arts and entertainment

• Venus (mural), a painting by Knox Martin
• Venus (play), a 1996 play by Suzan-Lori Parks
• Venus (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles), a character from the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
• Venus Award, a German adult film award
• Venus Zine, a quarterly US magazine

Names

• Venus (given name)
• Venus (surname)

Places

• Venus Glacier, Alexander Island, Antarctica
• Venus Bay, South Australia, a town and a bay in Australia
• Venus Bay, Victoria, Australia
• Venus, Romania, a resort
• Venus Bay (New Zealand)
• Point Venus, Tahiti

United States

• Venus, Florida, an unincorporated community
• Venus, Missouri, an unincorporated community
• Venus, Nebraska, an unincorporated community
• Venus, Pennsylvania, an unincorporated community
• Venus, Texas, a town
• Venus, West Virginia, an unincorporated community

Science and Technology

• Venus (bivalve), a genus of clams
• VENUS (Victoria Experimental Network Under the Sea), an oceanographic observatory in British Columbia, Canada
• Venus, a yellow fluorescent protein derivative
• LG Venus (VX8800), a Verizon mobile phone manufactured by LG Electronics
• Microsoft Venus, an aborted venture into the low-end personal computing market in China
• Venus Automobile, a 1950s American custom car, of which less than ten were built
• Venus Engine, an image processing system used in Panasonic digital cameras
• Gillette Venus, a razor
• VENµS, a joint satellite mission between the Israeli Space Agency and the CNES

Ships

• French frigate Vénus (1780), a 32-gun frigate
• French frigate Vénus (1782), a Hébé-class frigate
• French corvette Vénus (1794), a 26-gun corvette
• French frigate Vénus (1808), a Junon-class frigate
• French submarine Vénus (1935), a Minerve-class submarine
• HMS Venus (1758), a 36-gun fifth rate
  • Venus-class frigate, a class of Royal Navy sailing frigates
• HMS Venus (1895), an Eclipse-class protected cruiser
• HMS Venus (R50), a V-class destroyer launched in 1943
• MV Venus (1939), launched in 1939 as Empire Jonquil
• MV Venus (1966), the summer name of the MV Black Prince between 1970 and 1985
• SS Venus (1951), a Bulgarian cargo ship
• Swedish frigate Venus (1783), a frigate of the Swedish navy
• TSS Princess Maud (1934), named Venus while operating in the Mediterranean 1966—1969
• USS Venus (AK-135), a cargo ship of the United States Navy
• Venus (yacht), a yacht built for Steve Jobs

Other uses

• Walter Venus, an aircraft engine built in Czechoslovakia in the 1930s
• Venus (astrology), a set of qualities and influences
• Venus (cat), a cat with unusual markings
• Venus București, a defunct Romanian football team
  • Stadionul Venus, a stadium in Bucharest
• Venus figurines, Paleolithic carvings
• The Venus Project, an futurist organization

See also

• French ship Vénus, a list of French Navy ships
• HMS Venus, a list of ships of the Royal Navy
• MV Venus, a list of ships
• Sailor Venus or Minako Aino, a character from Sailor Moon
• SS Venus, a list of steamships
• Venous, blood vessels
• Venus de Milo, an ancient Greek statue
• All pages with titles beginning with Venus
• All pages with titles containing Venus