Kaiser (disambiguation)

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Kaiser is an imperial title meaning "emperor", which is mainly used in German language; in late antiquity, German "Kaiser" emerged from Latin "Caesar".

Kaiser may also refer to:

Imperial title

all Holy Roman Emperors (800–1806), Austrian Emperors (1804–1918) and German Emperors (1871–1918), each nameable by their German title "Kaiser"
"the Kaiser", in English usually limited to the three emperors of the Prussia-dominated German Empire (1871–1918): Wilhelm I, Frederick III and Wilhelm II

Persons

Kaiser (surname), a mainly German family name (see there for a list of persons with that name)
"Kaiser" or "Kaiser Franz", both nickname of Franz Beckenbauer, former German football player, coach and manager
"The Kaiser", nickname of Ralf Souquet, a German professional pool player

Places

Alps

Kaiser Mountains (German: Kaisergebirge), mountain range, often named with the short form "Kaiser"
- Zahmer Kaiser, subrange of the Kaiser
- Wilder Kaiser, subrange of the Kaiser

United States

Kaiser, Missouri
Kaiser, Wisconsin, a ghost town

Companies

related to Henry J. Kaiser:
- Kaiser Aluminum, an aluminum company
- Kaiser (automobile), an automobile trademark
- Kaiser Broadcasting, an entity that owned and operated broadcast television stations in the United States, 1958–77
- Kaiser Center, a skyscraper building in Oakland, California
- Kaiser-Fleetwings, an aircraft manufacturer formed by the purchase of Fleetwings
- The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, or "Kaiser Foundation"
- Kaiser Permanente, a health maintenance organization (HMO) based in the U.S. state of California
- Kaiser Shipyards, part of Kaiser Shipbuilding Company
- Kaiser Steel, a former steelmaking company that was based in California
Kaiser Associates a management consultancy
Kaiser brewery, a Brazilian brewery

Ships

Henry J. Kaiser class of United States Navy fleet replenishment oilers
USNS Henry J. Kaiser (T-AO-187), an U.S. Navy fleet replenishment oiler in Military Sealift Command service since 1986
SMS Kaiser (1911), German battleship launched in 1911
SMS Kaiser (1875), German cruiser launched in 1875
SMS Kaiser (1858), a screw ship of the line of the Austro-Hungarian fleet, see Battle of Lissa (1866)

Other uses

Kaiser (horse), a New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse
Kaiser Chiefs are an indie rock band
Kaiser roll, a type of bread roll
Kaiser Burnout, a fire event in the American Civil War named after James Kaiser
Kaiser (card game), a card game
Kaiser (video game), a video game
Kaiser window, a window function used for digital signal processing
Kaiser test, a chemical test for the presence of primary amines, using ninhydrin
HTC Kaiser, an alternate name for the HTC TyTN II Pocket PC phone
The Kaiser Aluminum Hour, a 1956-1957 dramatic anthology television series
Kaisar-i-Hind Medal, a British medal
Kaiser-i-Hind (disambiguation), other uses of Kaiser-i-Hind
Kaiser's (supermarket), a German supermarket chain
Digimon Kaiser a character from Digimon Adventure
Kaiser Ghidorah, a 4-legged cousin species of Godzilla's arch nemesis King Ghidorah