Wing (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

The word wing or wings has more than one use:

In aeronautics a wing is an apparatus used to create lift. See wing.
In geography Wing is the name of several places:-

• Wing, Buckinghamshire, England
• Wing, Rutland, England
• Port Wing, Wisconsin, United States of America
• Wing, North Dakota, United States of America
• Wing River Township, Minnesota, United States of America

In politics a wing is a term synonymous with a political faction.
In military terms, a wing is a basic unit of an air force.
Lorna Wing is a researcher of Asperger's Syndrome.
In a proscenium theater, the wings are the hidden backstage areas on either side of the stage.

• Wings (movie), a 1927 movie about fighter pilots in World War I
• Wings (band), Paul McCartney's 1970s band
• Wings (novel) by Danielle Steel
• Wings (TV series), which ran on NBC from 1990 to 1997
• Wings (BBC TV series), which was a BBC drama which ran from 1976 to 1977
• Wings (Discovery Channel TV series)
• Wings (3D Modeling Program), from Wings3d
• Wings (food), see Buffalo_wings
• Wings, a 1990 World War I computer game by Cinemaware

• A type of buoyancy aid built into the harness of some scuba sets