Foss
Appearance
A foss is a waterfall.
Foss or FOSS may further refer to:
Companies
[edit]- Foss A/S, a Danish analytical instrument company
- Foss Brewery, a former brewery in Oslo, Norway
- Foss Maritime, a tugboat and shipping company
Historic houses
[edit]- Foss House (New Brighton, Minnesota), United States
- Foss and Wells House, Jordan, Minnesota, United States
- Horatio G. Foss House, Auburn, Maine, United States
People
[edit]- Foss (surname)
- Foss Shanahan (1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat
- Foss Westcott (1863–1949), English bishop
Places
[edit]- Foss Dyke, a canal in Lincolnshire, England
- Foss-Eikeland, a village in Sandnes, Norway
- River Foss, a river in North Yorkshire, England, U.K.
United States
[edit]- Foss, Oklahoma, a town
- Foss, Oregon, an unincorporated community
- Foss Glacier, a glacier on Mount Hinman, Washington
- Foss Peak, Tatoosh Range, Washington
- Foss River, a river in Washington
Other uses
[edit]- The Forum of Small States, grouping of countries at the United Nations
- Foss (band), an El Paso, Texas-based rock band
- Foss (cat), the pet of Edward Lear
- Free and open-source software (FOSS)
- FOSS Movement in India (1990s–2000s), a campaign in India to promote Free and Open Source Software
- FOSS.IN (2001–2012), an annual FOSS conference in Bangalore, India
- FOSS Movement in India (1990s–2000s), a campaign in India to promote Free and Open Source Software
- Full Option Science System (FOSS), a science curriculum
- Il-Foss, a football ground in Ħaż-Żabbar, Malta
- USS Foss (DE-59), a US Navy ship
- Foss Gly, a character from Clive Cussler novels Night Probe! and Cyclops