Diamond (disambiguation)
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Diamond may refer to:
- Diamond, the gemstone
- Rhombus, ◊, and symbols with that shape; also see polyiamond
- Baseball diamond, the field upon which the game of baseball is played
- Diamonds (suit), one of four suits in playing cards
- Diamond interchange, a type of highway interchange
- Diamond (rocket), a family of French booster rockets
- Diamonds (TV series), a Canadian television series that aired from 1987 to 1989
- Diamonds (film), a 1975 movie with Robert Shaw and Shelley Winters
- Diamonds (1999 film), a 1999 movie with Kirk Douglas and Dan Aykroyd
- HMS Diamond, ships of the Royal Navy
- Diamondsuit a combinatorial principle in set theory
- Diamonds (Herb Alpert song), a 1987 song
- Tidal diamond, a symbol on British admiralty charts
- Pokémon Diamond, a videogame in the Pokémon series
- Diamond D, a Hip Hop producer/rapper
- Diamond Light Source, British synchrotron research facility
- Diamond Multimedia, a computer hardware and electronics company
- Diamond Aircraft Industries, a manufacturer of light aircraft
- Diamond Energy, energy services company based in Canada
- Diamond Comic Distributors, the largest comic book distributor serving North America
- Diamond (buses), a British bus company in the West Midlands owned by the Go-Ahead Group
- Diamond, a surname:
- Alexander Diamond (born 1985), Scottish professional footballer
- Amy Diamond (born 1992), Swedish pop singer
- Anne Diamond (born 1954), British television presenter
- Barry Diamond, English vocal entertainer
- Benjamin Diamond (born 1975), French singer
- Bernard Diamond (1912-1990), American Professor of law and psychiatry
- Bob Diamond, American engineer
- Cora Diamond, US-born philosopher
- David Diamond (composer) (1915–2005), American composer
- David Diamond (journalist)
- Diamond Dallas Page (born 1956), American wrestler
- Dustin Diamond (born 1977), American actor
- Gregg Diamond (1949-1999), American musician
- I.A.L. Diamond (1920-1988), Romanian-born American film writer
- Jack Diamond (1897-1931), Irish-American gangster
- Jack Diamond (Canadian businessman) (1909-2001), Canadian businessman and philanthropist
- Jackie Diamond Hyman (born 1949), American author, reporter and columnist
- Jared Diamond (born 1937), American biologist, physiologist, biogeographer and author
- Jim Diamond (Detroit), American studio engineer, producer and bass player
- Jim Diamond (British musician) (born 1951), British rock musician
- Jody Diamond, American composer, performer, writer, publisher, editor, and educator
- John Diamond (journalist) (1953-2001), British Jewish broadcaster and journalist
- John Diamond, Baron Diamond (1907-2004), British politician
- King Diamond (born 1956), Danish heavy metal musician
- Lou Diamond (1890–1951), US Marine
- Michael Diamond (born 1965), American musician, member of the Beastie Boys
- Michael Diamond (sport shooter) (born 1972), Australian professional target shooter
- Milton Diamond (born 1934), American professor of anatomy and reproductive biology
- Neil Diamond (born 1941), American singer/songwriter
- Reed Diamond (born 1967), American actor
- Robert Diamond (born 1951), London-based American banker
- Selma Diamond (1920-1985), Canadian-born comedic actress and TV writer
- Simony Diamond (born 1983), Hungarian pornographic actress
[edit] Etymology and history
- Modern High German: Diamant
- Yiddish: dos diment
- Polish: Diament
- Czech: Diamant
- East Slavonic: Russian: Almaz ('diamond') (Turkish Elmas, Greek: Diamandee {Διαμάντι} Ancient Greek Adamas {Αδάμας})
- Latin, Romance: Italian, Spanish: Diamante
- Hungarian: Gyémánt
- Hebrew: יַהֲלוֹםYahălôm, Yahlom
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