Dynamo
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Dynamo, or Dinamo, may refer to:
- Dynamo, an electrical generator
- Dynamo (sports society) of the Soviet Union
- Operation Dynamo, the 1940 mass evacuation at Dunkirk
- Dynamo, the rock band based in Belfast
- Dynamo theory, a theory relating to magnetic fields of celestial bodies
- Dynamo Open Air, annual heavy metal music festival held in Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Dunwich Dynamo, annual bicycle ride from London to Dunwich, England
- Dynamo, brand of detergent marketed by Colgate-Palmolive
- Dynamo, an album released in 1992 by an argentinian rock band called Soda Stereo
Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to one of the following sports clubs:
- Dynamo in football/soccer:
- Image:Flag of Canada.svg Dynamo FC (Vancouver)
- Image:Flag of the Czech Republic (bordered).svg S.K. Dynamo České Budějovice
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Loughborough Dynamo F.C.
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Shepshed Dynamo F.C.
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg 1. FC Dynamo Dresden
- Image:Flag of Germany.svg Dynamo Heimfeld
- Image:Flag of South Africa.svg Dynamos (South Africa)
- Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg FC Dynamo Moscow
- Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg FC Dynamo Bryansk
- Image:Flag of Russia (bordered).svg FC Dynamo Makhachkala
- Image:Flag of Ukraine.svg FC Dynamo Kyiv
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Houston Dynamo
- Image:Flag of the United States.svg Carolina Dynamo
- Image:Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Dynamos (Zimbabwe)
- Dinamo in football/soccer:
- Dynamo in ice hockey:
- Dynamo in basketball:
In fiction, Dynamo may also refer to:
- Dynamo, a reploid mercenary in the Mega Man X video game series.
- Dynamo, a comic book hero of the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents.
- Dynamo, a giant robot in The Powerpuff Girls.
- Dynamo, one of the 'stalkers' from the 1987 movie The Running Man.
The word "dynamo" is a portmanteau, meaning "Power in Motion" from Greek: δύναμις; dynamis -power, and Latin: motio, -motion.
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