Mercedes
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Mercedes is a female Spanish name meaning favours. María de las Mercedes ("Mary of the favours") is a Marian advocation. The singular is merced. It may refer to:
- Things
- Mercedes a series of German automobile models and engines built and sold by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft between 1903 and 1926
- Mercedes-Benz a German brand of automobiles, engines, and trucks created when Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie. merged into Daimler-Benz in 1926 and continued by its successor, DaimlerChrysler
- "Mercedes Benz", a song by Janis Joplin, Michael McClure and Bob Neuwirth
- "Mercedes", a song by Joseph Arthur
- Mercedes (calculator), an early 20th-century computing device
- Mercedes College, South Australia
- Asteroid 1136 Mercedes (de:1136 Mercedes)
- Places
- Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina
- Mercedes, Paraná, Brazil
- Mercedes, Camarines Norte, Philippines
- Mercedes, Eastern Samar, Philippines
- Mercedes, Texas, United States
- Mercedes, Uruguay, Soriano department
- People
- Mércédès Jellinek (1889–1929), daughter of automobile dealer Emil Jellinek, whose name was used for an engine of a 1900 model automobile designed for Jellinek (to race and market exclusively) by Wilhelm Maybach—of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG)—and soon adopted by DMG for an entire series of models built until 1926; later, the brand, Mercedes-Benz which was created in 1926, was named after that series of automobiles and for Karl Benz when DMG and Benz & Cie. merged into Daimler-Benz in 1926
- Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), poet and socialite
- Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), Italian politician
- Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), fantasy author
- Mercedes McCambridge (1916–2004), actress
- Mercedes McNab (born 1980), Canadian-born actress
- Eleoncio Mercedes (1957–1985), boxer
- Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948), U.S. actress
- Mercedes Sosa (born 1935), Argentine singer
- Mercedes of Orléans (1860 - 1878), queen consort of Spain.
- Infanta Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal
- Infanta Maria de las Mercedes, Countess of Barcelona, mother of king Juan Carlos
- Enrique el de las Mercedes ("Henry of the favours" after his grants to supporting aristocrats), Spanish nickname of Henry II of Castile.
- Mercedes (Joseph Cohen) (1888–1966), a vaudeville and magic entertainer of the early 20th century
- Mercedes, the fiancé of Edmond Dantes in Dumas's novel The Count of Monte Cristo
- Mercedes Yvette (born 1981), fashion model & actress
- Nina Mercedez (born 10 November 1979) is an American pornstar.
- Merceditas is a Spanish name for a kind of female shoes.
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