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{{Distinguish|Maude (disambiguation)}}

The name '''Maude''' can refer to the following people:

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* [[Maud, Queen of Norway]], (1869-1938)

* [[Empress Maud]], (1102-1169), daughter of King Henry I of England

* [[Princess Maud, Countess of Southesk]], (1893-1945)

* [[Maud, 2nd Countess of Huntingdon]], (1074-1130)

== As a name ==

=== Feminine given name ===

{{Main|Maud (given name)}}

=== Royal name ===

[[Maud (ship)|'''Maud''']] was also a ship used by [[Roald Amundsen]] for exploring the [[Northeast Passage]].

{{Main|Queen Maud (disambiguation)|Princess Maud (disambiguation)}}

=== Placename ===

:In Antarctica:

:* [[Queen Maud Land]] ({{langx|no|Dronning Maud Land|links=no}}), an area of 2.5 million square kilometers (1 million sq. mi.) claimed by Norway in 1938

:In Canada:

:* [[Queen Maud Gulf]], Nunavut, Canada

:In New Zealand:

:* [[Maud Island]], the second largest island in the Marlborough Sounds

:In Scotland:

:* [[Maud, Aberdeenshire]], a small town in the Buchan area of the county of Aberdeenshire

:In the United States:

:* [[Maud, Illinois]], an unincorporated community in Wabash County

:* [[Maud, Iowa]], an unincorporated community in Allamakee County

:* [[Maud, Missouri]], an unincorporated community

:* [[Maud, Oklahoma]], a city in Pottawatomie County

:* [[Maud, Texas]], a city in Bowie County

:* [[Maud, Washington]], an unincorporated community

=== Ship name ===

Some places are named '''Maud''':

* [[HNoMS Maud|HNoMS ''Maud'']], a replenishment ship of the Royal Norwegian Navy, currently being fitted out

* [[Maud, Oklahoma]]

* [[Maud (ship)|'''Maud''']] was also, a ship used from 1918 to 1925 by [[Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen]] forin exploring the [[Northeast Passage]]. (now known as the Northern Sea Route)

* [[Maud, Texas]]

* [[Maud Island(wherry)|''Maud'']], ina [[NewNorfolk Zealand]]wherry built in 1899

* [[SS Dronning Maud (1925)|SS ''Dronning Maud'']], a Norwegian [[Hurtigruten]] ship sunk under controversial circumstances by German bombers during the 1940 [[Norwegian Campaign]]

* [[SS Princess Maud (1902)]], a passenger/cargo steamship torpedoed in 1918

* [[TSS Princess Maud (1934)]], a ferry generally plying the Irish Sea but also a troopship in the Second World War

* {{USS|Maud|SP-1009}}, a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919

== In literature ==

* ''[[Maud and other poems]]'', an 1855 volume of poetry by English poet [[Alfred, Lord Tennyson]]

* [[Maud and other poems|"Maud" (poem)]], title poem in the 1855 volume by Alfred, Lord Tennyson

* [[List of the Inheritance Cycle characters#Maud|Maud]], a werecat in the Inheritance Cycle

== Other uses ==

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'''Maud''' may also refer to:

* [[Master of Architecture]] in Urban Design degree

* [[Maud (plaid)]], a black and white checked plaid once worn in southern Scotland and northern England

* [[MAUD Committee]], the beginning of the British atomic bomb project, before the United Kingdom joined forces with the United States in the [[Manhattan Project]]

* [[MAUD Program]], a program for analysis of materials using diffraction, based on the [[Rietveld refinement]] method

*Maud Pie, a character in [[List of My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic characters#Pie family|My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic]]

== See also ==

* [[Matilda (disambiguation)]]

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[[Category:English given names]]

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[[fr:Mathilde]]