Bell (disambiguation)

A bell is a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped.

Bell may also refer to:

Sound and music

• Bell (wind instrument), a part of a wind instrument
• Bell cymbal, a type of cymbal, tending to be thick and uniformly so, and small
• Bell effect, a musical technique
• Cymbal bell, the most central part of a cymbal

Signals

• Bell, a signal from an engine order telegraph, a communications device used on a ship or submarine
• Alarm bell, used to alert people of a fire or burglary detected or, as part of a traditional alarm clock, to awaken or remind
• Church bell, indicating when to go to church
• Doorbell, a signaling device to alert residents to visitors
• Division bell, used in a parliament to call members to a vote
• Last call bell, a signal that a bar is closing soon
• School bell, a signal used for transitions during a school day
• Ship's bell, a signal for marking time on a ship

People

• Bell (surname), a list of people with the surname Bell
• Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), Scottish-Canadian-American inventor, teacher, engineer, and scientist, son of Alexander Melville Bell
• John Stewart Bell or J. S. Bell (1928–1990), Northern Irish physicist and the originator of Bell's theorem in quantum physics
• bell hooks, pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins (1952–2021), American author, academic, and activist

Places

Africa

• Bell, Eastern Cape, a South African town
• Port Bell, Lake Victoria, Uganda

Australia

• Bell, New South Wales
• Bell, Queensland

Canada

• Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador
• Bell Peninsula, Nunavut
• Bell River (Quebec), a tributary of Matagami Lake, then Nottaway River flowing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and in Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada

Europe

• Bell, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany, a municipality
• Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Germany, a municipality
• Bell End, UK

United States

• Bell, California
• Bell, Florida
• Bell, Illinois
• Bell, Oklahoma
• Bell, Wisconsin
• Bell Canyon, California
• Bell City, Missouri
• Bell County, Kentucky
• Bell County, Texas
• Bell Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)

Other places

• Bell (crater), a crater on the Moon
• Bell Creek (disambiguation)

Art, entertainment, and media

• Bell (fictional currency), in the game Animal Crossing
• Bell Fibe TV, an IP-based television service offered in Ontario and Quebec

Buildings

• Bell (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
• Bell Centre, a stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Bell Laboratories Building, an historic building in Manhattan, New York
• Bell Lightbox, a skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
• Bell Sensplex, a four-pad ice facility in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
• Bell Sports Complex, a sports facility in Brossard, Quebec, Canada
• Campus Bell, headquarters of Bell Canada, on Nuns' Island in Montreal, Canada

Businesses

Public houses

• Bell Inn, Enfield, London, England
• The Bell, City of London, England
• The Bell Inn, Aldworth, Berkshire, England
• The Bell Inn, Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England
• The Bell Inn, Nottingham, England

Telecommunications

• Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell
• Bell Atlantic, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the mid-Atlantic US, merged in 2000 with GTE to form Verizon
• BCE Inc., formerly Bell Canada Enterprises, a telecommunications holding company in Canada
  • Bell Aliant, a telecommunications subsidiary of Bell Canada
  • Bell Canada, a telecommunications subsidiary of BCE Inc.
  • Bell Internet, an internet service provider and subsidiary of Bell Canada
  • Bell Media, a media subsidiary of BCE Inc.
  • Bell MTS, a telecommunications subsidiary of Bell Canada
  • Bell Mobility, a wireless network subsidiary of Bell Canada
  • Bell Satellite TV, a satellite television service and subsidiary of Bell Canada
• Bell Communications Research, Inc., a research & development organization, originally a joint subsidiary of the Regional Bell Operating Companies, since renamed to Telcordia Technologies, Inc. and now a subsidiary of Ericsson
• Bell Labs, a research & development organization founded by AT&T, now owned by Nokia
• Bell System, the organization that provided telephone service in the United States until 1984
• Bell Telephone Company, founded in 1877 by the family of Alexander Graham Bell
• Illinois Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Illinois
• Indiana Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving Indiana
• Michigan Bell, the subsidiary of AT&T serving the state of Michigan
• Mountain Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the US Rocky Mountain region
• Nevada Bell, the Bell System's telephone provider in Nevada
• New Jersey Bell, (1904–1983)
• Northwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the North Central and Northwestern US
• Ohio Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio
• Pacific Bell, the name of the Bell System's telephone operations in California
• Regional Bell Operating Company, any of the phone companies spun off from AT&T in 1984
• South Central Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the South-Central US
• Southern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the Southeastern US
• Southwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas
• Wisconsin Bell, (1984–1999)

Other business

• Bell Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer of the United States
• Bell Helicopter, an American rotorcraft manufacturer
• Bell ID, a software company based in The Netherlands
• Bell Records, a record label
• Bell Sports Inc., a helmet manufacturer
• Bell's Brewery, based in Michigan

Mathematics, science and technology

• Bell, the body of a jellyfish
• Bell character, in computing, a device control code
• Bell number, in mathematics
• Bell polynomials, in mathematics
• Bell state, in quantum information science
• Diving bell, a cable-suspended underwater airtight chamber

Transportation

Rail

• Bell (METRORail station), Houston, Texas, United States
• Bell railway station, Melbourne, Australia
• Bell railway station, New South Wales, Australia

Sea

• SS Empire Bell, a Swedish collier (bulk cargo ship) launched in 1930
• USS Bell, either of two U.S. Navy ships

Other forms of transportation

• Bell (cyclecar), a British three-wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by W.G. Bell of Rochester, Kent
• Bell tailslide, an aerobatic maneuver

Other uses

• Bell (typeface), a typeface designed in 1788 by Richard Austin
• Bell Challenge, a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec
• Bell High School (disambiguation)
• Bell House (disambiguation)
• Bell Lake (disambiguation)
• Bell pepper

See also

• Bel (disambiguation)
• Bell, Book & Candle (disambiguation)
• Belle (disambiguation)
• Bells (disambiguation)
• The Bell (disambiguation)
• The Bells (disambiguation)
• Justice Bell (disambiguation)
• Glockenspiel (disambiguation)