Chase 1281444 222149821 2008-06-27T20:14:21Z Raymondwinn 3445323 [[WP:UNDO|Undid]] revision 222149525 by [[Special:Contributions/85.210.101.210|85.210.101.210]] ([[User talk:85.210.101.210|talk]]) {{wiktionarypar|chase}} '''Chase''' may refer to: ==Places== In '''Canada''': * [[Chase, British Columbia]], small village located in the interior of British Columbia, Canada In the '''United Kingdom''': * [[Cannock Chase]], Staffordshire In the '''United States''': * [[Chase, Alaska]] * [[Chase, Indiana]], a virtually extinct town in Benton County, Indiana * [[Chase, Kansas]] * [[Chase, Maryland]], a community in eastern Baltimore County, Maryland * [[Chase, Wisconsin]] * [[Chase City, Virginia]] * [[Chase Township, Michigan]] ==Things== * [[Chase (land)]], a geographical term (usually British) designating an area of privately-owned land for hunting, for example [[Cannock Chase]] * [[Chase (algorithm)]], an algorithm in database construction, to test if a decomposition is lossless * [[Chase (band)]], a 1970s jazz-rock band headed by Bill Chase ** [[Chase (album)|''Chase'' (album)]], their debut album * [[Chase (Faroese band)]], a 1980s and 90s rock band ** [[Chase (Faroese Chase album)|''Chase'' (album)]], the Faroese band's Chase' first album * [[Chase (comics)|''Chase'' (comics)]], a DC comic book * [[Chase (TV series)|''Chase'' (TV series)]] * [[Chase (song)|"Chase" (song)]], a 1977 dance hit by Giorgio Moroder from the soundtrack and album ''Midnight Express'' * "[[The Ballad of Chevy Chase]]", the title of at least two English folk songs * [[USS Chase (DD-323)|USS ''Chase'' (DD-323)]], ''Clemson''-class destroyer in the United States Navy * [[USS Chase (DE-158)|USS ''Chase'' (DE-158)]], ''Buckley''-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy * [[USCGC Chase (WHEC-718)|USCGC ''Chase'' (WHEC-718)]], ''Hamilton''-class high-endurance cutter of the United States Coast Guard * [[Chase Aircraft]] * [[JPMorgan Chase]] ** [[Chase Manhattan Bank]], which acquired JPMorgan in 2000 * Chase, a brand of bicycle made by [[Cannondale Bicycle Corporation]] * CHASE (cut holes and sink 'em), Pentagon parlance for [[scuttling]] ships ==People== ===Surname=== * [[Bill Chase]], trumpet player * [[Chevy Chase]], American comedian, writer, and television and film actor * [[David Chase]], American television writer, director and producer * [[George C. Chase]], President of [[Bates College]] 1894-1919, English scholar * [[James Hadley Chase]], British writer * [[J. Mitchell Chase]], U.S. Congressman from Pennsylvania * [[Jonathan Chase (colonel)]], Revolutionary War officer * [[Lucia Chase]], dancer and co-founder of American Ballet Theatre * [[Lucien Bonaparte Chase]], U.S. Congressman from Tennessee * [[Martha Chase]], U.S. biologist, helped prove that genes are made of DNA * [[Qiana Chase]], American model * [[Ray P. Chase]], U.S. Congressman from Minnesota * [[Reuben Chase]], officer in the U.S. Continental Navy * [[Salmon P. Chase]], U.S. Treasury Secretary and Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court * [[Samuel Chase]], signer of the U.S. Declaration of Independence * [[Thornton Chase]], the first American Baha'i ===Given names=== '''Chase''' is a given name in the [[English language]], especially in the [[United States]]. It is a transferred use of the [[surname]]. It originated from the [[French language|French]] term for "hunter", [[chasseur]]. In the [[Middle Ages]] it was used as a nickname for a huntsman by the [[Anglo-Norman]] people. ===Fictional=== * [[Chase Matthews]], from ''[[Zoey 101]]'' * Chase, an IRO-bot in the comic book series ''[[The Amory Wars]]'' * Chase, a character from ''[[Blade: The Series]]'' * Chase, a character in the anime series ''[[Fighting Foodons]]'' * [[Ambrose Chase]], a character from the comic book ''Planetary'' * [[Annabeth (Percy Jackson)]], a character in Rick Riordan's ''Percy Jackson & The Olympians'' book series * [[Annabeth Chase (Close to Home)]], a character from the television series ''Close to Home'' * Agent Cameron Chase, from [[Chase (comics)|''Chase'' (comics)]] * [[Cordelia Chase]], a character from the television series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' * James Chase, a character from the game ''[[Secret Weapons Over Normandy]]'' * Dr. [[Robert Chase]], a character from the television series ''House, M.D.'' * [[Vincent Chase]], a character from the HBO television series ''Entourage'' * [[Chase Edmunds]], a character from the television series ''24'' * Chase Hammond, a major character in the 1999 film ''[[Drive Me Crazy]]'' * [[Chase Stein]], a senior member of Marvel comics's ''Runaways'' * Chase Young, an antagonist in ''[[Xiaolin Showdown]]'' * Johnny Chase, a.k.a 'Drama', brother of Vincent Chase in T.V series Entourage * Dr. Chase Meridian from [[Batman Forever]] ==See also== * [[Car chase]] * ''[[The Chase]]'' * [[Cut to the chase]] * [[Chace]] * [[Repoussé and chasing]] {{disambig}} [[Category:Disambiguation pages in need of being split]] [[Category:english surnames]] [[de:Chase]] [[es:Chase]] [[fr:Chase]] [[nl:Chase]] [[pl:Chase]] [[vo:Chase]]