Crescent (disambiguation)
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A crescent is a shape, form or symbol.

Crescent may also refer to:

• "Crescent", the literal translation of croissant, a popular buttery French bread in the shape of a crescent moon
• Crescent (architecture), an architectural structure where a number of houses are laid out in an arc to form of a crescent shape

Education

• Crescent Engineering College, a private engineering college in Vandalur, Chennai (Madras), India
• Crescent School, an all-male private school in Toronto, Canada
• Crescent Girls' School, an all-girls' secondary school in Singapore

Geography

Canada

• Crescent Heights, Calgary, a neighbourhood in Calgary, Alberta
• Crescent Street, a Montreal street famous for its nightlife
• Crescent Town, Toronto, a neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario

United States

See also: Crescent City

• Crescent, Georgia, an unincorporated community
  • Crescent Island, also in Georgia
• Crescent, Iowa, a city
• Crescent, Utah, a city
• Piedmont Crescent, a series of connected urban areas in North Carolina
• Crescent (Amtrak), an American passenger train running from New York City to New Orleans

Europe

• Crescent (Occitania), an Occitan dialectal zone

Middle East

• Fertile Crescent, a historical region in the Middle East incorporating the Levant, Ancient Mesopotamia, and Ancient Egypt

Music

• Crescent (band), an alternative band from Bristol, UK
• Crescent (Gackt album), a 2003 album by Gackt
• Crescent (John Coltrane album), a 1964 album by John Coltrane
• Crescent Records, a record label
• Crescent (instrument), a percussion instrument

Other uses

• Crescent wrench, a tool which can be used to loosen or tighten a nut or bolt
• Croissant (magazine), a Japanese magazine
• HMCS Crescent, a World War II Royal Canadian Navy destroyer
• The Crescent, a defunct department store chain
• Crescent Arms, a firearms manufacturer bought by Savage Arms
• Crescent, a Swedish bicycle brand manufactured by Nymanbolagen
• Crescent (pigeon), a breed of domestic pigeon
• The Crescent meteorite of 1936, which fell in Oklahoma, United States (see meteorite falls)
• 2003 novel by Diana Abu-Jaber

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