Wikipedia / Draco
Wikipedia / Draco
Draco is the Greco-Latin word for serpent, or dragon.
Draco or Drako most often refers to:
Draco (constellation), a constellation in the northern part of the sky
Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων; 7th century BC), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, from whom the term draconian is derived
Draco or Drako may also refer to:
Places
Draco Peak, a summit in Alberta, Canada
Draco (dwarf galaxy), a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way
Draco Supercluster (SCL 114), a galaxy supercluster in the constellation Draco
People
Draco (physician) (from Greek: Δράκων), the name of several physicians in the family of Hippocrates
Draco Rosa (born 1969), a Puerto Rican songwriter and former member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo
Dean Drako, American businessman
Fictional characters
Draco Malfoy, a character in the Harry Potter series
Drako, a character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
Draco (Caminhos do Coração), a character from the 2008 Brazilian telenovela Os Mutantes - Caminhos do Coração
Draco, the name of the last dragon in the film Dragonheart.
Draco, a character from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess
Antares Draco, an Imperial Knight from Star Wars: Legacy
Jaq Draco, an Inquisitor who is the protagonist of Ian Watson's Inquisition War Trilogy
Marc Ange Draco, head of European crime syndicate and James Bond's father-in-law in Ian Fleming's novels
Draco, a character in the fictional opera The Dream Oath: Maria and Draco in Final Fantasy VI
Draco Centauros, a dragon-like humanoid from the Puyo Puyo video game series, and one of the three main protagonists in the third main game in the series, Puyo Puyo Sun.
Dragonair, a Dragon-type Pokémon known as "Draco" in the French versions of the game
Draco, a legendary brawler from the mobile game Brawl Stars
Arts, entertainment, and media
Draco, a show aired by BabyTV starting in 2007
Music
Draco and the Malfoys, an American rock band
"Draco" (song), by Future, 2017
History
Draconian constitution, or Draco's code, a 7th-century BC written law code
Dacian Draco, a Dacian military standard composed of a wolf head and snake tail
Draco (military standard), a Roman cavalry military standard in the shape of a dragon, adopted after the Dacian Wars
Biology and medicine
Draco (lizard), a genus of gliding lizards
Draco, a widely used synonym of Dracaena (plant)
Dracaena draco, a species of dragon tree
DRACO, a group of experimental antiviral drugs
Computing
Draco (programming language), a shareware programming language for CP/M and the Amiga
DraCo, a partly Amiga compatible computer built by MacroSystem AG
Draco Linux, a Linux distribution
Spaceflight
DRACO, camera module of NASAs DART Mission
Draco (rocket engine), an orbital maneuvering thruster being built for the SpaceX Dragon and upper stage of the Falcon 9 spacecraft
SuperDraco, a liquid rocket engine designed and built by SpaceX. Used for the launch escape system of the SpaceX Dragon 2
Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO), a cancelled US DOD program for a nuclear-thermal rocket
Weaponry and arms
Draco Pistol, Romanian semi-automatic pistols
Draco, a civilian version of the Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965
Draco, a prototype of a SPAA version of the Centauro 8x8 fighting vehicle of the Italian Army
Other uses
Draco Racing, a motorsports team in Italy
Draco, name given by the U.S. cable channel The Weather Channel to the December 2012 North American blizzard
Draco, a guitar built by B.C. Rich guitars
Pilatus U-28 Draco, a United States Air Force surveillance plane
Draco, one of the dogs that tore apart Actaeon
See also