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Goose may refer to:

Birds

• One of several wild bird species in the family Anatidae:
  • Goose, birds in the subfamily Anserinae of the Anatidae
  • Magpie Goose, bird in the closely-related family Anseranatidae
  • Pygmy goose, birds in the genus Nettapus in the subfamily Anatinae
  • Spur-winged Goose, a bird in the subfamily Plectropterinae
  • Sheldgoose, birds in the subfamily Tadorninae
• Domestic goose, domesticated varieties of either Greylag Goose or Swan Goose

Aircraft

• Grumman Goose, American amphibian flying boat
• Quikkit Glass Goose, two-seat biplane amphibious aircraft marketed for homebuilding
• Spruce Goose, nickname of the Hughes H-4 Hercules heavy transport aircraft designed and built by the Hughes Aircraft company, USA
• XSM-73 Goose, American decoy cruise missile

Food

• Colonial Goose, method of preparing roast leg of lamb in Australian and New Zealand cuisine
• Roast goose, dish in Chinese and German cuisine

Media

• Blue Goose Records, record label
• De Wild Goose-Nation, American song composed by Dan Emmett
• Father Goose (disambiguation)
• Garfield Goose and Friends, American children's television show
• The Golden Goose, Brothers Grimm fairy tale
• The Goose, a character from the television show Just Jordan
• The Goose, song by funk band Parliament
• Goose Creek Symphony, American rock band
• The Goose That Laid the Golden Eggs, one of many fables attributed to Aesop
• Goose on the Loose, 2006 film
• Goose (band), Belgian electro rock band
• The Goose Girl, Brothers Grimm fairy tale
• The Goose-Girl at the Well, German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 179
• The Goose Girl (novel), fantasy novel by Shannon Hale
• The Goose Girl (painting), 1891 painting by Adolphe William Bouguereau, a French academic painter
• Goose Lane Editions, Canadian book publishing company founded in 1954 in Fredericton, New Brunswick
• The Goose Steps Out, British comedy film released in 1942
• The Goose-Step (book), book by Upton Sinclair
• Gus Goose, fictional goose created by the Walt Disney studios
• He Cooked His Goose, 140th short subject starring American slapstick comedy team the Three Stooges
• Little Annie the Goose-Girl, Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe
• Mattie the Goose-boy, Hungarian epic poem written by Mihály Fazekas in 1804
• Mother Goose (disambiguation)
• Nick "Goose" Bradshaw, a character in the 1986 film Top Gun, played by Anthony Edwards
• Shane "Goose" Gooseman, character in The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers television show
• The Snow Goose, novella by American author Paul Gallico
• The Snow Goose (album), third album released by band Camel in 1975
• Tales of Brother Goose, satirical book by Brett Nicholas Moore
• What's Good for the Goose, 1969 film, starring Norman Wisdom, written and directed by Menahem Golan
• What's Sauce for the Goose, 1916 film featuring Oliver Hardy
• Wild Goose Chase, late Jacobean stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher, first published in 1652
• The Wild Goose Chase (film), 1915 comedy/drama film directed by Cecil B. DeMille
• Goose (band), Belgium based dance-punk band

People

• Ida Burger, American dance hall girl and prostitute, known in the underworld of New York as "Ida the Goose"
• Goose Gonsoulin (born 1938) American professional footballer
• Claire Goose (born 1975), British actress
• Roscoe Goose (1891-1971), American jockey
• Rich Gossage (born 1951), American baseball player
• Goose Goslin (1900-1971), American baseball player
• James Gosling (born 1955), inventor of Java programming language
• Simon Gosling (born 1969), British designer of special effects models
• Tony Siragusa (born 1967), American football player and actor
• Reece "Goose" Tatum (1921-1967), African American multi-sport athlete
• Goose Van Schaick (1736-1789), Continental Army officer during the American Revolutionary War

Places

• Fox & Goose, pub and shopping district in Birmingham, UK
• Fox and Goose Ground, cricket stadium in Coalville, Leicestershire, UK
• Galloping Goose Regional Trail, 55 km trail, British Columbia, Canada
• Giant Wild Goose Pagoda, Buddhist pagoda in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China
• Goose Arm, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
• Goose Bay Airport (disambiguation)
• Goose Cove East, Newfoundland and Labrador, town in Canada
• Goose Creek (disambiguation)
• Goose Eye Mountain, Maine, USA
• Goose Green, Falkland Islands
  • Battle of Goose Green (1982)
• Goose Hollow, Portland, Oregon, USA
  • Goose Hollow/SW Jefferson St (MAX station)
• Goose Island (disambiguation)
• Goose Lake (disambiguation)
• Goose Pond, water body in Grafton County, western New Hampshire, USA
• Goose Pond Mountain State Park, New York, USA
• Goose Pond Scout Reservation, summer camp operated by the Northeastern Pennsylvania Council, USA
• Goose Prairie Township, Minnesota, USA
• Goose Rocks, coastal resort neighborhood in Kennebunkport, Maine, USA
• Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
  • CFB Goose Bay, Canadian Forces Base in the town of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
  • Goose (Otter Creek) Water Aerodrome
• Little Goose Lock and Dam, hydroelectric dam on the Snake River, Washington, USA
• Mother Goose Lake, Alaska, USA
• Small Wild Goose Pagoda, Buddhist pagoda in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China

Ships

• HMCS Goose Bay (MM 707), Kingston-class Maritime Coastal Defense Vessel of the Canadian Navy
• HMS Wild Goose (U45), Black Swan-class sloop of the Royal Navy

Other

• Canada Goose (clothing), Canadian manufacturer of extreme cold weather outerwear
• Duck Duck Goose, traditional children's game
• Fox, goose and bag of beans puzzle, river-crossing puzzle
• Galloping Goose railcars built in the 1930s by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad, Colorado, USA
• Game of the Goose prototype for many commercial European racing board games
• Goose bumps
• Goose Guandong virus, High Pathogenic Avian Influenza virus
• Goose-Step (disambiguation)
• GOOSE (Generic Object Oriented Substation Event), abstract data model mappings in the IEC61850 communication protocol
• GO Online SQL Environment
• Granny Goose, American brand of snack foods
• Gray Goose Laws, collection of laws from the Icelandic Commonwealth period consisting of Icelandic civil laws and the laws governing the Christian church in Iceland
• Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International, fraternal and charitable organization of people working in the insurance industry, founded in 1906 near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
• Mother Goose Stakes, American horse race
• Nottingham Goose Fair, annual fair held in Nottingham, UK

See also

• Grey Goose (disambiguation)
• List of goose breeds
• Wild Goose (disambiguation)

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