Arsenal

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An arsenal is an establishment for the construction, repair, receipt, storage and issue of arms and ammunition.

Specific arsenals

Specific examples of arsenals include:

• Arsenal (Paris), now a quarter in Paris where there is the Bastille (Paris Métro)
• Arsenal de l'Aéronautique, French military aircraft manufacturer
• The Arsenal (Kremlin) in the Moscow Kremlin
• The Foochow Arsenal, a Chinese naval shipyard
• The Kiev Arsenal factory in Kiev, Ukraine
• The Rock Island Arsenal, Rock Island, Illinois, United States
• The Venetian Arsenal, Venice, Italy
• The Warsaw Arsenal
• The Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, London, United Kingdom
• The Sofia Arsenal in Sofia, Bulgaria

Places named after arsenals

Several places, landmarks and buildings have been named after arsenals:

• The Arsenal Center for the Arts in Watertown, Massachusetts, United States
• Several places called Arsenal Hill
• The Arsenal Oak in Augusta, Georgia, United States
• Arsenal Street in Hong Kong
• Arsenal Stadium in Highbury, London
• Bibliothèque de l'Arsenal (Library of the Arsenal) in Paris

Sports

Football

Arsenal is used in the name of several football clubs:

• Arsenal F.C., from London, named after the Royal Arsenal Woolwich
• Arsenal L.F.C., the women's team of Arsenal
• Arsenal F.C., from Sarandí, Argentina
• FC Arsenal Kyiv, from Kiev, Ukraine
• FC Arsenal Kharkiv, from Kharkiv, Ukraine
• Berekum Arsenal, from Berekum, Ghana
• Arsenal FC (Roatan), from Roatan, Honduras
• FC Arsenal-Tula Tula, from Tula, Russia
• Arsenal Wanderers, from Mauritius
• FK Arsenal, from Montenegro
• FK Arsenal, from Serbia
• FC Arsenal Kazanlak, from Bulgaria
• Arsenal (Maseru), from Maseru, Lesotho

Basketball

• Anaheim Arsenal, a team in the NBA Development League

The arts

In arts, music and culture, Arsenal can refer to:

• Arsenal (film), a Soviet propaganda film from 1928
• The Arsenal Stadium Mystery a British murder mystery film from 1939
• Your Arsenal, a 1992 album by Morrissey
• Arsenal of Megadeth, a compilation album by Megadeth
• The "Arsenal of Democracy" is a famous fireside chat by US President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940
• "The Arsenal of Freedom", an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
• Arsenal (band) is the name of a Belgian music band
• Arsenal (jazz band), Russian jazz band, lead by saxophonist Alexey Kozlov

Two comic book characters have used the name Arsenal, including:

• Arsenal (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics villain and antagonist of the Avengers
• Roy Harper (comics), a DC Comics character known for a time as Arsenal

Man-made objects

There are also several man-made objects with Arsenal in their name:

• The Arsenal (automobile), an automobile manufactured in the late 1890s
• The Arsenal VG-33, a World War II French fighter aircraft
• Kiev-Arsenal (photo camera) a Soviet brand of camera manufactured by the Arsenal Factory in Kiev, Ukraine
• Arsenal Shipka, a Bulgarian submachinegun

Other

Railway stations with Arsenal in their name include:

• Arsenal tube station, a station on the London Underground in Highbury, named after Arsenal FC
• Woolwich Arsenal railway station, a mainline station in Woolwich, London, named after the Woolwich Arsenal
• Arsenalna (Kiev Metro), a station on the Kiev Metro

Companies with Arsenal in its name include:

• Arsenal Real Estate Funds, LLC
• Arsenal Co., a Bulgarian weapons and ammunition manufacturing company based in Kazanlak

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