Superior

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Superior, city (1990 pop. 27,134), seat of Douglas co., NW Wis., on Superior Bay of Lake Superior, at the mouths of the St. Louis and the Nemadji rivers; inc. 1883. It is a port of entry with many rail lines. The natural harbor, shared with Duluth, Minn., has some of the nation's largest coal and ore docks; copper, limestone, and grain are also shipped. Superior has shipyards, flour milling, an oil refinery, and wood and machinery manufacture. Tourists are attracted to the surrounding scenic features. The area was visited by the French explorers Radisson (1661) and Duluth (1679). The city grew after iron ore was discovered (1880s) in the Gogebic range. The Univ. of Wisconsin at Superior is there.

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Superior may refer to

• superior (hierarchy), in a hierarchical structure of any kind, a superior is above a subordinate and closer to the apex
• superior is the generic term, and in some cases the formal title, for the head of a monastery or other local unit of a religious order or congregation, e.g. abbot and prior, while a general superior and a provincial superior, exercise a supervisory role in a religious order or congregation viz. a territorial part of it (called ecclesiastical province)
• Standard Superior, a German automobile brand built in the 1920s that may have been a forerunner of the Volkswagen Beetle
• Superior Coach Company, a former manufacturer of school buses and that currently builds hearses
• Superior (band), a progressive metal band from Germany
• "Superior" is also used anatomically, meaning above or in a higher position on the body (when the body is in its anatomical position). The head is the most superior part of the body.
• Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful, and occasionally facetious, proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a state separate from Michigan
• Superior Helicopter, a heavy lift helicopter operator of Glendale, Oregon

Superiority may refer to

• the dominance of one military over another in any given conflict: see air superiority and command of the sea
• superiority complex (in psychology)
• Superiority (short story) by Arthur C. Clark
• Superior (manga), a fictional Manga created by Ichtys

Geographical locations

• Lake Superior, the largest of the North American Great Lakes

Superior is also the name of several places in the United States of America:

• Superior, Arizona
• Superior, Colorado
• Superior, Iowa
• Superior Township, Chippewa County, Michigan
• Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan
• Superior, Montana
• Superior, Nebraska
• Superior, Wisconsin, a city
• Superior (town), Wisconsin
• Superior (village), Wisconsin
• Superior, Wyoming

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