Bell (disambiguation)
# Bell (disambiguation)

A bell is a percussion instrument, usually cup-shaped.

Bell may also refer to:

## Sound and music

* Bell (wind instrument), a part of a wind instrument
* Bell cymbal, a type of cymbal, tending to be thick and uniformly so, and small
* Bell effect, a musical technique
* Cymbal bell, the most central part of a cymbal

## Signals

* Bell, a signal from an engine order telegraph, a communications device used on a ship or submarine
* Alarm bell, used to alert people of a fire or burglary detected or, as part of a traditional alarm clock, to awaken or remind
* Church bell, indicating when to go to church
* Doorbell, a signaling device to alert residents to visitors
* Division bell, used in a parliament to call members to a vote
* Last call bell, a signal that a bar is closing soon
* School bell, a signal used for transitions during a school day
* Ship's bell, a signal for marking time on a ship

## People

* Bell (surname), a list of people with the surname Bell
* Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922), Scottish-Canadian-American inventor, teacher, engineer, and scientist, son of Alexander Melville Bell
* John Stewart Bell or J. S. Bell (1928–1990), Northern Irish physicist and the originator of Bell's theorem in quantum physics
* bell hooks, pen name of Gloria Jean Watkins (1952–2021), American author, academic, and activist

## Places

### Africa

* Bell, Eastern Cape, a South African town
* Port Bell, Lake Victoria, Uganda

### Australia

* Bell, New South Wales
* Bell, Queensland

### Canada

* Bell Island (Newfoundland and Labrador), Newfoundland and Labrador
* Bell Peninsula, Nunavut
* Bell River (Quebec), a tributary of Matagami Lake, then Nottaway River flowing in Abitibi-Témiscamingue and in Nord-du-Québec, in Quebec, in Canada

### Europe

* Bell, Mayen-Koblenz, Germany, a municipality
* Bell, Rhein-Hunsrück, Germany, a municipality
* Bell End, UK

### United States

* Bell, California
* Bell, Florida
* Bell, Illinois
* Bell, Oklahoma
* Bell, Wisconsin
* Bell Canyon, California
* Bell City, Missouri
* Bell County, Kentucky
* Bell County, Texas
* Bell Township, Pennsylvania (disambiguation)

### Other places

* Bell (crater), a crater on the Moon
* Bell Creek (disambiguation)

## Art, entertainment, and media

* Bell (fictional currency), in the game Animal Crossing
* Bell Fibe TV, an IP-based television service offered in Ontario and Quebec

## Buildings

* Bell (St. Paul's Churchyard), a historical bookseller in London
* Bell Centre, a stadium in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
* Bell Laboratories Building, an historic building in Manhattan, New York
* Bell Lightbox, a skyscraper in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Bell Sensplex, a four-pad ice facility in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
* Bell Sports Complex, a sports facility in Brossard, Quebec, Canada
* Campus Bell, headquarters of Bell Canada, on Nuns' Island in Montreal, Canada

## Businesses

### Public houses

* Bell Inn, Enfield, London, England
* The Bell, City of London, England
* The Bell Inn, Aldworth, Berkshire, England
* The Bell Inn, Long Hanborough, Oxfordshire, England
* The Bell Inn, Nottingham, England

### Telecommunications

* Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell
* Bell Atlantic, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the mid-Atlantic US, merged in 2000 with GTE to form Verizon
* BCE Inc., formerly Bell Canada Enterprises, a telecommunications holding company in Canada
   * Bell Aliant, a telecommunications subsidiary of Bell Canada
   * Bell Canada, a telecommunications subsidiary of BCE Inc.
   * Bell Internet, an internet service provider and subsidiary of Bell Canada
   * Bell Media, a media subsidiary of BCE Inc.
   * Bell MTS, a telecommunications subsidiary of Bell Canada
   * Bell Mobility, a wireless network subsidiary of Bell Canada
   * Bell Satellite TV, a satellite television service and subsidiary of Bell Canada
* Bell Communications Research, Inc., a research & development organization, originally a joint subsidiary of the Regional Bell Operating Companies, since renamed to Telcordia Technologies, Inc. and now a subsidiary of Ericsson
* Bell Labs, a research & development organization founded by AT&T, now owned by Nokia
* Bell System, the organization that provided telephone service in the United States until 1984
* Bell Telephone Company, founded in 1877 by the family of Alexander Graham Bell
* Illinois Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Illinois
* Indiana Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving Indiana
* Michigan Bell, the subsidiary of AT&T serving the state of Michigan
* Mountain Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the US Rocky Mountain region
* Nevada Bell, the Bell System's telephone provider in Nevada
* New Jersey Bell, (1904–1983)
* Northwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the North Central and Northwestern US
* Ohio Bell, the Bell Operating Company serving most of Ohio
* Pacific Bell, the name of the Bell System's telephone operations in California
* Regional Bell Operating Company, any of the phone companies spun off from AT&T in 1984
* South Central Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the South-Central US
* Southern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving the Southeastern US
* Southwestern Bell, the name of the Bell Operating Company serving Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas
* Wisconsin Bell, (1984–1999)

### Other business

* Bell Aircraft, an aircraft manufacturer of the United States
* Bell Helicopter, an American rotorcraft manufacturer
* Bell ID, a software company based in The Netherlands
* Bell Records, a record label
* Bell Sports Inc., a helmet manufacturer
* Bell's Brewery, based in Michigan

## Mathematics, science and technology

* Bell, the body of a jellyfish
* Bell character, in computing, a device control code
* Bell number, in mathematics
* Bell polynomials, in mathematics
* Bell state, in quantum information science
* Diving bell, a cable-suspended underwater airtight chamber

## Transportation

### Rail

* Bell (METRORail station), Houston, Texas, United States
* Bell railway station, Melbourne, Australia
* Bell railway station, New South Wales, Australia

### Sea

* SS Empire Bell, a Swedish collier (bulk cargo ship) launched in 1930
* USS Bell, either of two U.S. Navy ships

### Other forms of transportation

* Bell (cyclecar), a British three-wheeled cyclecar made in 1920 by W.G. Bell of Rochester, Kent
* Bell tailslide, an aerobatic maneuver

## Other uses

* Bell (typeface), a typeface designed in 1788 by Richard Austin
* Bell Challenge, a WTA Tour Tier III tennis tournament held in Quebec
* Bell High School (disambiguation)
* Bell House (disambiguation)
* Bell Lake (disambiguation)
* Bell pepper
