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Atlanta is a major city in the United States and the capital of the state of Georgia.
Atlanta may also refer to:
Places
In the United States
Atlanta, Arkansas , an unincorporated community
Atlanta, California , an unincorporated community
Atlanta, Delaware , an unincorporated community
Atlanta, Idaho , an unincorporated community
Atlanta, Illinois , a city
Atlanta, Indiana , a town
Atlanta, Kansas , a city
Atlanta, Kentucky , an unincorporated community
Atlanta, Louisiana , a village
Atlanta, Michigan , an unincorporated community
Atlanta, Mississippi , an unincorporated community
Atlanta, Missouri , a city
Atlanta, Nebraska , a village
Camp Atlanta , an American World War II prisoner-of-war camp near the village
Atlanta, New York , a hamlet
Atlanta, Ohio , an unincorporated community
Atlanta, Texas , a city
Atlanta, Wisconsin , town
Atlanta Township, Logan County, Illinois
Atlanta Township, Rice County, Kansas
Atlanta Township, Minnesota
Elsewhere
Sports
Teams
Based in Atlanta, Georgia:
Atlanta Black Crackers , a Negro league baseball team in the early to mid-20th century
Atlanta Braves , a Major League Baseball team
Atlanta Chiefs , a soccer team in the National Professional Soccer League (1967) and the North American Soccer League (1968–1973 and 1979–1981)
Atlanta Crackers , a minor league baseball team (1901–1965)
Atlanta Dream , a Women's National Basketball Association team
Atlanta Falcons , a National Football League team
Atlanta Flames , a former National Hockey League team (1972–1980)
Atlanta Glory , a women's basketball team in the American Basketball League (1996–1998), also a 2012 expansion team of the Women's American Basketball Association
Atlanta Thrashers , a former National Hockey League team
Atlanta Hawks , a National Basketball Association team
Atlanta United , a Major League Soccer team
Club Atlético Atlanta , a sports club in Buenos Aires, Argentina
Other sports
Military
Battle of Atlanta , an 1864 American Civil War battle
USS Atlanta , various United States Navy ships, including one that also served in the Confederate States Navy as CSS Atlanta
Atlanta -class cruiser , a United States Navy World War II class of light cruisers
Arts and entertainment
Music
Other arts and entertainment
Schools
Atlanta Metropolitan State College , a public college in Atlanta, Georgia
Clark Atlanta University , originally named Atlanta University, a private, Methodist, historically black research university in Atlanta, Georgia
University of Atlanta , a defunct private, for-profit, distance education school which was headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia State University , one of the State of Georgia's largest public institutions headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia
Other uses
Episcopal Diocese of Atlanta , Georgia
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta , Georgia
United States Penitentiary, Atlanta , Georgia, a medium-security federal prison
Atlanta (gastropod) , a genus of sea snails
Atlanta (magazine) , a general-interest magazine based in Atlanta, Georgia
Air Atlanta , an airline based in Atlanta, Georgia, United States, during the mid-1980s
Call sign for
Air Atlanta Icelandic
Atlanta Centre , an office skyscraper in San Juan, Metro Manila, Philippines
Radio Atlanta , a commercial station that operated briefly in 1964 from a ship anchored in the North Sea near England
SS Atlanta , a Great Lakes steamer that sank in 1906
See also
Topics referred to by the same term