# Foss

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**Foss** or **FOSS** may refer to:

## Companies

- [Foss A/S](/source/Foss_A/S), a Danish analytical instrument company
- [Foss Brewery](/source/Foss_Brewery), a former brewery in Oslo, Norway
- [Foss Maritime](/source/Foss_Maritime), a tugboat and shipping company

## Historic houses

- [Foss House (New Brighton, Minnesota)](/source/Foss_House_(New_Brighton,_Minnesota)), United States
- [Foss and Wells House](/source/Foss_and_Wells_House), Jordan, Minnesota, United States
- [Horatio G. Foss House](/source/Horatio_G._Foss_House), Auburn, Maine, United States

## People

- [Foss (surname)](/source/Foss_(surname))
- [Foss Shanahan](/source/Foss_Shanahan) (1910–1964), New Zealand diplomat
- [Foss Westcott](/source/Foss_Westcott) (1863–1949), English bishop

## Places

- [Foss Dyke](/source/Foss_Dyke), a canal in Lincolnshire, England
- [Foss-Eikeland](/source/Foss-Eikeland), a village in Sandnes, Norway
- [River Foss](/source/River_Foss), a river in North Yorkshire, England, U.K.

### United States

- [Foss, Oklahoma](/source/Foss,_Oklahoma), a town - [Foss State Park](/source/Foss_State_Park)
- [Foss, Oregon](/source/Foss,_Oregon), an unincorporated community
- [Foss Glacier](/source/Foss_Glacier), a glacier on Mount Hinman, Washington
- [Foss Peak](/source/Foss_Peak), Tatoosh Range, Washington
- [Foss River](/source/Foss_River), a river in Washington

## Other uses

- [The Forum of Small States](/source/The_Forum_of_Small_States), grouping of countries at the United Nations
- [Foss (band)](/source/Foss_(band)), an El Paso, Texas-based rock band
- [Foss (cat)](/source/Foss_(cat)), the pet of Edward Lear
- [Free and open-source software](/source/Free_and_open-source_software) - [FOSS Movement in India](/source/FOSS_Movement_in_India) (1990s–2000s), a campaign in India to promote Free and Open Source Software - [FOSS.IN](/source/FOSS.IN) (2001–2012), an annual FOSS conference in Bangalore, India
- [Full Option Science System](/source/Full_Option_Science_System) (FOSS), a science curriculum
- [Il-Foss](/source/Il-Foss), a football ground in Ħaż-Żabbar, Malta
- [USS *Foss* (DE-59)](/source/USS_Foss_(DE-59)), a US Navy ship
- Foss Gly, a character from Clive Cussler novels *[Night Probe!](/source/Night_Probe!)* and *Cyclops*
- Foss, another term for a [waterfall](/source/Waterfall)

## See also

- [Fosse (disambiguation)](/source/Fosse_(disambiguation))
- [Fosses (disambiguation)](/source/Fosses_(disambiguation))

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