Mercedes

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Mercedes is a female Spanish name. María de las Mercedes ("Mary of the favours") is a Marian advocation. The singular is merced. It may refer to:

Things

Mercedes a series of German automobile models and engines built and sold by Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft between 1903 and 1926
Mercedes-Benz a German brand of automobiles, engines, and trucks created when Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft and Benz & Cie. merged into Daimler-Benz in 1926 and continued by its successor, DaimlerChrysler
"Mercedes-Benz", a song by Janis Joplin
Mercedes (calculator), an early 20th-century computing device
Mercedes College, South Australia
Asteroid 1136 Mercedes ([de])

Places

Mercedes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina
Mercedes, Paraná, Brazil
Mercedes, Camarines Norte, Philippines
Mercedes, Eastern Samar, Philippines
Mercedes, Texas, United States
Mercedes, Uruguay, Soriano department

People

Mercedes Jellinek (1889–1929), daughter of automobile dealer Emil Jellinek, whose name was used for an engine of a 1900 model automobile designed for Jellinek (to race and market exclusively) by Wilhelm Maybach—of Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG)—and soon adopted by DMG for an entire series of models built until 1926; later, the brand, Mercedes-Benz which was created in 1926, was named after that series of automobiles and for Karl Benz when DMG and Benz & Cie. merged into Daimler-Benz in 1926
Mercedes de Acosta (1893–1968), poet and socialite
Mercedes Bresso (born 1944), Italian politician
Mercedes Lackey (born 1950), fantasy author
Mercedes McCambridge (1916–2004), actress
Eleoncio Mercedes (1957–1985), boxer
Mercedes Ruehl (born 1948), U.S. actress
Mercedes Sosa (born 1935), Argentine singer
Mercedes of Orléans (1860 - 1878), queen consort of Spain.
Infanta Mercedes, Princess of Asturias (1880–1904), Spanish royal
Infanta Maria de las Mercedes, Countess of Barcelona, mother of king Juan Carlos
Enrique el de las Mercedes ("Henry of the favours" after his grants to supporting aristocrats), Spanish nickname of Henry II of Castile.
Mercedes (Joseph Cohen) (1888–1966), a vaudeville and magic entertainer of the early 20th century
Mercedes, the fiancé of Edmond Dantes in Dumas's novel The Count of Monte Cristo
Mercedes Yvette (born 1981), fashion model & actress
Nina Mercedez (born 10 November 1979) is an American pornstar.

Merceditas is a Spanish name for a kind of female shoes.

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