Adair
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Adair may refer to:
People
Adair (name), a surname and given name
Adair baronets in the Baronetage of the UK
Places
Adare Manor, a manor house in Adare, County Limerick, Ireland
Bahia Adair or Adair Bay, a bay in the municipality of San Luis Río Colorado, Sonora
Magh Adhair, archaeological site located near the village of Quin, County Clare, Ireland
United States
Adair, Illinois, an unincorporated census-designated place
Adair, Iowa, a city
Adair, an unincorporated community in Casco Township, St. Clair County, Michigan
Adair, Oklahoma, a town
Adair Township, Camden County, Missouri
Adair Village, Oregon, a city
Adair County (disambiguation)
Adair Lake, a lake in California
Adair Mansion, a house and subdivision in Atlanta, Georgia
Adair Vineyards, a vineyard on the historic Thaddeus Hait Farm in Plattekill, New York
Adair Park, Adair County, Oklahoma
Adair Air Force Station, a closed US Air Force station near Corvallis, Oregon
Camp Adair, Corvallis, Oregon, a US Army training facility from 1942 to 1946
Fort Adair, a late 18th-century stockade fortification and supply depot north of Knoxville, Tennessee
Mount Adair, a 5,178-foot (1,578 m) double summit mountain in Alaska
Other uses
USS Adair (APA-91), a World War II attack transport
Adair (band), a post hardcore band from St. Louis, Missouri
Adair v. United States, a US Supreme Court decision
Adair sepia, a type of decorative limestone found in Ontario, Canada
See also
"My sweet Adair", a 1915 song by Anatole Friedland and L. Wolfe Gilbert
Adairs Covered Bridge, Perry County, Pennsylvania
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