BQ, Bq, or bq may refer to:

Places

  • Navassa Island (FIPS PUB 10-4 territory code BQ)
  • Caribbean Netherlands (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)
  • .bq, the country-code Top Level Domain for Caribbean Netherlands
  • British Antarctic Territory (former ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code)

Businesses and organizations

  • Aeromar Líneas Aéreas Dominicanas (IATA airline designator BQ)
  • Bin Quraya, leading heavy equipment rental firm in Saudi Arabia
  • Birds Queensland, the ornithological society of Queensland, Australia
  • Bloc Québécois, a political party of Canada
  • BQ (company), a Spanish user electronics company
  • BQ Aquaris, the company's brand of devices

Science and technology

  • Becquerel (Bq), the SI derived unit of radioactivity
  • Benzoquinone, a chemical compound
  • BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 (Cerberus), SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variants
  • BQ-788, a selective ETB antagonist
  • BQ-123, a cyclic peptide
  • Broadcast quality, a video quality standard for broadcast television

Other uses

  • Boston Qualifier, a qualifier in the Boston Marathon
  • Band Queer, etymologically Band Qualified, a member of the Fightin' Texas Aggie Band
  • Blood quantum laws, laws in the United States that define Native American status by fractions of Native American ancestry.

See also

  • BBQ, shorthand for barbecue
  • BQS (disambiguation)
  • B&Q, a British retailer