A lark is a small terrestrial bird.<!-- Description? "kept to a minimum" MOS:DAB#Introductory_line -->

Lark, The Lark, Larks or The Larks may also refer to:

== Geography ==<!-- Places: "it may only be necessary to write the name" MOS:DABNAME#Specific_entry_types -->

  • Lark, Utah, United States, a ghost town
  • Lark, Wisconsin, United States, an unincorporated community
  • Lark Street, Albany, New York, United States
  • River Lark, a river in England
  • Lark Lane, Liverpool, England
  • Lark Wood, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest in Gloucestershire, England
  • Lark or Larak Island, in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran

Arts and entertainment

Music

  • The Larks, an influential American vocal group active in the 1950s
  • Lark (band), an electronica band from South Africa
  • "The Lark", nickname given to String Quartet No. 53 in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, by Joseph Haydn
  • "The Lark", composed by Mikhail Glinka
  • "The Lark" or "Ciocârlia", composed by Angheluş Dinicu
  • Lark (album), a 1972 album by Linda Lewis
  • Alouette (song), Quebecois children's song whose title translates to "Lark"

Films

  • The Lark (1958 film), an Australian TV adaptation of Jean Anouilh's play (see below)
  • The Lark (1964 film), a Soviet film
  • The Lark (2007 film), a British film

Fictional characters

  • John Lark, a character in the Mission: Impossible – Fallout
  • Miss Lark, a recurring character in the Mary Poppins book series
  • Lady Lark, a Marvel Comics character
  • Lark, from the PlayStation 2 game Devil Kings
  • Lark, from the Nintendo 64 game Pilotwings 64
  • Lark, a main character from Milo

Plays

  • The Lark (play), a 1952 play about Joan of Arc by Jean Anouilh

In the military

  • , sixteen Royal Navy ships
  • Hired armed lugger Lark, used by the Royal Navy from 1799 to 1801
  • , two US Navy ships
  • CSS Lark, a Confederate paddle steamer and blockade runner during the American Civil War
  • SAM-N-2 Lark, an early U.S. Navy anti-aircraft missile
  • Lark (Norwegian resistance), a Second World War group sent into German-occupied Norway to prepare for a possible Allied invasion

Transportation

  • Studebaker Lark, a compact car built by Studebaker in the 1950s and early 1960s
  • Lark (passenger train), a passenger train operated by the Southern Pacific Railroad
  • Lark, a South Devon Railway 0-4-0 steam locomotive
  • Curtiss Model 41 Lark, a commercial biplane introduced in 1925
  • Keleher Lark, a single-seat aerobatic sport aircraft designed in the early 1960s
  • Lark (dinghy), a two-person racing dinghy
  • MV Larks, a former name of the ferry MV Lucky Star (1976)

Sports

  • Denver Larks, a former name of the Denver Nuggets National Basketball Association team
  • Larks, a nickname for the Montreal Alouettes Canadian Football League team
  • Hays Larks, a collegiate summer baseball team in Hays, Kansas
  • Jersey Larks, a professional ice hockey team which played in the Eastern Hockey League during the 1960–61 season
  • Oakland Larks, a baseball team in the West Coast Negro Baseball League in 1946
  • Mynavi ABC Championship, a Japan Golf Tour event called the ABC Lark Cup (1988–1991) and the Lark Cup (1992–1993)

People

  • Lark (name), a list of people with either the surname or given name
  • Lark (person), someone who prefers to get up early in the morning and go to bed in the early evening
  • Sarah Lark, a pen name of German author Christiane Gohl (born 1958)
  • Lark O'Neal, a pen name of American novelist Barbara O'Neal (fl. 1990-present)
  • K. Gordon Lark, American biologist

Other uses

  • Lark (cigarette), a brand of cigarette made by Philip Morris
  • Lark Theater, a single-screen Art Deco cinema in Larkspur, California, United States
  • Lark Health, American digital health company
  • Lark Hotels, an American hotel management and development company
  • Lark, an XML syntax analyzer written by Tim Bray
  • Colloquial for a larrikin act
  • Lark (software), collaborative software
  • The Lark (theater), a New York-based new play theater organization
  • Lark (restaurant), a restaurant in Seattle

See also

  • Lark Force, a Second World War Australian Army unit
  • SAI KZ VII Lærke (Danish for "Lark"), a light utility aircraft first flown in 1946
  • "An Awhesyth" (Cornish for "The Lark"), a traditional Cornish folk song
  • Alouette (disambiguation) (French for "lark")
  • LARC (disambiguation)