Regency may refer to:

Government and politics

  • Regency (government), the rule of a regent
  • Regency (Indonesia), class of administrative subdivision inherited from the Regentschap of Dutch indirect rule
  • Albany Regency, a political faction in the state of New York, c. 1820–50
  • Hōjō Regency, during the Kamakura shogunate in Japan
  • Régence, France 1715–23
  • Regency Acts, various acts of the British parliament to provide for a regent
  • Regency Era, also called "British Regency" or "The Regency", a reference to various stretches of time in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, e.g., 1811–1820 or 1795 to 1837
  • Regency period (Empire of Brazil), 1831–1840
  • Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946), known retrospectively as "The Regency" because of the lack of a monarch

Genres or styles

Distinctive trends in British architecture, culture, fashion, literature, and politics during the British Regency period, e.g.:

  • Regency architecture, the architecture of the British Regency period
  • Regency novel, a novel genre set in the British Regency period
  • Regency romance, a romance novel genre set in the British Regency period

Brands and enterprises

Arts, entertainment, and media

  • Regency Enterprises, a Los Angeles-based entertainment company
  • Regency Television, a joint venture between Regency Enterprises and Fox Television Studios
  • Regency Records (Canada), a Toronto-based record label
  • Regency Records (United States), a Los Angeles-based record label
  • Regency TR-1, the first commercially produced transistor radio

Hospitality

  • Hyatt Regency, a hotel brand owned by Hyatt Hotels Corporation
  • Loews Regency San Francisco, California, one of the Loews Hotels
  • The Regency, Denver, also known as "Regency Student Housing", in Colorado, USA, a student housing community which replaced the Regency Hotel

Other uses

  • Regency (greyhounds), a category 1, UK greyhound competition
  • Regency (Jesuit), a three-year period of training for candidates to the Society of Jesus, during which the men live in and share the work of a local community of the Order
  • Regency (Omaha), a neighborhood in Omaha, Nebraska
  • Regency, South Africa, a suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa

See also

  • Regent (disambiguation)
  • Regents (disambiguation)

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