SUPERIOR

'Superior' may refer to

★ superior (hierarchy), in a hierarchical structure of any kind, a superior is above a subordinate and closer to the apex

★ superior is the generic term, and in some cases the formal title, for the head of a monastery or other local unit of a religious order or congregation, e.g. abbot and prior, while a general superior and a provincial superior, exercise a supervisory role in a religious order or congregation viz. a territorial part of it (called ecclesiastical province)

★ Standard Superior, a German automobile brand built in the 1920s that may have been a forerunner of the Volkswagen Beetle

★ Superior Coach Company, a former manufacturer of school buses and that currently builds hearses

★ Superior (band), a progressive metal band from Germany

★ "Superior" is also used anatomically, meaning above or in a higher position on the body (when the body is in its anatomical position). The head is the most superior part of the body.

★ Superior (proposed U.S. state), an unsuccessful, and occasionally facetious, proposal for the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to form a state separate from Michigan
'Superiority' may refer to

★ the dominance of one military over another in any given conflict: see air superiority and command of the sea

★ a superiority complex (in psychology)

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Geographical locations

Geographical locations

★ Lake Superior, the largest of the North American Great Lakes
'Superior' is also the name of several places in the United States of America:

★ Superior, Arizona

★ Superior, Colorado

★ Superior, Iowa

★ Superior Township, Chippewa County, Michigan

★ Superior Township, Washtenaw County, Michigan

★ Superior, Montana

★ Superior, Nebraska

★ Superior, Wisconsin

★ Superior (town), Wisconsin

★ Superior (village), Wisconsin

★ Superior, Wyoming