The original meaning of the word colossus is an exceptionally large statue.
Colossus may refer to:
Statues
Any exceptionally large statue such as:
Colossus of Rhodes, a giant statue of Helios, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient WorldColossus of Nero, a bronze statue of the Emperor NeroColossus of Barletta, a giant statue of an unidentified Roman emperorColossus of Constantine, a giant bronze and marble statue of Constantine the GreatColossi of Memnon, two massive stone statues of Pharaoh Amenhotep IIIStatue of Liberty, a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886The Motherland Calls, a 1967 statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia commemorating the Battle of StalingradThe 12 Jin Ren 12 Colossi made by the order of Shihuangdi"Leonardo's horse" or Gran Cavallo, a giant, unfinished statue of a horse by Leonardo da Vinci
Media
Colossus (Scorn album)Colossus (Walt Mink album), 1997Colossus (comics), a superhero in the X-Men comic book seriesColossus (novel), a 1966 science fiction novel by D. F. Jones about a computer that takes over the world
Colossus: The Forbin Project, a 1970 film based on the Jones novelColossus (collection), a collection of science fiction short stories by Donald Wandrei"Colossus", a Canadian movie theater brand owned by Cineplex Entertainment"Colossus", a song from Quintessence"Colossus", a song by the Afro Celt Sound System from the album Volume 3: Further in TimeColossus Crosswords Magazine, a monthly crossword magazine published by Lovatts PublicationsColossus Records, an American record label founded in 1969 by Jerry Ross
Computing
Colossus computer, the first programmable digital electronic computer, used for code breaking in World War II"Colossus", a computer program developed for NASA's Project ApolloColossus Chess, a 1990 series of chess-playing programsColossus, the codename for a new version of the Google File System
Video games
The first Boss fight of the video game God of War II set in ancient GreeceThe eponymous enemies in the Shadow of the Colossus video gameThe Colossus, the name of a Space Pirate ship from the game Metroid Prime 3: CorruptionGTVA Colossus is the largest human-built spacefaring warship in the FreeSpace 2 universeColossus, a level in the Summer Forest Homeworld in Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!Colossus Chess, A game from the 1980s on the Commodore 64/Amiga"Colossus", a Protoss unit from StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.
Rides
Colossus (Six Flags Magic Mountain), a wooden roller coaster in Valencia, CaliforniaColossus (Ferris wheel), a Ferris wheelColossus (Thorpe Park), a roller coaster in Chertsey, EnglandColossus (Lagoon), a steel roller coaster at Lagoon Amusement Park in Farmington, UtahColossos (Heide Park), a roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany
Other
Colossus, a Reticulated Python, once considered the largest in captivity, when kept at a zoo in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.HMS Colossus, ships of the UK Royal NavyUSS ColossusColossus class (disambiguation), multiple classes of warshipColossus Bridge, a timber bridge over the Schuylkill River near Philadelphia
