# Draco

Draco is the Greco-Latin word for serpent, or dragon.
Draco or Drako most often refers to:
* Draco (constellation), a constellation in the northern part of the sky
* Draco (lawgiver) (from Greek: Δράκων; 7th century BC), the first lawgiver of ancient Athens, from whom the term draconian is derived
Draco or Drako may also refer to:

## People

* Draco (physician) (from Greek: Δράκων), the name of several physicians in the family of Hippocrates
* Draco Rosa (born 1969), a Puerto Rican songwriter and former member of Puerto Rican boy band Menudo
* Dean Drako, American businessman

## Arts, entertainment, and media
### Literature, film, and television

* Draco Malfoy, a character in the Harry Potter series
* Drako, a character in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise
* Draco (Caminhos do Coração), a character from the 2008 Brazilian telenovela Os Mutantes - Caminhos do Coração
* Draco, the name of the last dragon in the film Dragonheart.
* Draco, a character from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess
* Antares Draco, an Imperial Knight from Star Wars: Legacy
* Jaq Draco, an Inquisitor who is the protagonist of Ian Watson's Inquisition War Trilogy
* Marc Ange Draco, head of European crime syndicate and James Bond's father-in-law in Ian Fleming's novels

### Games

* Draco, a character in the fictional opera The Dream Oath: Maria and Draco in Final Fantasy VI
* Draco, a dragon from the card game Magic: The Gathering
* Draco Centauros, a dragon-like humanoid from the Puyo Puyo video game series, and one of the 3 main protagonists in the third main game in the series, Puyo Puyo Sun.
* Dragonair, a Dragon-type Pokémon known as "Draco" in the French versions of the game
* Draco, a legendary brawler from the mobile game Brawl Stars

### Music

* Draco and the Malfoys, an American rock band
* "Draco" (song), by Future, 2017

## Brand or business

* Draco Pistol
* Draco, a civilian version of the Pistol Mitralieră model 1963/1965
* Draco, a guitar built by B.C. Rich guitars

## History

* Draconian constitution, or Draco's code, a 7th-century BC written law code
* Dacian Draco, a Dacian military standard composed of a wolf head and snake tail
* Draco (military standard), a Roman cavalry military standard in the shape of a dragon, adopted after the Dacian Wars

## Science and technology

* Draco (dwarf galaxy), a dwarf galaxy orbiting the Milky Way
* Draco Supercluster (SCL 114), a galaxy supercluster in the constellation Draco
* Draco (lizard), a genus of gliding lizards
* Draco, a widely used synonym of Dracaena (plant)
** Dracaena draco, a species of dragon tree
* Draco (rocket engine), an orbital maneuvering thruster being built for the SpaceX Dragon and upper stage of the Falcon 9 spacecraft
* Demonstration Rocket for Agile Cislunar Operations (DRACO), a US DOD program
* SuperDraco, a liquid rocket engine designed and built by SpaceX. Used for the launch escape system of the SpaceX Dragon 2
* DRACO, camera module of NASAs DART Mission
* Draco (programming language), a shareware programming language for CP/M and the Amiga
* DraCo, a partly Amiga compatible computer built by MacroSystem AG
* Draco Linux, a Linux distribution
* DRACO, a group of experimental antiviral drugs

## Other uses

* Draco Peak, a summit in Alberta, Canada
* Draco Racing, a motorsports team in Italy
* Draco, name given by the U.S. cable channel The Weather Channel to the December 2012 North American blizzard
* Draco, a prototype of a SPAA version of the Centauro 8x8 fighting vehicle of the Italian Army