# 3 (disambiguation)

3 is a number, numeral, and glyph.
3, three, or III may also refer to:
* AD 3, the third year of the AD era
* 3 BC, the third year before the AD era
* March, the third month

## Books

* 3, a 2004 novel by Julie Hilden
* Three, a 1946 novel by William Sansom
* Three, a 1970 novel by Sylvia Ashton-Warner
* Three, a collection of three plays by Lillian Hellman
* Three (comics), a graphic novel by Kieron Gillen
* Three (novel), a 2003 suspense novel by Ted Dekker
* Three By Flannery O'Connor, collection Flannery O'Connor bibliography
* Three of Them (Russian: Трое, literally, "three"), a 1901 novel by Maksim Gorky

## Brands

* 3 (telecommunications), a global telecommunications brand
** 3Arena, indoor amphitheatre in Ireland operating with the "3" brand
** 3 Hong Kong, telecommunications company operating in Hong Kong
** Three Australia, Australian telecommunications company
** Three Ireland, Irish telecommunications company
** Three UK, British telecommunications and internet service provider
** Wind Tre, Italian telecommunications company

## Film

* Three (1965 film), a Yugoslavian film by Aleksandar Petrović
* Three (1969 film), starring Charlotte Rampling and Sam Waterston
* Three (2002 film), an Asian horror movie collaboration
* 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, a 2004 television movie
* Survival Island or Three, a 2005 film starring Billy Zane and Kelly Brook
* Three (2006 film), based on the novel with the same name
* Three (2008 film), an Indian Telugu-language film
* Three – Love, Lies and Betrayal, a 2009 Indian Hindi-language film starring Aashish Chaudhary, Nausheen Ali Sardar and Akshay Kapoor
* Three (2010 film), a German film also known as 3
* Super (2010 Indian film), starring Upendra, officially known as 👌 (sometimes read as Three)
* 3 (1996 film), an Italian film also known as Tre
* 3 (2012 Tamil film), an Indian Tamil-language film starring Dhanush and Shruti Haasan
* 3 (2012 Uruguayan film), a Uruguayan drama film directed by Pablo Stoll
* Three (2016 film), a Hong Kong-Chinese film by Johnnie To
* Dandupalya 3, or III, a 2018 Indian Kannada-language film starring Pooja Gandhi, third in the Dandupalya series
* Three (2020 film), a 2020 film Kazakh-South Korean film
* The Three (film), a 2020 Russian film
* III (film), a 2022 Canadian film

## Television

* Three (TV series), a 1998 American series
* 3 (TV series), a 2012 CBS reality television series
* "3" (The X-Files), a 1994 episode
* 3: The Dale Earnhardt Story, a 2004 television movie
* BBC Three, a British television channel.
* Channel 3, television channel traditionally associated with ITV (TV network) in the UK
* Three (TV channel), a New Zealand television channel

## Music
### Music theory and notation

* The mediant, the third note in a major or minor scale, often called a third and notated III or iii
* A triad (music), a chord with three notes, usually spaced in thirds
* A triplet, a type of tuplet, where a beat is split into three spaces

### Artists

* 3 (1980s band), a rock band of Keith Emerson, Robert Berry and Carl Palmer
* 3 (American band), an experimental progressive band based in Woodstock, New York
* III, the Inti Creates sound team
* Three (band), a post hardcore band signed to Dischord Records
* Three, a 1960s avant-garde jazz group fronted by Don Francks
* Thriii, an American girl group composed of China Anne McClain, Sierra McClain, and Lauryn McClain
* BK3, Three or 3, a band with Bill Kreutzmann, Scott Murawski and Oteil Burbridge
* #3, the pseudonym of American musician Chris Fehn when performing with Slipknot

### Albums
#### 3

* 3 (Alejandro Sanz album), 1995
* 3, by Anirudh Ravichander, a soundtrack for the 2012 Tamil film of the same name
* 3 (The Atomic Bitchwax album), 2005
* 3 (Bo Bice album), 2010
* 3 (Buffalo Killers album), 2011
* 3 (The Butchies album), 2001
* 3 (Calogero album), 2004
* 3 (FireHouse album), 1995
* 3 (honeyhoney album), 2015
* 3 (Ich Troje album), 1999
* 3 (Indochine album), 1985
* 3 (Mastedon album), 2009
* 3 (Netsky album), 2009 (also stylised III)
* 3 (Ngaiire album), 2021
* 3 (Nouvelle Vague album), 2009
* 3 (Pole album), 2000
* 3 (Tricot album), 2017
* 3 (Typical Cats album), 2012
* 3 (Soulfly album), 2002
* 3 (Violent Femmes album), 1989
* 3, by Final, 2006
* 3, by Murat Boz, 2024
* 3, by Peace Love & Pitbulls, 1997
* #3 (The Script album), 2012
* #3 (Shakespears Sister album), 2004
* #3 (Suburban Kids with Biblical Names album), 2005
* 3 EPs, by Tall Dwarfs, 1994
* 3's, by Smile Empty Soul, 2012
* 3rd (The Rasmus EP), 1996
* BK3 (album) by Bruce Kulick, 2010
* Focus 3, by Focus, 1972

#### III

* III (Bad Books album), 2019
* III (BadBadNotGood album), 2014
* III (Banks album), 2019
* III (Gui Boratto album), 2011
* III (Bosse-de-Nage album), 2012
* III (Chad Brock album), 2001
* III (Crystal Castles album), 2012
* III (Download album), 1997
* III (Espers album), 2009
* III (Eths album), 2012
* III (Family Force 5 album), 2011
* III (Foster the People EP), 2017
* III (Fuzz album), 2020
* III (JoJo EP), 2015
* III (Haloo Helsinki! album), 2011
* III (Hillsong Young & Free album), 2018
* III (The Lumineers album), 2019
* III (Makthaverskan album), 2017
* III (Maylene and the Sons of Disaster album), 2009
* III (Moderat album), 2016
* III (Moistboyz album), 2002
* III (Stanton Moore album), 2006
* III (Joe Nichols album), 2005
* III (Orbital EP), 1991
* III (Sahg album), 2010
* III (Shiny Toy Guns album), 2012
* III (Bob Sinclar album), 2003
* iii (Miike Snow album), 2016
* III (S.O.S. Band album), 1982
* III (Take That album), 2014
* III, by Dany Bédar, 2008
* III, by Demons & Wizards, 2020
* III, by Masked Intruder, 2019
* iii, by Milosh, 2008
* III, by Mt. Egypt, 2009
* III, by Siam Shade, 1996
* III, by Xerath, 2014
* Billy Talent III, by Billy Talent, 2009
* Chicago III, by Chicago, 1971
* Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom, by Cypress Hill, 1995
* Danzig III: How the Gods Kill, by Danzig, 1992
* Led Zeppelin III, by Led Zeppelin, 1970
* Santana (1971 album), Santana, 1971 (often referred to as III or Santana III)
* Sebadoh III, by Sebadoh, 1991
* Van Halen III, by Van Halen, 1998
* Black Widow III, by Black Widow, 1972

#### Three

* Three (The Black Heart Procession album), 2000
* Three (Blue Man Group album), 2016
* Three (The John Butler Trio album), 2001
* Three (Charlotte Church EP), 2013
* Three (Four Tet album), 2024
* Three (Gloriana album), 2015
* Three (Bob James album), 1976
* Three (Nine Days album), 1998
* Three (Ph.D. album), 2009
* Three (Phantogram album), 2016
* Three (Joel Plaskett album), 2009
* Three (Sugababes album), 2003
* Three (Tubeless Hearts album), 1994
* Three (U2 EP), 1979
* Three, by APB (band), 2007
* Three, by Armageddon (Swedish band), 2002
* Three, by Honey, 2001
* Threes (album), by Sparta, 2006
* Phase Three (album), by Riverdales, 2003

### Songs

* "3" (Britney Spears song), 2009
* "3" (Disturbed song), 2011
* "3", by The Dissociatives from I Can't Believe it's Not Rock, 2000
* "3", by Flume from Skin, 2016
* "3", by Scott Storch, 2021
* "3", by Ultravox from the B-side of "Same Old Story", 1986
* ".3", by Porcupine Tree from In Absentia, 2002
* "Song 3", by Robbie Williams from Escapology, 2002
* "III", by Foster the People from Sacred Hearts Club, 2017
* "Tres" (song) (English: 'Three'), by Juanes from La Vida... Es un Ratico, 2008
* "Three", by Future and Young Thug from Super Slimey, 2017
* "Three", by Jimmy Newman, 1969
* "Three", by Karma to Burn from Wild, Wonderful Purgatory, 1999
* "Three", by Lily Allen from No Shame, 2018
* "Three", by Massive Attack from Protection, 1994
* "Three", by Strawberry Alarm Clock, 1969
* "Song Three", a song from the Mahagonny-Songspiel

### Other music

* E (video), stylized Ǝ, video album by Eminem
* 3 Songs (disambiguation)
* III Records, a Japanese record label
* The Three E.P.'s, a 1998 The Beta Band album

## Science and technology

* 3, the resin identification code for polyvinyl chloride
* 3, the DVD region code for many East Asian countries (except for Japan and China)
* Group 3 element, often written as III
* A superscript 3 (³) is used to represent the cubing of a number
* Schläfli symbol for an equilateral triangle
* Giant star (III), in the Yerkes spectral classification
* 3 Juno, an asteroid in the asteroid belt

## Transportation
### Automobiles

* BMW 3 Series, a German compact luxury car
* Chery Arrizo 3, a Chinese subcompact sedan
* Chery Tiggo 3, a Chinese compact SUV
* Haima 3, a Chinese compact car
* JAC Yiwei 3, a Chinese hatchback
* Lynk & Co 03, a Chinese subcompact crossover
* Mazda3, a Japanese compact sedan
* MG 3, a British-Chinese subcompact hatchback
* Peugeot Type 3, a French steam-powered car
* Qoros 3, a Chinese compact car
* Tesla Model 3, an American compact electric sedan
* Volkswagen Type 3, a German compact car

### Roads and routes

* 3 (New York City Subway service), a service of the New York City Subway
* List of highways numbered 3

## Other uses

* 3, Triq ix-Xatt, a nineteenth-century building in Marsaskala, Malta
* Company (musical), a musical originally titled Threes
* The small forward position in basketball, also called the 3
* Three, a personality type of the Enneagram of Personality typology
* "The Three", from the second book of Samuel in the Old Testament; see David's Mighty Warriors
* Three-point field goal, a long shot in basketball
* Threes, a game on the iPhone

## Similar glyphs

* Open-mid central unrounded vowel, ɜ, of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), used in Cherokee and some English pronunciation
* Ezh (letter), Ʒ, a symbol for dram
** Lowercase ezh, ʒ, representing the Voiced palato-alveolar sibilant of the IPA, used in several African languages
* Dram (unit) (ℨ) and Gothic font letter Z
* Yogh or Ȝ, letter used in Middle English and Middle Scots
* Gyfu or Gar (rune) Anglo Saxon runes transliterated as ȝ
* Ze (Cyrillic) or З, eleventh letter of Kazakh, tenth letter of Ukrainian, Dungan, ninth letter of Russian, Belarusian, Uzbek, Serbo-Croatian, Mongolian, eighth letter of Bulgarian and Kyrgyz alphabets; and Cyrillic numeral 7
* E (Cyrillic) or Э, fortieth letter of Kazakh, thirty-fifth letter of Dungan, thirty-third letter of Mongolian, thirty-first letter of Russian, thirtieth letter of Belarusian, twenty-eighth letter of Kyrgyz, and twenty-seventh letter of Uzbek alphabets
* Abkhazian Dze or Ӡ, nineteenth letter of Abkhazian Cyrillic script alphabet
* Ro (kana) or ろ, in hiragana Japanese script
* ③, one of the Enclosed Alphanumerics
* Da̰ dwé or ဒ, nineteenth letter of Burmese alphabet
* Vin or ვ, sixth letter of Georgian alphabet and Georgian numeral 6
* Kan or კ, eleventh letter of Georgian alphabet and Georgian numeral 20
* Par or პ, seventeenth letter of Georgian alphabet and Georgian numeral 80
* Vie or ჳ, obsolete twenty-second letter of Georgian alphabet
* Hi or Յ, twenty-first letter of Armenian alphabet and Armenian numeral 300
* ౩, Telugu alphabet numeral 3
* ૩, Gujarati alphabet numeral 3
* ३, Devanagari numeral 3
* ੩, Gurmukhī alphabet numeral 3
* ༣, Tibetan alphabet numeral 3
* Ꜣ, used to transcribe the Ancient Egyptian 'aleph' phoneme; see Transliteration of Ancient Egyptian