- a large dirigible balloon consisting of a long, cylindrical, covered framework containing compartments or cells filled with gas, and of various structures for holding the engines, passengers, etc.
- any rigid airship or dirigible.
- German general and aeronaut: designer and manufacturer of the zeppelin.
- a large cylindrical rigid airship built from 1900 to carry passengers, and used in World War I for bombing and reconnaissance
- Count Ferdinand von (ˈfɛrdinant fɔn). 1838–1917, German aeronautical pioneer, who designed and manufactured airships (zeppelins)
