Sugarloaf
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A sugarloaf was the traditional form, a soft cone like a vertically-stretched gumdrop, in which refined sugar was exported from the Caribbean and eastern Brazil from the 17th to 19th centuries.
The characteristic shape of a sugarloaf has led to a number of hills and mountains being named Sugarloaf, including:
- Rio de Janeiro's Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro (Pão de Açúcar)
- Maine's Sugarloaf Mountain, home of the Sugarloaf/USA ski resort
- the Sugarloaf Mountain, Oregon
- Sugarloaf Mountain, Ireland
- Sugar Loaf Mountain, Wales
- Sugarloaf Mountain, Maryland
A number of places are named Sugarloaf:
- Sugarloaf Township, a community in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, USA.
- TPC at Sugarloaf, a golf course in Duluth, Georgia
- Sugarloaf, Lake Tahoe, a climbing area in California
Other things named sugarloaf:
- Sugarloaf, a type of pineapple
- sugarloaf, a breed of horse
- the movie production company which made Kiss of the Spider Woman.
- Sugarloaf, a pop music group best known for their hit songs "Green-Eyed Lady" (1970) and "Don't Call Us, We'll Call You" (1975).