Strand is:

• The municipality Strand in Norway.
• A village, Strand , in the municipality of Wûnseradiel, the Netherlands
• A town, Strand, part of the greater Cape Town metropole, South Africa.
• A beach or shore (from which come other meanings)
• Strand, a famous road in London.
• The Strand Magazine, a British popular monthly founded in the 1890s (named for the above) [1]
• A famous book store in New York City; see Strand Book Store.

• A fiber or single wire of woven or twisted material or rope