Places
- Magpie, a settlement in the municipality of Rivière-Saint-Jean, Quebec, Canada
- Magpie Lane, Oxford, very narrow historic lane in central Oxford, England
- Magpie River (Ontario) in Ontario, Canada
- Magpie River (Quebec) in northern Quebec, Canada
- Magpie (Victoria), a town in Australia
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