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An enigma (from Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
 a????µa, plural enigmas or enigmata) is a puzzle
Puzzle

A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle one is intended to piece together objects in a logical way in order to come up with the desired shape, picture or solution....
, something mysterious or inexplicable, or a riddle
Riddle

A riddle is a statement or question having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundrums, which are questions relying for the...
 or difficult problem. Also an "Enigma" can be used to describe a type of person in a way.

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An enigma (from Greek
Ancient Greek

Ancient Greek is the historical stage in the development of the Greek language spanning across the Archaic Greece , Classical Greece , and Hellenistic civilization periods of ancient Greece and the classical antiquity....
 a????µa, plural enigmas or enigmata) is a puzzle
Puzzle

A puzzle is a problem or enigma that tests the ingenuity of the solver. In a basic puzzle one is intended to piece together objects in a logical way in order to come up with the desired shape, picture or solution....
, something mysterious or inexplicable, or a riddle
Riddle

A riddle is a statement or question having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundrums, which are questions relying for the...
 or difficult problem. Also an "Enigma" can be used to describe a type of person in a way.

Enigma may also refer to:

  • Enigma machine
    Enigma machine

    The Enigma machine is any of a family of related electro-mechanical rotor machines that have been used to generate ciphers for the encryption and decryption of secret messages....
    , a machine for encrypting communications during World War II
  • Enigma, Georgia
    Enigma, Georgia

    Enigma is a town in Berrien County, Georgia, Georgia , United States. The population was 869 at the 2000 census....
    , a town in Georgia, USA
  • The Enigma, a performer in the Jim Rose Circus
  • Enigma (yacht)
    Enigma (yacht)

    Enigma formerly ECO and Katana is one of the world's List of motor yachts by length private superyachts. According to Power and Motoryacht magazine, she is owned by Aidan Barclay, son of the British media tycoon David Barclay who recently purchased the Telegraph newspaper....
    , one of the world's largest private superyachts (formerly "ECO" and "Katana")
  • Enigma (game), the computer game
  • Enigma Browser
    Enigma Browser

    The Enigma Browser was previously a shareware Internet Explorer shell but is now freeware. It uses Internet Explorer's Trident layout engine....
    , a web browser
  • Enigma, the codename for Red Hat Linux
    Red Hat Linux

    Red Hat Linux, assembled by the company Red Hat, was a popular Linux based operating system until its discontinuation in 2004.Red Hat Linux 1.0 was released on November 3, 1994....
     7.2
  • Outdoor city game in Warsaw, Poland - EnigmaWarsaw
    EnigmaWarsaw

    EnigmaWarsaw is a real life adventure game based in the city of Warsaw, Poland created by a local travel agency to help popularize Warsaw as an alternative vacation destination....
  • Enigma Bicycle
  • The Publius Enigma
    Publius Enigma

    The Publius Enigma is an obscure mystery involving a riddle or a series of riddles proposed in connection with Pink Floyd's 1994 in music album The Division Bell....
    , an unsolved internet-based puzzle associated with the 1994 Pink Floyd
    Pink Floyd

    Pink Floyd are an English Rock music band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic rock and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music....
     album, The Division Bell
    The Division Bell

    The Division Bell is the final recording studio album by Pink Floyd, released in 1994 , and their second album without Roger Waters. It was recorded at a number of studios, including guitarist/Singing David Gilmour's houseboat studio called Astoria ....
    .
  • The Enigma tornado outbreak
    Enigma tornado outbreak

    The 1884 Enigma outbreak is thought to be among the largest and most widespread tornado outbreaks in American history, striking on February 19 - February 20, 1884....
    , so-named because of the lack of data available on it despite its severity.


Film and television

  • Enigma (1977 film)
  • Enigma (1983 film)
    Enigma (1983 film)

    Enigma is a 1983 motion picture directed by Jeannot Szwarc, and starring Martin Sheen, Sam Neill, Brigitte Fossey and Kevin McNally....
    , a film starring Martin Sheen and Sam Neill
  • Aenigma (film), a 1987 film directed by Lucio Fulci
    Lucio Fulci

    Lucio Fulci was an Italy film Film director, screenwriter, and actor. He is perhaps best known for his directorial work on Gore film films, including Zombi 2 and The Beyond , although he made films in genres as diverse as giallo, western , and comedy film....
  • Enigma (2001 film)
    Enigma (2001 film)

    Enigma is an English 2001 in film film set during World War II. It stars Dougray Scott and Kate Winslet and is based on the novel Enigma by Robert Harris ....
    , a film adapted from the Robert Harris novel
  • Enigma (TV series)
    Enigma (TV series)

    Enigma is a 2007 Biography Channel TV series about enigmas throughout history....
     - a Biography Channel TV series
  • Enigma (game show), a Finnish television show by Finlands Svenska Television
    Finlands Svenska Television

    YLE FST5 is Yleisradio's Finland-Swedish digital television channel, providing television programmes in the Swedish language in Finland. It is a public-service channel principally intended for Finland's Swedish-speaking minority, although – since most of its programmes are subtitled in Finnish language – a large proportion of it...
  • Enigma: The Best of Jeff Hardy - a DVD showcasing the TNA career of the pro-wrestler
  • Enigma (Stargate SG-1), an episode from the science-fiction TV series
  • Enigma (NCIS), an episode from the TV series NCIS; Episode 15, Season 1.
  • Enigma (webcast host) - A webcast host famous for the Danny Phantom & Avatar Xtreme Insider


Music

  • Enigma (musical project)
    Enigma (musical project)

    'Enigma' is a German electronic music musical project founded by Michael Cretu, David Fairstein and Frank Peterson in 1990. Cretu, who based his recording studio A.R.T....
    , the electronic music project created by Michael Cretu
    Michael Cretu

    Mihai Cretu, also known as Michael Cretu or Curly M.C. , is a Romanian musician best known as the creator of the Enigma project.He has worked with many producers, musicians, and artists in his long career....
    , David Fairstein and Frank Peterson
    Frank Peterson

    Frank Peterson is a German music producer known for his work with Enigma and artists such as Sarah Brightman, Gregorian , Princessa and Andrea Bocelli on his first international album Romanza in 1997....
     in 1990,
  • Enigma Records
    Enigma Records

    Enigma Records was a popular rock music and alternative music record label in the 1980s. It was initially a division of Greenworld Distribution, an independent music importer/distributor, from which it split off in 1985 to become its own company....
    , a music record label
  • Enigma (band)
    Enigma (band)

    Enigma was a United Kingdom disco musical ensemble from the 1980s. Their only Single were "Ain't No Stopping" and "I Love Music", which reached #11 and #25 in the UK Singles Chart respectively in 1981....
    , the 1980s disco band
  • Enigma Variations
    Enigma Variations

    Variations on an Original Theme for orchestra, Op. 36 , commonly referred to as the Enigma Variations, is a set of a theme and its fourteen variation written for orchestra by Edward Elgar in 1898–1899....
    , the musical work by Edward Elgar
  • Enigma (album)
    Enigma (album)

    Enigma, the second album from Keith Murray , was released in 1996 on the Jive Records imprint.Track listingAlbum Chart Positions...
    , the 1996 Keith Murray album
  • Enigma (Ill Niño album)
    Enigma (Ill Niño album)

    Enigma is the fourth studio album by the metal band Ill Ni?o, released in the United States on March 11, 2008 throughCement Shoes Records. The album's first single "The Alibi of Tyrants" was released to radio on April 22, 2007....
    , 2008 album from Ill Niño
  • "Enigma", a song by Trapt
    Trapt

    Trapt is a rock music band that formed in Los Gatos, California in 1997. The group is composed of vocalist Chris Taylor Brown, lead guitarist Robb Torres, bassist Peter Charell, and drummer Aaron "Monty" Montgomery....
     on their self-titled album Trapt (album)
    Trapt (album)

    Trapt is the debut album from alternative metal band Trapt. With three hit single s, the album ascended to #42 on the Billboard 200 album sales chart....
  • Enigmatic (album)
    Enigmatic (album)

    Enigmatic - Czeslaw Niemen's rock album released in 1970. It is considered to be the best polish rock album ever.Inspired in 1968 by Wojciech Mlynarski Niemen decided to make his new album with polish poetry as lyrics....
    , the 1970 Czeslaw Niemen
    Czeslaw Niemen

    Czeslaw Niemen was one of the most important and original Poland singer-songwriters and rock balladeers of the last quarter-century, singing mainly in the Polish language....
     album
  • "Aenigma", a song on the 2002 album Prophet of the Last Eclipse
    Prophet of the Last Eclipse

    Prophet of the Last Eclipse is the second album in a solo trilogy by symphonic power metal songwriter Luca Turilli of the band Rhapsody of Fire....
     by power metal musician Luca Turilli.


Latin riddle collections

  • Aenigmata, hexametrical riddles by Symphosius
    Symphosius

    Symphosius was the author of the Aenigmata, a collection of 100 Latin riddles of uncertain date. They were even attributed to Lactantius, and identified with his Symposium, but this view is that of a single 18th-century editor, and is not generally accepted....
  • Enigmata by Aldhelm based on those of Symphosius' Aenigmata
  • Enigmata Eusebii by Hwaetberht
    Hwaetberht

    Hwaetberht was Abbot of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Priory where he had served as a monk.He was elected to succeed Abbot Ceolfrith in 716 or 717 when Ceolfrith set off on a pilgrimage to Rome....
  • Other enigmata, eg. by Tatwine and Boniface.


Print publications

  • Enigma (novel)
    Enigma (novel)

    Enigma is a novel by Robert Harris , about Tom Jericho, a young mathematician trying to break the Germans' "Enigma machine" ciphers during World War II....
    , a novel by Robert Harris
  • The Enigma (magazine), a monthly publication of the National Puzzlers' League
    National Puzzlers' League

    The National Puzzlers' League is a nonprofit organization focused on puzzle, primarily in the realm of word play and word games. Founded in 1883, it is the oldest puzzlers' organization in the world....
  • Enigma (New Scientist), a mathematical puzzle published in New Scientist magazine
  • Enigma (comic)
    Enigma (comic)

    Enigma is a comic book by Peter Milligan, with artwork done by Duncan Fegredo, featuring a superhero called "The Enigma". It was published as an eight-issue limited series by Vertigo , an imprint of DC Comics, in 1993 in comics....
    , a Vertigo/DC comic featuring a character called The Enigma


Fiction

  • Enigma (comics)
    Enigma (comics)

    Enigma, in comics, may refer to:* Enigma , a DC Comics character* Enigma , a title published by DC's imprint Vertigo* Enigma , a Marvel Comics character, also called Tara Virango...
    , a fictional character in the DC Universe
  • Enigma, a fictional region in the Wing Commander (video game) universe
  • Enigma, a fictional rune word found in videogame Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
    Diablo II: Lord of Destruction

    Diablo II: Lord of Destruction is an expansion pack for the hack and slash action role-playing game Diablo II. Unlike the original Diablo s expansion pack, Diablo: Hellfire, it is an official expansion designed by Blizzard North....
  • Enigma (group), the main antagonist in the game Spy Fiction
    Spy Fiction (video game)

    Spy Fiction is a stealth-based video game by Sammy Studios and Sega for the PlayStation 2. The game is promoted as "stealth action inspired by genre-defined espionage classics" and gives players the ability to disguise themselves as any character in the game....
    .
  • Enigma the second novel in The Trigon Disunity
    The Trigon Disunity

    The Trigon Disunity is a series of three books written by science fiction author Michael P. Kube-McDowell. Emprise was a Philip K. Dick Award nominee....
     series by Michael P. Kube-McDowell
    Michael P. Kube-McDowell

    Michael Paul Kube-McDowell is a science fiction novelist. He has also dabbled in music, written for television, been a stringer for a daily newspaper, and published short fiction, reviews, assorted nonfiction and erotica....
  • Darchrow,the Enigma-A character found in the 'Defense of the Ancients' map of the videogame, Warcraft 3-The Frozen Throne.
  • "Enigma
    Poems by Edgar Allan Poe

    This article lists all known poetry by American author and critic Edgar Allan Poe , regardless of importance. They are listed alphabetically with the date of their authorship in parentheses....
    " - poem by Edgar Allan Poe
    Edgar Allan Poe

    Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet, Short story writer, Editing and Literary criticism, and is considered part of the American Romanticism. Best known for his tales of Mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the Detective fiction genre....