Tomahawk
Encyclopedia
Tomahawk usually refers to:
It may also mean:
Canada
New Zealand
United States
- Tomahawk (axe)Tomahawk (axe)A tomahawk is a type of axe native to North America, traditionally resembling a hatchet with a straight shaft. The name came into the English language in the 17th century as a transliteration of the Powhatan word.Tomahawks were general purpose tools used by Native Americans and European Colonials...
, a type of axe made and used by Native Americans - Tomahawk (missile), a cruise missile built in the United States
It may also mean:
Military and transportation
- Piper PA-38 TomahawkPiper PA-38 Tomahawk|-References:*Taylor, John W.R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982-83. London:Jane's Yearbooks, 1982. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2.-External links:**-Related content:Comparable aircraft:* Aerotec Tangará* Alpha 2000 * Beechcraft Skipper...
, a light general aviation aircraft - TE-416 TomahawkTE-416 TomahawkThe TE-416 Tomahawk is a rocket developed by the American company Thiokol at the beginning of the 1960s for Sandia National Laboratories. Although the TE-416 Tomahawk can be launched alone, it was started predominantly as upper stage in connection with other rockets, for example with a Nike rocket...
, a US sounding rocket - Alternate name for three variants of a US World War II fighter aircraft, the Curtiss Hawk 81A, P-40B & P-40C
- Dodge TomahawkDodge TomahawkThe Tomahawk was a Dodge non-street legal concept vehicle introduced at the 2003 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan. It had futuristic and unusual design, featuring the V10 SRT10 engine from the Dodge Viper. The vehicle has two front wheels and two rear wheels, making it...
, a concept motorcycle - USS Tomahawk (AO-88)USS Tomahawk (AO-88)USS Tomahawk was an acquired by the United States Navy for use during World War II. She had the dangerous but necessary task of providing fuel to vessels in combat and non-combat areas primarily in the Pacific Ocean...
, a World War II fuel supply ship
Fiction
- Tomahawk (film)Tomahawk (film)Tomahawk is a 1951 western film directed by George Sherman and starring Van Heflin and Yvonne De Carlo. The film is loosely based on events that took place in Montana in 1876 at The Battle of Powder River. The film was released as The Battle of Powder River in the UK.-Plot synopsis:In 1866 gold is...
(1951), directed by George Sherman - Tomahawk (comics)Tomahawk (comics)Tomahawk is a comic book character whose adventures were published by DC Comics during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s as a backup feature in Star Spangled Comics and World's Finest Comics and in his own eponymous series...
, a DC Comics character, published in his own series during the 1950s and 1960s - Tomahawk (G.I. Joe)Tomahawk (G.I. Joe)The G.I. Joe Tomahawk is a fictional all-weather, twin-engine, twin-rotor heavy lift/assault as well as troop carrier helicopter from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of toys, comics and animated series produced by Hasbro. It has a top speed of 175 mph when fully loaded. Its...
, a helicopter in the G.I. Joe universe - Tomahawk (Transformers), a Transformers character
Places
Australia- Tomahawk, Tasmania, a town
Canada
- Tomahawk, Alberta, a hamlet
New Zealand
- Ocean Grove, New ZealandOcean Grove, New ZealandOcean Grove, also known as Tomahawk, is a suburb in the southeast of the New Zealand city of Dunedin. A semi-rural residential suburb on the Pacific coast at the southwestern end of the Otago Peninsula, Ocean Grove is located southeast of Dunedin city centre.The suburb is isolated from much of the...
, formerly called Tomahawk from the Māori (Tomo-haka)
United States
- Lake Tomahawk, WisconsinLake Tomahawk, WisconsinLake Tomahawk is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States named for the shape of the adjacent freshwater lake of the same name. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census. The census-designated place of Lake Tomahawk is located in the town...
, a town - Lake Tomahawk (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
- Tomahawk, KentuckyTomahawk, KentuckyTomahawk is an unincorporated community that stretches along Kentucky Route 40 in Martin County, Kentucky, United States, in the eastern part of the state near the West Virginia border...
, a small community in eastern Kentucky - Tomahawk, West VirginiaTomahawk, West VirginiaTomahawk is an unincorporated town on Back Creek in Berkeley County, West Virginia. The community is named for a nearby spring in the shape of a tomahawk...
, an unincorporated community - Tomahawk, WisconsinTomahawk, WisconsinTomahawk is a city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,346 at the 2010 census. The city is located to the northeast of the Town of Tomahawk and is not contiguous with it.-History:...
, a city - Tomahawk (town), WisconsinTomahawk (town), WisconsinTomahawk is a town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 439 at the 2000 census. The City of Tomahawk is located to the northeast of the town and is not contiguous with it...
, a nearby town
Sports
- In basketball, a one-handed slam dunkSlam dunkA slam dunk is a type of basketball shot that is performed when a player jumps in the air and manually powers the ball downward through the basket with one or both hands over the rim. This is considered a normal field goal attempt; if successful it is worth two points. The term "slam dunk" was...
, where the ball is brought over the head before being stuffed into the basket, in a chopping motion - A turning maneuver used in roller skatingRoller skatingRoller skating is the traveling on smooth surfaces with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation. Skates generally come in two basic varieties: quad roller skates and inline skates or blades, though some have experimented with a...
- The United States national rugby league teamUnited States national rugby league team-2008 & 2013 Rugby League World Cup Qualifying:In October 2006, The Tomahawks were to participate in a four team Atlantic qualifying pool for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup, but South Africa and the West Indies withdrew. As a result, The Atlantic qualifying pool was reduced to a single game...
, nicknamed the Tomahawks - In field hockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
, a type of hit where the hockey stick is turned so that the rounded side faces the ground and then swung in such a way that it hits the ball in a downward chopping motion - In snowboarding, a Tomahawk (snowboarding trick) is a double McTwist 1260 first performed by Shaun White in the 2010 Winter Olympics
Miscellaneous
- Tomahawk (band)Tomahawk (band)Tomahawk is an experimental alternative metal/alternative rock supergroup from the United States. They formed in 2000 when Fantômas, ex-Mr. Bungle and Faith No More singer/keyboardist Mike Patton and ex-The Jesus Lizard guitar player Duane Denison started swapping tapes with the intention of...
, a band fronted by Mike Patton - Tomahawk (geometric shape)Tomahawk (geometric shape)The tomahawk is a "tool" in geometry consisting of a semicircle and two line segments. The basic shape is constructible with compass and straightedge. It is possible to trisect an angle with the tomahawk...
, a geometric shape that can be used to trisect angles - Tomahawk (satirical magazine)Tomahawk (satirical magazine)The Tomahawk: A Saturday Journal of Satire was a weekly satirical magazine published between 1867 and 1870, price 2d. It was edited by Arthur a Beckett and the artist was Matt Morgan...
, a weekly magazine (1867–1870) - Tomahawk FestivalTomahawk FestivalTomahawk Festival is a heavy metal festival held annually in Germany since 2007. It is organized by the BurningStage agency. The 2007 edition will take place on March 31 at N8 in Osnabrück.-2007:*Pain*Die Apokalyptischen Reiter*Taake*Koldbrann*Ensiferum...
, a heavy metal music festival in Germany - Tom Hawkins (footballer)Tom Hawkins (footballer)Thomas "Tom" Jack Hawkins is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...
, an Australian Rules Footballer, nicknamed 'Tomahawk' - Tomahawk, a set of Java Server Faces components created by the MyFaces development team prior to its donation to Apache