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tomahawkA 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 Virginian Algonquian word....
is a type of axe made and used by Native Americans
It may also mean:
- 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...
, an alternative metal band fronted by Mike Patton
- Tomahawk (geometric shape)
The tomahawk is a "tool" in geometry consisting, in essence, 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)
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 Festival
Tomahawk 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)
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'
- BGM-109 Tomahawk
The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile. Introduced by General Dynamics in the 1970s, it was designed as a medium- to long-range, low-altitude missile that could be launched from a submerged submarine. It has been improved several times and, by way of...
, a cruise missile built in the United States
- Piper PA-38 Tomahawk
The Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation airplane, originally designed for flight training, touring and personal use.-Development:...
, a light general aviation aircraft
- TE-416 Tomahawk
The 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
- Curtiss P-40
The Curtiss P-40 was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by the air forces of 28 nations, including those of most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in front line service until the end of the war...
, a fighter aircraft
- Dodge Tomahawk
The Dodge Tomahawk is a concept vehicle which was produced by Dodge.At the 2003 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, Dodge unveiled a vehicle with an unusual design, featuring the 500 hp 8.3 L V10 engine from the Dodge Viper. The vehicle has two front wheels and two rear...
, a concept motorcycle
- 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 IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
fuel supply ship
- Tomahawk (film)
Tomahawk is a 1951 western film directed by George Sherman and starring Van Heflin and Yvonne De Carlo. The film is loosley 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 is a comic book character whose adventures were published by DC Comics during the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's 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)
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 turboshaft...
, a helicopter from G.I.
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tomahawkA 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 Virginian Algonquian word....
is a type of axe made and used by Native Americans
It may also mean:
Miscellaneous
- 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...
, an alternative metal band fronted by Mike Patton
- Tomahawk (geometric shape)
The tomahawk is a "tool" in geometry consisting, in essence, 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)
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 Festival
Tomahawk 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)
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'
Military and transportation
- BGM-109 Tomahawk
The Tomahawk Land Attack Missile is a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile. Introduced by General Dynamics in the 1970s, it was designed as a medium- to long-range, low-altitude missile that could be launched from a submerged submarine. It has been improved several times and, by way of...
, a cruise missile built in the United States
- Piper PA-38 Tomahawk
The Piper PA-38-112 Tomahawk is a two-seat, fixed tricycle gear general aviation airplane, originally designed for flight training, touring and personal use.-Development:...
, a light general aviation aircraft
- TE-416 Tomahawk
The 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
- Curtiss P-40
The Curtiss P-40 was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by the air forces of 28 nations, including those of most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in front line service until the end of the war...
, a fighter aircraft
- Dodge Tomahawk
The Dodge Tomahawk is a concept vehicle which was produced by Dodge.At the 2003 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, Dodge unveiled a vehicle with an unusual design, featuring the 500 hp 8.3 L V10 engine from the Dodge Viper. The vehicle has two front wheels and two rear...
, a concept motorcycle
- 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 IIWorld War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including all great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
fuel supply ship
Fiction
- Tomahawk (film)
Tomahawk is a 1951 western film directed by George Sherman and starring Van Heflin and Yvonne De Carlo. The film is loosley 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 is a comic book character whose adventures were published by DC Comics during the 1940's, 1950's and 1960's 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)
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 turboshaft...
, a helicopter from G.I. Joe toys, comics and animation
- Tomahawk
A tomahawk is a type of axe made and used by Native AmericansIt may also mean:-Miscellaneous:*Tomahawk , an alternative metal band fronted by Mike Patton*Tomahawk , a geometric shape that can be used to trisect angles...
, a golf power-hit in the PSP Fantasy Golf Game, Pangya!
Places
Australia
- Tomahawk, Tasmania, a town
Canada
- Tomahawk, Alberta
Tomahawk, Alberta is a hamlet located on Highway 759. The nearest large town is Drayton Valley.The hamlet is located in census division No. 11 and in the federal riding of Yellowhead. It is administered by Parkland County.-History:...
, a hamlet
New Zealand
- Tomahawk, New Zealand
Ocean 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...
, the old name for Ocean Grove; derived from the Māori (Tomo-haka)
United States
- Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin
Lake Tomahawk is a town in Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 1,160 at the 2000 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of 39.2 square miles , of which, 34.3 square miles of it is land and 4.9 square miles ...
, a town
- Tomahawk, Kentucky
Tomahawk 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 Virginia
Tomahawk 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. The community includes the historic Tomahawk Presbyterian Church, established circa 1745, and its adjacent community cemetery, which has...
, an unincorporated community
- Tomahawk, Wisconsin
Tomahawk is a city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 3,770 at the 2000 census. The city is located to the northeast of the Town of Tomahawk and is not contiguous with it. There is also the Town of Lake Tomahawk in Oneida County....
, a city
- Tomahawk (town), Wisconsin
Tomahawk 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 dunk
A 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 skating
Roller skating is the traveling on smooth terrain with roller skates. It is a form of recreation as well as a sport, and can also be a form of transportation...
- The United States national rugby league team
The United States National Rugby League team represents the United States in the sport of rugby league football, and is nicknamed the Tomahawks...
, nicknamed the Tomahawks
- In field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport in which a team of players attempt to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking the ball with hockey sticks into the opposing team's goal. Its official name is simply hockey, and this is the common name for it in many countries...
, 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