Tomahawk

Tomahawk

__NOTOC__Tomahawk may refer to:

Miscellaneous

*Tomahawk (axe), a type of axe made and used by Native Americans
*Tomahawk (band), an alternative metal band fronted by Mike Patton
*Tomahawk (geometric shape), a geometric shape that can be used to trisect angles
*Apache MyFaces Tomahawk, a set of open-source JavaServer Faces components (software)
*Tomahawk Festival, a heavy metal music festival in Germany
*"Tomahawk", a satirical weekly magazine (1867-1870)

Military and transportation

*Piper PA-38 Tomahawk, a light general aviation aircraft
*Curtiss P-40, a fighter aircraft
*BGM-109 Tomahawk, a cruise missile built in the United States
*TE-416 Tomahawk, a US sounding rocket
*Dodge Tomahawk, a concept motorcycle

Fiction

*Tomahawk (film) (1951), directed by George Sherman
*Tomahawk (comics), a DC Comics character, published in his own series during the 1950s and 1960s
*Tomahawk (G.I. Joe), a helicopter from G.I. Joe toys, comics and animation

Places

*Tomahawk, Wisconsin, a city in the USA
*Tomahawk (town), Wisconsin, a nearby town
*Tomahawk, West Virginia, an unincorporated community in the USA
*Tomahawk, New Zealand was the old name for Ocean Grove derived from the Māori (Tomo-haka)
*Tomahawk, Alberta, a hamlet in Alberta Canada
*Tomahawk, Tasmania. a town in Tasmania, Australia
*Tomahawk, Kentucky. a small community in eastern Kentucky, boyhood home of Ronald (Newsome) Walker.

Sports

*In baseball, the Atlanta Braves use the tomahawk as the weapon of choice. At times, when excitement is high, fans use foam tomahawks, or simply their hands, to do a chopping motion referred to as the "tomahawk chop".
*In basketball, a tomahawk is a one-handed slam dunk, where the ball is brought over the head before being stuffed into the basket, in a chopping motion
*A turning maneuver used in inline skating
*The United States national rugby league team, nicknamed the "Tomahawks"
*The mascot for the P.E.I. Rocket of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League
*In field hockey, a tomahawk is 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.


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  • Tomahawk — puede referirse a: El misil BGM 109 Tomahawk. El avión biplaza de entrenamiento PA 38 Tomahawk. La banda de música Tomahawk. El hacha india tomahawk. Apache MyFaces Tomahawk framework para aplicaciones web en Java EE. La ciudad de Tomahawk, en… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Tomahawk — Sm Kriegsbeil per. Wortschatz exot. (19. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus ne. tomahawk, dieses aus der nordamerikanischen Indianersprache Algonkin tomahak.    Ebenso nndl. tomahawk, ne. tomahawk, nfrz. tomahawk, nschw. tomahawk, nnorw. tomahawk. ✎… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • tomahawk — s.n. Armă de luptă (în formă de măciucă, apoi de topor) folosită de indienii din America. [pr.: tómăhoc] – cuv. engl. Trimis de LauraGellner, 28.06.2004. Sursa: DEX 98  TOMAHAWK [pr.: tómăhauc] n. Secure mică (de piatră şlefuită sau de fier)… …   Dicționar Român

  • Tomahawk — Tomahawk, WI U.S. city in Wisconsin Population (2000): 3770 Housing Units (2000): 1696 Land area (2000): 7.438294 sq. miles (19.265092 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.399116 sq. miles (3.623694 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.837410 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Tomahawk, WI — U.S. city in Wisconsin Population (2000): 3770 Housing Units (2000): 1696 Land area (2000): 7.438294 sq. miles (19.265092 sq. km) Water area (2000): 1.399116 sq. miles (3.623694 sq. km) Total area (2000): 8.837410 sq. miles (22.888786 sq. km)… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • tomahawk — ☆ tomahawk [täm′ə hôk΄ ] n. [Virginia (Algonquian) tamahaac, lit., tool for cutting off] a light ax, typically having a stone or bone head, used by North American Indians as a tool and a weapon vt. to hit, cut, or kill with a tomahawk bury the… …   English World dictionary

  • Tomahawk — Tom a*hawk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tomahawked}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tomahawking}.] To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • tomahawk — ► NOUN 1) a light axe formerly used as a tool or weapon by American Indians. 2) Austral./NZ a hatchet. ► VERB ▪ strike or cut with a tomahawk. ORIGIN from an Algonquian language …   English terms dictionary

  • Tomahawk — Tom a*hawk, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf. Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.] A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tomahawk — Tomahawk, die Streitaxt der nordamerikanischen Indianer; an einem langen Stiel ist ein dicker Knopf befestigt, an welchem eine seitwärts gehende kleinere u. eine vorwärts gehende längere Spitze herausragt; er wird mit allerlei Zierrath, als… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Tomahawk — (spr. haok), die Streitaxt der nordamerikan. Indianer (s. Tafel »Indianische Kultur I«, Fig. 7), daher den T. (das Symbol des Krieges) begraben, soviel wie Frieden halten …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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