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Nestor may refer to:
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Arts, literature, and entertainment
- Nestor (mythology), the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris in Greek mythology
- "Nestor", a chapter in the novel Ulysses by James Joyce
- Nestor Studios, first-ever motion picture studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles
- Nestor, The Long-Eared Christmas Donkey, a Christmas television program
- A fictional race in the movie Battle Beyond the Stars
Fictional characters
- Nestor (Tintin character), from The Adventures of Tintin series of comic books by Hergé
- Nestor Burma, created by French crime novelist Léo Malet
- Nestor, a character in the animated television series Shorty McShorts' Shorts
- Néstor, a fictional penguin from the film Happy Feet
- A nickname of NS-series robots in the series of short-stories and film I, Robot
- Prince Nestor, a character in the animated television series World of Quest
- Nestor Willow, a character in the Caprica television series
People and names
- Nestor (surname), anglicised form of Mac an Adhastair, and Irish family
- Nestor (given name), a name of Greek origin, from Greek mythology
- Nestor the Chronicler (c.1056-c.1114), reputed author of the earliest East Slavic chronicle
- Nestor of Magydos or Saint Nestor, Christian saint
- Nestor of Thessaloniki, another saint
- Nestorius (c.386–c.451), Patriarch of Constantinople, 428-431
Science and technology
- Nestor (genus), a genus of parrots in ornithology
- NESTOR Project, an international scientific collaboration for the deployment of a neutrino telescope
- NESTOR (encryption), a family of voice encryption devices used by the United States during the Vietnam War era
Other uses
- Nestoras, a municipality in Messenia, Greece
- Nestor (solitaire), a card game
- HMS Nestor, the name of three ships of the Royal Navy
- A West Cornwall Railway steam locomotive
- Nestorianism, a doctrine that Jesus exists as two persons, one divine and the other human
See also
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