A scimitar is a type of sword.

Scimitar may also refer to:

Military

  • HMS Scimitar, three ships of the Royal Navy
  • Scimitar-class patrol vessel, a Royal Navy class
  • Supermarine Scimitar, a Royal Navy fighter aircraft
  • Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar, a biplane fighter aircraft first flown in 1935
  • FV107 Scimitar, a type of light tank used by the British Army
  • Operation Scimitar, a 2005 coalition counterinsurgency operation of the Iraq War

Technology

  • Scimitar antenna, a type of aerospace radio antenna
  • Scimitar propeller, a type of aircraft propeller
  • Reliant Scimitar, a sports car
  • Masak Scimitar, a glider designed and built by Peter Masak
  • Reaction Engines Scimitar, an aircraft engine
  • Scimitar (game engine), a video game engine
  • Split scimitar winglets, a type of wingtip device
  • Scimitar (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics villain
  • Scimitar Films, an English film production company founded by director Michael Winner

Fictional ships

  • Scimitar medium fighter, a fictional starfighter from the Wing Commander universe
  • Scimitar (Star Trek), a fictional starship in the film Star Trek: Nemesis
  • Scimitar (Star Wars), the personal spaceship of Darth Maul in the Star Wars universe

Other uses

  • Abbeville Scimitar, a newspaper of Abbeville, South Carolina, published between 1914 and 1917
  • Cimeter or scimitar, a type of butcher's knife
  • Scimitar Airlines, a defunct British airline
  • Scimitar cat (Homotherium serum), an extinct species of the cat family
  • Scimitar Glacier, Washington State, United States
  • Scimitar oryx, a species of oryx
  • Scimitar syndrome, a rare congenital heart defect
  • Scimitar-billed woodcreeper, a bird species in the family Dendrocolaptinae
  • Scimitar-winged piha, a species of bird in the family Cotingidae
  • Scimitar, an entry-level cymbal series from manufacturer Zildjian

See also

  • Symitar (disambiguation)