A tomahawk is a type of axe made and used by Native Americans.

Tomahawk may also refer to:

Places

Australia

  • Tomahawk, Tasmania, a town

Canada

  • Tomahawk, Alberta, a hamlet

New Zealand

  • Ocean Grove, New Zealand, formerly called Tomahawk from the Māori toma haka, now a suburb of the city of Dunedin
  • Tomahawk Beach, the beach below Ocean Grove
  • Tomahawk Lagoon, a coastal lake adjacent to Ocean Grove

United States

  • Tomahawk Township, Searcy County, Arkansas, a township
  • Tomahawk, Kentucky, a small community in eastern Kentucky
  • Tomahawk, West Virginia, an unincorporated community
  • Tomahawk, Wisconsin, a city
  • Tomahawk (town), Wisconsin, a town adjacent to the city of the same name
  • Tomahawk School District, a school district in Wisconsin
  • Lake Tomahawk, Wisconsin, a town
  • Lake Tomahawk (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community
  • Tomahawk River, a river in Wisconsin

People

  • Tom Hawkins (footballer, born 1988), an Australian rules footballer, nicknamed "Tomahawk"
  • Tomahawk T.T., Takuya Onodera, a Japanese professional wrestler

Arts, entertainment, and media

Fictional entities

  • Tomahawk (character), a DC Comics character, published in his own series from the 1940s to 1970s
  • Tomahawk (G.I. Joe), a helicopter in the G.I. Joe universe
  • Tomahawk (Transformers), a Transformers character

Music

  • Tomahawk (band), an alternative/experimental band fronted by Mike Patton
  • Tomahawk (album), an album by Tomahawk
  • Tomahawk Technique, an album by Sean Paul
  • "Tomahawk", a single by BT and Adam K

Other arts, entertainment, and media

  • Tomahawk (film) (1951), directed by George Sherman
  • Tomahawk (satirical magazine), a weekly magazine (1867–1870)
  • Tomahawk (video game), a 1985 video game by Datasoft

Military

  • Tomahawk missile, a cruise missile built in the United States
  • Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, early variants were named Tomahawk in RAF service
  • Nike-Tomahawk, a U.S. sounding rocket
  • Operation Tomahawk, an airborne military operation
  • Taurus Tomahawk, a two-stage elevator sounding rocket
  • TE-416 Tomahawk, a U.S. sounding rocket
  • USS Tomahawk (AO-88), a World War II fuel supply ship

Transportation

  • Tomahawk (train), a train operated by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (the "Milwaukee Road")
  • Tomahawk, a children's bicycle similar to the Raleigh Chopper
  • Dodge Tomahawk, a concept motorcycle
  • ITV Tomahawk, a French paraglider design
  • Piper PA-38 Tomahawk, a light general aviation aircraft
  • SRT Tomahawk Gran Turismo, a concept car created by SRT for the Gran Turismo series
  • Tomahawk Railway, a U.S. railroad

Sports

  • Tomahawk chop, a controversial celebratory gesture made by fans of multiple American sports teams

Move, plays or shots

  • Basketball, a one-handed slam dunk, where the ball is brought over the head before being stuffed into the basket, in a chopping motion
  • Beach volleyball, an overhead method of contacting the ball
  • Field hockey, 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
  • Football/soccer, a name given to Cristiano Ronaldo's direct free kicks
  • Pickleball, a tomahawk shot
  • Roller skating, a turning maneuver

Teams

  • Johnstown Tomahawks, a Tier II Junior A ice hockey team from Johnstown, Pennsylvania
  • Mississauga Tomahawks Jr. A, a Junior "A" box lacrosse team from Mississauga, Ontario
  • Tomahawks, the nickname for the United States national rugby league team
  • Toronto Tomahawks, a former team in the National Lacrosse League
  • Williamsport Tomahawks, a former Class AA Eastern League baseball team in Williamsport, Pennsylvania

Other uses

  • Tomahawk (geometry), a mathematical tool that can be used to trisect angles
  • Tomahawk (software), a cross-platform music player for Windows, Mac and Linux, see List of Linux audio software
  • Tomahawk, a set of Java Server Faces components created by the MyFaces development team prior to its donation to Apache
  • A tomahawk steak is a rib steak with the bone attached
  • Tomahawk, a series of switching chips at Broadcom Corporation

See also

  • Tokamak, a magnetic confinement device, used in nuclear fusion experiments