Tomahawk (disambiguation)
# Tomahawk (disambiguation)

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 (comics), 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)

## 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

### Moves or plays

* In basketball, a one-handed slam dunk, where the ball is brought over the head before being stuffed into the basket, in a chopping motion
* In beach volleyball, an overhead method of contacting the ball
* In 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
* In football/soccer, a name given to Cristiano Ronaldo's direct free kicks
* A turning maneuver used in roller skating
* Tomahawk chop, a controversial celebratory gesture made by fans of multiple American sports teams

### 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
