title: Tomahawk (disambiguation)
text: # 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
  