Tomahawk

See also: tomahawk

English

Noun

Tomahawk (plural Tomahawks)

1. (military) The BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM), a long-range, all-weather, subsonic cruise missile with stubby wings, which can be launched from a ship or submarine.
   • 2022, Robert J Haddick, Fire on the Water: China, America, and the Future of the Pacific, second edition, Naval Institute Press, →ISBN, page 69:

     U.S. Navy surface ships launching Tomahawks against Chinese targets would thus have to approach within China's antiship-missile perimeter to bring their missiles in range (more on this in chapter 4).

Proper noun

Tomahawk

1. A place name:
   1. A rural locality in Dorset council area, north-east Tasmania, Australia.
   2. A hamlet in Parkland County, Alberta, Canada.
   3. A number of places in the United States:
      1. A township in Searcy County, Arkansas.
      2. An unincorporated community in Martin County, Kentucky.
      3. An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, West Virginia.
      4. A city in Lincoln County, Wisconsin.
      5. A town in Lincoln County, Wisconsin, adjacent to the city.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from English tomahawk, that from an Eastern Algonquian word.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.ma.haːk/, /ˈtɔ.ma.hoːk/

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Noun

Tomahawk m (strong, genitive Tomahawks, plural Tomahawks)

1. tomahawk

   Synonym: Kriegsbeil

Declension

Declension of Tomahawk [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tomahawk	die	Tomahawks
genitive	eines	des	Tomahawks	der	Tomahawks
dative	einem	dem	Tomahawk	den	Tomahawks
accusative	einen	den	Tomahawk	die	Tomahawks

Further reading

• “Tomahawk” in Duden online
• “Tomahawk” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache