Tomahawk,

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tomahawk \Tom"a*hawk\, n. [Of American Indian origin; cf.
     Algonkin tomehagen, Mohegan tumnahegan, Delaware tamoihecan.]
     A kind of war hatchet used by the American Indians. It was
     originally made of stone, but afterwards of iron.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tomahawk \Tom"a*hawk\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Tomahawked}; p. pr.
     & vb. n. {Tomahawking}.]
     To cut, strike, or kill, with a tomahawk.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tomahawk
       n : weapon consisting of a fighting ax; used by North American
           indians [syn: {hatchet}]
       v 1: cut with a tomahawk
       2: kill with a tomahawk

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Tomahawk, WI (city, FIPS 80125)
    Location: 45.47341 N, 89.72415 W
    Population (1990): 3328 (1527 housing units)
    Area: 19.3 sq km (land), 3.6 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 54487

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Tomahawk, WI -- U.S. city in Wisconsin
     Population (2000):    3770
     Housing Units (2000): 1696
     Land area (2000):     7.438294 sq. miles (19.265092 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    1.399116 sq. miles (3.623694 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    8.837410 sq. miles (22.888786 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            80125
     Located within:       Wisconsin (WI), FIPS 55
     Location:             45.474463 N, 89.731454 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     54487
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
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