Scimitar (disambiguation)

A scimitar is a type of sword.

Scimitar may also refer to:

Military

• HMS Scimitar, three ships of the Royal Navy
• Scimitar-class patrol vessel, a Royal Navy class
• Supermarine Scimitar, a Royal Navy fighter aircraft
• Armstrong Whitworth Scimitar, a biplane fighter aircraft first flown in 1935
• FV107 Scimitar, a type of light tank used by the British Army
• Operation Scimitar, a 2005 coalition counterinsurgency operation of the Iraq War

Technology

• Scimitar antenna, a type of aerospace radio antenna
• Scimitar propeller, a type of aircraft propeller
• Reliant Scimitar, a sports car
• Masak Scimitar, a glider designed and built by Peter Masak
• Reaction Engines Scimitar, an aircraft engine
• Scimitar (game engine), a video game engine
• Split scimitar winglets, a type of wingtip device

Popular culture

• Scimitar (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics villain

Fictional ships

• Scimitar medium fighter, a fictional starfighter from the Wing Commander universe
• Scimitar (Star Trek), a fictional starship in the film Star Trek: Nemesis
• Scimitar (Star Wars), the personal spaceship of Darth Maul in the Star Wars universe

Other uses

• Abbeville Scimitar, a newspaper of Abbeville, South Carolina, published between 1914–1917
• Cimeter or scimitar, a type of butcher's knife
• Scimitar cat (Homotherium serum), an extinct species of the cat family
• Scimitar Glacier, Washington State, United States
• Scimitar oryx, a now extinct species of oryx
• Scimitar syndrome, a rare congenital heart defect
• Scimitar-billed woodcreeper, a bird species in the family Dendrocolaptinae
• Scimitar-winged piha, a species of bird in the family Cotingidae
• Scimitar, an entry-level cymbal series from manufacturer Zildjian

See also

• Symitar (disambiguation)