Mistral

Mistral commonly refers to the Mistral (wind) in southern France and Sardinia.

Mistral may also refer to:

Automobiles

• Maserati Mistral, a Maserati grand tourer produced from 1963 until 1970
• Nissan Mistral, or Terrano II, a Nissan 4×4 produced from 1993 until 2006
• Microplas Mistral, a kit car from the 1950s produced in England, United States, and New Zealand

Aviation

• Mistral Air, an Italian charter airline
• Mistral Aviation, an airline from the Republic of the Congo
• Mistral Engine Company, a Swiss light aircraft and helicopter engine manufacturer
• Aviasud Mistral, a French ultralight aircraft
• Sud-Est SE 535 Mistral, the French version of the de Havilland Vampire jet fighter
• Swing Mistral, a German paraglider design

Missiles

• Mistral (missile), a surface-to-air missile developed in France

People and characters

• Mistral Raymond (born 1987), American football player
• Frédéric Mistral (1830–1914), French writer and lexicographer
• Gabriela Mistral (1889–1957), pseudonym of the Chilean poet Lucila Alcayaga
• Jacques Mistral (born 1947), French economist and professor
• Jorge Mistral (1920–1972), Spanish actor
• Mistral, title character of the Laurell Hamilton novel Mistral's Kiss
• Mistral, a character from the video game Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance

Ships and watercraft

• French ship Mistral, various ships of the French Navy, including:
  • Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
  • Mistral (L9013), the lead ship of the Mistral-class
• Spanish submarine Mistral (S73), an Agosta-class submarine
• Mistral One Design Class, a former windsurf class
• Grand Mistral (previously Mistral), an Iberocruceros cruise ship

Trains

• Le Mistral (train), an express train which ran between Paris and Nice

Other uses

• Mistral (album), a 1980 album by Freddie Hubbard
• Mistral (crater), a crater on Mercury
• Mistral (pisco), a brand of pisco named after Gabriela Mistral
• Mistral (typeface), a 1953 casual typeface designed by Frenchman Roger Excoffon
• Mistral Group, an American defense and law enforcement product marketing company
• Mistral Solutions, an Indian product design and systems engineering company
• Operation Mistral 2, a Croatian military offensive in 1995

See also

• Mestral (disambiguation)