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Nestor (mythology) In Greek mythology Nestor of Gerenia ( grc, Νέστωρ Γερήνιος, ''Nestōr Gerēnios'') was a legendary king of Pylos. He is a prominent secondary character in Homer's ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey'', where he appears as an elderly warrior ...

, King of Pylos in Greek mythology

Arts and entertainment

* "Nestor" (''Ulysses'' episode) an episode in James Joyce's novel ''Ulysses'' *

Nestor Studios The Nestor Film Company, originally known as the Nestor Motion Picture Company, was an American motion picture production company. It was founded in 1909 as the West Coast production unit of the Centaur Film Company located in Bayonne, New Jersey. ...

, first-ever motion picture studio in Hollywood, Los Angeles * ''

Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey ''Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey'' is a 1977 Christmas stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions. It premiered on ABC on December 3, 1977. The story is based on the 1975 song of the same name, written by ...

'', a Christmas television program

Geography

Nestor, San Diego Nestor is a residential neighborhood in the South San Diego, southern section of San Diego, and part of the Otay Mesa-Nestor community planning area. It neighbors Palm City, San Diego, Palm City and Otay Mesa West, San Diego, Otay Mesa West to ...

, a neighborhood of San Diego, California *

Mount Nestor (Antarctica) Mount Nestor may refer to: * Mount Nestor (Antarctica), a mountain in the Achaean Range of Antarctica * Mount Nestor (Alberta), a mountain in Alberta, Canada {{Geodis ...

, in the

Achaean Range Achaean Range () is a mountain range rising to in the central part of Anvers Island in the Palmer Archipelago. It is bounded on the east by Iliad Glacier and Trojan Range and on the west by Marr Ice Piedmont, and extends northwest from Mount A ...

of Antarctica *

Mount Nestor (Alberta) Mount Nestor is a mountain summit located in Kananaskis Country in the Canadian Rockies of Alberta, Canada. It is named after , a destroyer sunk in the Battle of Jutland during World War I. Mount Nestor is situated at the south end of the Goat ...

, a mountain in Alberta, Canada

People

Nestor (surname) Nestor is, apart from a given name, also found as a surname borne by Irish people, Irish and Estonians. In Ireland, it was derived as a shortened form of ''Mac Girr an Adhastair'', meaning ''son of the short man of the bridle''. It was sometimes s ...

, anglicised form of Mac an Adhastair, an Irish family *

Nestor (given name) Nestor is a given name of Greek origin. In Greek mythology it comes from that of Nestor, the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris. The Greek derivation is from a combination of "νέομαι" eomai- "go back", and "νόστος" ostos- ...

, a name of Greek origin, from Greek mythology

Science and technology

* ''Nestor'' (genus), a genus of parrots * NESTOR Project, an international scientific collaboration for the deployment of a neutrino telescope *

NESTOR (encryption) NESTOR was a family of compatible, tactical, wideband secure voice systems developed by the U.S. National Security Agency and widely deployed during the Vietnam War through the late Cold War period of the 1980s. NESTOR consists of three syst ...

, a family of voice encryption devices used by the United States during the Vietnam War era *

659 Nestor 659 Nestor is a dark Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 23 March 1908, by German astronomer Max Wolf at Heidelberg Observatory in southern Germany, and named after King Nestor from Greek mytholog ...

, an asteroid

Ships

* , three ships of the Royal Navy ** , a Second World War Royal Australian Navy destroyer which remained the property of the British Royal Navy * , a number of ships of this name * , an LNG carrier * ''Nestor'' (sternwheeler), a steamboat that operated in Oregon and Washington State

Other uses

Nestor (solitaire) Nestor is a patience or solitaire card game played with a single deck of standard playing cards. The object is the removal of pairs of cards with the same value from a layout of six rows of eight face-up cards and four additional face-up cards. ...

, a card game *

Tropical Storm Nestor The name Nestor has been used for two tropical cyclones worldwide. In the Atlantic Ocean: * Tropical Storm Nestor (2019), a short lived tropical storm that affected the Southeastern United States. In the Western Pacific Ocean: * Typhoon Nestor (1 ...

Typhoon Nestor (1997) The 1997 Pacific typhoon season was a record-breaking season featuring 11 tropical cyclones reaching super typhoon intensity, tying the record with 1965 with the most violent tropical cyclones globally. It has no official bounds; it ran year-roun ...

* A

West Cornwall Railway The West Cornwall Railway was a railway company in Cornwall, Great Britain, formed in 1846 to construct a railway between Penzance and Truro. It purchased the existing Hayle Railway, and improved its main line, and built new sections between Pen ...