Nestor

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The name Nestor may have one of the following meanings:

People

• The name Nestor is Greek in Origin.
• The name Nestor originally derived from Ancient Greece.
• Nestor is a male name in Greek and is used in many Spanish & Latin American Nations.
• In Greek mythology, Nestor was the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris. See Nestor (mythology).
• Nestor the Chronicler is a compiler of the Primary Chronicle of the East Slavic peoples.
• Nestorius (c.386–c.451) was Patriarch of Constantinople.
• Saint Nestor

Geography

• Nestor, modern form Nestoras, is an archaeological site and a municipality in the west-south-western part of Messenia.

• Nestor is the name of a popular cabaret/drag bar at the Yumbo Centrum shopping complex in Playa del Inglés, Gran Canaria.

Nature

• In ornithology, Nestor is a genus of parrots.

Technology

• Nestor is a West Cornwall Railway steam locomotive.
• Nestor Project (Neutrino Extended Submarine Telescope with Oceanographic Research)

• The Institute of Astroparticle Physics Nestor in the town of Pylos in Greece operates a deep sea Neutrino telescope in the Ionian Sea.

Fictional Characters

• Nester is a mascot character associated with Nintendo of America and Nintendo Power magazine.

• Nestor is a character in Shorty McShorts' Shorts.

• Nestor is a fictional character from Belgian artist Hergé's renowned The Adventures of Tintin comic strip books.

• Nestor Burma is a fictional detective created by the French author Léo Malet.

• Nestor is a chapter in James Joyce's novel Ulysses.

• In the Star Trek universe, a Nestor is a legal advisor to the offender in Cardassian criminal trials. Unlike the defense lawyer, the Nestor is barred from directly addressing the tribunal.

• In the book I, Robot and the movie I, Robot, Nestor is the common nickname of NS-series robots.