Nomad (disambiguation)

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A nomad is a member of a people, or species, that moves from place to place.

Nomad may also refer to:

Media and entertainment

Books and magazines

• Nomad (novel), a 1950 science fiction novel by George O. Smith
• Nomad: From Islam to America, an 2010 autobiographical book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
• The Nomad, a novel by Simon Hawke written for the Tribe of One series
• Nomad (magazine), an avant garde]literary magazine that published 11 issues in Los Angeles between 1959 and 1962

Characters

• Nomad (comics), a series of characters from the Marvel Universe
• Nomad (Star Trek), the name of an insane genocidal robot in the Star Trek episode "The Changeling"
• A character class in the roleplaying game Cyberpunk 2020

Digital arts and entertainment

• Nomad (company), a Japanese animation company
• NOMAD, an independent association working on digital art and culture, with an emphasis on sound art

Film

• Nomad (1982 film), a 1982 Hong Kong film starring Leslie Cheung
• Nomad (2005 film), a 2005 historical epic set in Kazakhstan
• Nomads (1986 film), an urban horror film set in Los Angeles
• Nomads (2010 film), a 2010 drama film

Games

• Sega Nomad, video game console
• Nomad, the main character in the 2007 PC videogame Crysis by Crytek
• Nomad, a hostile alien faction in Freelancer
• Nomad, or Project Nomad, a 1993 DOS game

Music

• Nomad (band), a British duo, the artist of "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion"
• Nomad, an album by Lotus
• Nomad, an album by Adam Plack recording under the name Nomad with Robert Mirabal, Mor Thiam, and Jason Baker
• Nomad (Di'Anno album), an album by Paul Di'Anno
• Nomad (Jesse Cook album), 2003, and the title track
• Nomad (Tribal Tech album)
• Nomadic (Adriana Evans album)
• The Nomads (band), a Swedish rock band
• “Nomad”, a song from the Sepultura album Chaos A.D.
• Nomad, a song by Buckingham-Nicks, recorded as a demo in 1974 and published in 2001, under the name Candlebright, by Stevie Nicks
• “The Nomad”, a song from the Iron Maiden album Brave New World
• Nomad, an album by Bombino (2013)

Television

• Nomad (Australian TV show), an Australian show, broadcast on SBS
• Nomads (TV series), a pilot for series on the CW that was not picked up
• Nomad the Naturalist, pseudonym of Norman Ellison, author and presenter of BBC Children's Hour radio programmes

Places

• Nomad, Papua New Guinea, a major centre of the Middle Fly District of Western Province of Papua New Guinea
• NoMad, a neighborhood in Manhattan, New York City, named for being NOrth of MADison Square

Sport

• Anstey Nomads F.C., an amateur football (soccer) club from Leicestershire, England
• Nomads Auction Manila, a football (soccer) club based in the Philippines
• Nomads R.F.C., a rugby football club based in Hong Kong
• Nomads United, a New Zealand soccer club based in Christchurch
• Nomads Women's rugby team, an international invitational women's rugby team
• North Winnipeg Nomads Football Club, an amateur Canadian football club in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Transportation and vehicles

Aircraft

• CH-112 Nomad, a variant of the Hiller OH-23 Raven helicopter used by Canadian military
• Delta Sailplane Nomad, motorglider
• GAF Nomad, an Australian short-take-off-and-landing (STOL) aircraft produced from 1975 to 1985
• A-17 Nomad, an attack bomber produced in 1935
• PBN Nomad, a variant of the PBY Catalina flying boat
• Stanley Nomad, glider
• Napier Nomad, aircraft engine

Motor vehicles

• Chevrolet Nomad, a station wagon produced by the Chevrolet Motor Division of the General Motors Corporation from 1955 to 1961
• Suzuki Escudo Nomad, a sport utility vehicle

Ships

• SS Nomadic (1911), a ship of the White Star line and tender for the RMS Titanic
• USS Nomad (SP-1046), a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918
• HMS Nomad, a British Royal Navy destroyer launched in February 1916 and sunk in May 1916

Technology

• Navy Oceanographic Meteorological Automatic Device (NOMAD) offshore weather buoy
• Creative NOMAD, a range of digital audio players designed and sold by Creative Technology
• Nomad rover, an unmanned vehicle designed as a test for such a vehicle to ride on other planets
• Nomad software, a computer database and inquiry language also known as NOMAD
• Wireless Nomad, an internet cooperative based in Toronto, Canada
• Nomad Goods, a consumer electronics accessory company in San Francisco, CA

Other uses

• Nomad (motorcycle club membership)
• A Nominated Adviser (NOMAD) of the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market
• For Haskell Nomads, please see Monad