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Nike, Inc. Nike, Inc. (stylized as ''NIKE'') is an American athletic footwear and apparel corporation headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon. It is the world's largest supplier of athletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports equipment, ...

, a major American producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and sports equipment *

Nike (mythology) In Greek mythology and ancient religion, Nike () is the personification of the abstract concept of victory. She was the goddess of victory in battle, as well as in other kinds of contests. According to Hesiod's'' Theogony'', she is the daughter ...

, a Greek goddess who personifies victory Nike may also refer to:

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Nike (name) Nike ( is a family name and feminine given name found in various cultures, deriving from Greek language, Greek νίκη (''nikē''), "victory".Nike (name) Nike ( is a family name and feminine given name found in various cultures, deriving from Greek language, Greek νίκη (''nikē''), "victory". *Nike, daughter of

Shahrbaraz Shahrbaraz (also spelled Shahrvaraz or Shahrwaraz; New Persian: ) was shah (king) of the Sasanian Empire from 27 April 630 to 9 June 630. He usurped the throne from Ardashir III, and was killed by Iranian nobles after forty days. Before usurp ...

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Nike Award The Nike Literary Award (, pronounced ) is a literary prize awarded each year for the best book of a single living author writing in Polish and published the previous year. It is widely considered the most important award for Polish literatu ...

, a Polish language literature prize * The ''

Winged Victory of Samothrace The ''Winged Victory of Samothrace'', or the ''Niké of Samothrace'', is a Votive offering, votive monument originally discovered on the island of Samothrace in the northeastern Aegean Sea. It is a masterpiece of Greek sculpture from the Helleni ...

'', also known as the ''Niké of Samothrace'', an ancient statue of the goddess Nike * Nike of Callimachus, an ancient statue of the goddess Nike *

Nike of Paionios The ''Nike of Paionios'' is an ancient statue of the Greek goddess of victory, Nike (mythology), Nike, made by sculptor Paionios (Paeonius of Mende) between 425 BC and 420 BC. Made of Parian marble, the medium gives the statue a translucent and p ...

, a statue of Nike from Olympia, Greece *

Nike of Paros The Nike of Paros is an early classical depiction of Nike from the 5th century BC (c. 480 BC). The white marble figure was found before 1885 on the island of Paros. It is currently on display at the Archaeological Museum of Paros. Description ...

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Nike of Megara The ''Nike of Megara'' () is a large ancient Greek marble sculpture of the late fourth or early third century BC. The Hellenistic statue depicts Nike, the winged Greek goddess of victory; its arms, wings and head are not preserved. The statue was ...

, statue from Megara *

Nike of Epidaurus The Nike of Epidaurus () is an ancient Greek marble statuette of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, by the sculptor Timotheos, a renowned sculptor of antiquity. The Nike was once part of the west pediment of the temple of Asclepius, the Greek g ...

, a temple akroterion *

Nike (Hadrian's Library) The ''Victoria Romana'' from Hadrian's Library () is a large sculpture of the Greek goddess of victory Nike (known to the Romans as Victoria) that once adorned Hadrian's Library, a large library built in Athens by the Roman Emperor Hadrian () dur ...

, found in Hadrian's Library *

Nike of Marathon The statue of Nike at Marathon () is a larger than lifesize bronze statue of Nike (mythology), Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, placed right outside of Marathon, Greece, Marathon, Greece, as a monument to the fallen of the Battle of Marathon, ...

, a modern bronze statue of the goddess *

Nike Fixing her Sandal The ''Nike Fixing her Sandal'' (), also known as ''Nike Taking off her Sandal'' or ''Nike Sandalbinder'', is an ancient marble relief depicting Nike, the ancient Greek goddess of victory, in the process of fixing or removing the sandal of her rig ...

, a marble relief from the Acropolis of Athens * Nike Assists the Wounded Warrior, modern sculpture in Germany *

Nike Instructs the Boy in Heroic History ''Nike Instructs the Boy in Heroic History'' (German: ''Nike lehrt den Knaben Heldensagen'') is an outdoor sculpture by Emil Wolff, installed on Schlossbrücke in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Ger ...

, modern sculpture in Germany * Nike (Kougioumtzis), modern abstract sculpture *

Nike Crowns the Hero ''Nike Crowns the Hero'' (German: ''Nike krönt den Sieger'') is an outdoor 1853 sculpture by Friedrich Drake, installed on Schlossbrücke in Berlin Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area a ...

, modern sculpture in Germany * "Nikes" (song), by Frank Ocean from the album ''Blonde'' (2016)

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Project Nike Project Nike (Greek: Nike (mythology), Νίκη, "Victory") was a United States Army, U.S. Army project proposed in May 1945 by Bell Laboratories, to develop a line-of-sight (missile), line-of-sight anti-aircraft missile system. The project del ...

, a US Army missile project **

MIM-3 Nike Ajax The Nike Ajax was an American guided surface-to-air missile (SAM) developed by Bell Labs for the United States Army. The world's first operational guided surface-to-air missile, the Nike Ajax was designed to attack conventional bomber aircraft ...

, a solid fuel–propelled surface-to-air missile **

Nike Hercules The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, bu ...

, a solid fuel–propelled surface-to-air missile **

Nike (rocket stage) The Nike stage or Nike booster, a solid fuel rocket motor, was developed by Hercules Aerospace for use as the first stage of the Nike Ajax (M5 motor) and Nike Hercules (M5E1 and M88 motor) missiles as part of Project Nike. It was subsequen ...

** Various US sounding rockets named after the upper stage used, including: ***

Nike-Apache The Nike Apache, also known as Argo B-13, was a two-stage sounding rocket developed by Aerolab, later Atlantic Research, for use by the United States Air Force and NASA. It became the standard NASA sounding rocket and was launched over 600 time ...

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Nike-Asp Nike Asp was an American sounding rocket. The Nike Asp has a ceiling of 220 km, a takeoff thrust of 217 kN, a takeoff weight of 700 kg, a diameter of 0.42 m and a length of 7.90 m. The Nike-Asp is an Asp rocket (Asp IV RM-1400) w ...

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Nike-Cajun The Nike-Cajun was a two-stage sounding rocket built by combining a Nike base stage with a Cajun upper stage. The Nike-Cajun was known as a CAN for Cajun And Nike. The Cajun was developed from the Deacon rocket. It retained the external size, ...

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Nike-Hawk Nike Hawk is the designation of an American sounding rocket. It has an apogee of 160 km, a liftoff thrust of 217 kN, a total mass of 1100 kg and a total length of 9.00 m. It is a two-stage rocket made from a Nike and a Hawk anti-aircr ...

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Nike-Hydac Nike Hydac is the designation of an American sounding rocket with two stages, based upon the Nike Ajax booster. The Nike Hydac was launched 87 times from many missile sites. Such sites were White Sands Missile Range, Poker Flat Research Range (" ...

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Nike-Iroquois Nike Iroquois is the designation of a two-stage American sounding rocket. The Nike Iroquois was launched 213 times between 1964 and 1978. The maximum flight height of the Nike Iroquois amounts to 290 km (950,000 ft), the takeoff thrust ...

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Nike-Nike Nike Nike was the designation of a two to four stage American sounding rocket consisting of two Nike stages and optional upper stages. These include the Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son o ...

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Nike (horse) Nike (often stylised Niké; foaled 1794) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. She won three of her five starts, including the Oaks Stakes in 1797. She was owned by Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor, and later became a broodmare, with three ...

, an 18th-century British Thoroughbred racehorse * Nike (Thrace), a town of ancient Thrace * 307 Nike, a large asteroid in the main belt

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