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Nestor may refer to: * Nestor (mythology), 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'', a Christmas television program


Geography

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Nestor, San Diego Nestor is a residential neighborhood in the southern section of San Diego, and part of the Otay Mesa-Nestor community planning area. It neighbors Palm City and Otay Mesa West to the east, Egger Highlands to the north, San Ysidro to the southe ...
, a neighborhood of San Diego, California * Mount Nestor (Antarctica), in the Achaean Range of Antarctica * Mount Nestor (Alberta), a mountain in Alberta, Canada


People

* Nestor (surname), anglicised form of Mac an Adhastair, an Irish family * Nestor (given name), 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), a family of voice encryption devices used by the United States during the Vietnam War era * 659 Nestor, 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), a card game * Tropical Storm Nestor * Typhoon Nestor (1997) * 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 Penz ...
steam locomotive


See also

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Dniester The Dniester, ; rus, Дне́стр, links=1, Dnéstr, ˈdⁿʲestr; ro, Nistru; grc, Τύρᾱς, Tyrās, ; la, Tyrās, la, Danaster, label=none, ) ( ,) is a transboundary river in Eastern Europe. It runs first through Ukraine and th ...
, a river in Eastern Europe * Nester (disambiguation) * Nestori, a given name * Nestorianism, a Christian theological doctrine condemned as heretical at the Council of Ephesus in 431 *
Nestorius Nestorius (; in grc, Νεστόριος; 386 – 451) was the Archbishop of Constantinople from 10 April 428 to August 431. A Christian theologian, several of his teachings in the fields of Christology and Mariology were seen as contr ...
, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople 428–431 {{disambiguation, geo, ship