nomad Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the population of nomadic pa ...

is a member of a people, or species, that moves from place to place. Nomad may also refer to:

Places

* Nomad, Michigan, an unincorporated community * Nomad, Papua New Guinea, a major centre of the Middle Fly District of Western Province of Papua New Guinea ** Nomad Rural LLG, in Papua New Guinea *

NoMad, Manhattan NoMad ("North of Madison Square Park"), also known as Madison Square North, is a neighborhood centered on the Madison Square North Historic District in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The name NoMad, which has been in use since 19 ...

, a neighborhood in New York City **

The NoMad The NoMad was an integrated hotel and restaurant owned by the Sydell Group and located in the NoMad, Manhattan, NoMad neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. The restaurant of the same name was conceived by chef Daniel Humm and restaurateur Wi ...

, a hotel/restaurant in the neighborhood

Books and magazines

Nomad (comics) Nomad is the name of several fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Nomad name and costume were created by writer Steve Englehart and artist Sal Buscema as an alternate identity for the original Ca ...

, a series of characters from the Marvel Universe * ''Nomad'' (magazine), an American literary magazine * ''Nomad'' (novel), a 1950 science fiction novel by George O. Smith * '' Nomad: From Islam to America'', a 2010 autobiographical book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali * ''The Nomad'', a novel in the ''Tribe of One'' series by

Simon Hawke Simon Hawke (born September 30, 1951) is an American author of mainly science fiction and fantasy novels. He was born Nicholas Valentin Yermakov, but began writing as Simon Hawke in 1984 and later changed his legal name to Hawke. He has also writ ...

* ''Alan Partridge: Nomad'', a 2016 autobiography by fictional broadcaster Alan Partridge

Films and television

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

Nomad (upcoming film) ''Nomad'' is an upcoming American science fiction film written and directed by Taron Lexton and starring Leo Woodall. It was shot between 2019 and 2023 in a reported 30 countries, over seven continents. Premise A mysterious loner (Woodall) ...

, an upcoming science fiction film * ''Nomads'' (film series), a Canadian virtual reality documentary project * '' Nomad: In the Footsteps of Bruce Chatwin'', a 2019 documentary directed by Werner Herzog * Nomad (''Star Trek''), the name of a robot in the ''Star Trek'' episode "The Changeling" * Nomad the Naturalist, pseudonym of Norman Ellison, author and presenter of BBC Children's Hour radio programmes * ''Nomads'' (TV series), a Greek reality competition television series * ''The Nomads'' (film), a 2019 sports drama set in Philadelphia

Games

* Sega Nomad, video game console * Nomad, the main character in the 2007 PC videogame ''

Crysis ''Crysis'' is a first-person shooter video game series created by Crytek. The series revolves around a group of military protagonists with " nanosuits", technologically advanced suits of armor that give them enhanced physical strength, speed, ...

'' by Crytek * Nomad, a hostile alien faction in ''

Freelancer ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

'' * ''Nomad'', or ''

Project Nomad ''Nomad'' is a 1993 Space trading game, space trading and combat game developed by Intense! Interactive and Papyrus Design Group. It was published by GameTek for MS-DOS. ''Nomad'' combines elements of alien diplomacy, trading, exploration, and ...

'', a 1993 DOS game * Nomad, a vehicle in the video game '' Mass Effect: Andromeda'' * Nomad, the codename of the main character in ''

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands'' is a Third-person shooter, third-person tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Paris and Ubisoft Milan, and published by Ubisoft. It was released worldwide on March 7, 2017, for Microsoft Windows, ...

'' and ''

Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint ''Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Breakpoint'' is an online tactical shooter video game developed by Ubisoft Paris and published by Ubisoft. The game was released worldwide on 4 October 2019 for PlayStation 4, Windows, and Xbox One, and on 18 December ...

'' * Nomad, callsign of an operative in '' Call of Duty: Black Ops III'' * Nomad, a Moroccan operator in ''

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege ''Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege'' is a 2015 tactical shooter game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and published by Ubisoft. The game puts heavy emphasis on environmental destruction and cooperation between players. Each player assumes control o ...

Music

NOMAD Nomads are communities without fixed habitation who regularly move to and from areas. Such groups include hunter-gatherers, pastoral nomads (owning livestock), tinkers and trader nomads. In the twentieth century, the population of nomadic pa ...

, an independent association working on digital art and culture, with an emphasis on sound art *

Nomad (British band) Nomad was a house music duo from the United Kingdom who had several hits on the US Hot Dance Club Play chart as well as successes on the UK Singles Chart. Group members were Damon Rochefort (Nomad is Damon spelled backwards, thus the group's ...

, a British duo, the artist of "(I Wanna Give You) Devotion" * Nomad (New Zealand band), a Kiwi pop band, best known for the song "Oh My My" *

NOMAD (group) NOMAD (; backronym for Need Our Microphone And Dances) is a South Korean boy band formed by Nomad Entertainment. The group consists of five members: Sangha, Doy, One, Rivr, and Junho. They debuted on February 28, 2024, with the eponymous extended ...

, a South Korean idol group * The Nomad (New Zealand Music Producer), New Zealand electronic music producer, DJ and videographer *

The Nomads (Swedish band) The Nomads are a Swedish garage punk band founded in 1981 by Hans Östlund, Nick Vahlberg, Joakim Tärnström, and Ed Johnson. Östlund and Vahlberg remains the only continuous members of the band. The band's musical style is influenced by the ...

, a Swedish rock band *

The Nomads (Texas band) The Nomads were an American garage rock/psychedelic rock band from Texas City, Texas near Galveston who were active in the 1960s. The band was known for Brian Collins' passionate vocals and a melodic guitar sound. They are not to confused with ...

, an American band

Albums

* ''Nomad'' (Jesse Cook album), 2003, and the title track * ''Nomadic'' (Adriana Evans album), 2004 * ''Nomad'' (Tribal Tech album), 1990 * ''Nomad'' (Mike Tramp album), 2015 * ''Nomad'' (Chasing Safety album) * ''Nomad'', a 2000 album by

Paul Di'Anno Paul Andrews (17 May 1958 – 21 October 2024), better known by his stage name Paul Di'Anno, was an English Heavy metal music, heavy metal singer who was the lead vocalist for Iron Maiden from 1978 to 1981. In his post-Maiden career, Di'Anno ...

* ''Nomad'', an album by Lotus (2004) * ''Nomad'', an album by

Adam Plack Adam Plack is an Australian-born didgeridoo player, composer and producer, originally from East Brighton in Melbourne. He moved to New York City in 1991 and released four albums before moving into production and composition for meditation musi ...

recording under the name Nomad with Robert Mirabal, Mor Thiam, and Jason Baker * ''Nomad'', an album by Bombino (2013) * ''Nomad'', an album by Sky Architect (2017)

Songs

* "Nomad", by Sepultura from '' Chaos A.D.'' * "Nomad", by

Youngblood Supercult Youngblood Supercult was an American stoner rock band from Topeka, Kansas, United States. The band's line-up consists of Bailey Smith (guitar), David Merrill (vocals), Weston Alford (drums), and Brad Morris (bass). The group has been categorized ...

* "Nomad", by Buckingham-Nicks, recorded as a demo in 1974 and published in 2001, under the name ''Candlebright'', by Stevie Nicks from ''

Trouble in Shangri-La ''Trouble in Shangri-La'' is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks. Released on May 1, 2001, it was her first solo studio album since 1994's '' Street Angel''. The album debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' 2 ...

'' * "Nomad", by

Walk Off the Earth Walk off the Earth is a Canadian indie pop band from Burlington, Ontario, Burlington, Ontario. The group is known for its music videos of covers and originals. The band is well known for covering pop-genre music on YouTube, making use of instrum ...

* "Nomad", a jazz instrumental written by

Duke Pearson Columbus Calvin "Duke" Pearson Jr. (August 17, 1932 – August 4, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer. ''Allmusic'' describes him as having a "big part in shaping the Blue Note label's hard bop direction in the 1960s as a record pro ...

and recorded by many others * "The Nomad", by Iron Maiden from ''

Brave New World ''Brave New World'' is a dystopian novel by English author Aldous Huxley, written in 1931, and published in 1932. Largely set in a futuristic World State, whose citizens are environmentally engineered into an intelligence-based social hier ...

'' * "Nomad", by Zion.T and Gen Hoshino from '' Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings: The Album''

Sport

Anstey Nomads F.C. Anstey Nomads Football Club is a association football, football club based in Anstey, Leicestershire, Anstey, Leicestershire, England. They are currently members of the and play at Cropston Road. History The club was established in 1946 by a m ...

, an amateur football (soccer) club from Leicestershire, England * Connah's Quay Nomads F.C., a Welsh football club based in Connah's Quay, Flintshire * 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 Nomads United is an association football club based in Casebrook, Christchurch, New Zealand. The club competes in the Southern League, the second tier of New Zealand football. Founded in 1910, the club play their home games at Tulett Park. It ...

, a New Zealand soccer club based in Christchurch *

Nomads Women's rugby team The Nomads RFC was created in 1993 to provide playing and social opportunities for players not involved in the Six Nations competition and is generally described as being the women's equivalent of men's rugby's Barbarians as teams include internati ...

, an international invitational women's rugby team * North Winnipeg Nomads Football Club, an amateur Canadian football club in Winnipeg, Manitoba *

Shavkat Rakhmonov Shavkat Bakhtibaevich Rakhmonov (, ; born October 23, 1994) is a Kazakh professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). A professional since 2014, Rakhmonov is al ...

, Kazakh mixed martial artist; nicknamed "Nomad"

Technology

* Nomad Goods, a consumer electronics accessory company in Santa Barbara, CA *

Nomad Health Nomad Health is an online marketplace that directly connects physicians, nurses, and medical facilities for healthcare jobs, without the involvement of third party employment agencies. Nomad Health is based in New York City. Company history No ...

, an online marketplace for freelance clinical jobs * Nadir and Occultation for Mars Discovery (NOMAD), an instrument on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter * Nomad rover, an unmanned vehicle designed as a test for such a vehicle to ride on other planets *

Nomad software NOMAD is a relational database and fourth-generation language (4GL), originally developed in the 1970s by time-sharing vendor National CSS. While it is still in use today, its widest use was in the 1970s and 1980s. NOMAD supports both the relatio ...

, a computer database and inquiry language also known as NOMAD *

Creative NOMAD The Nomad was a range of digital audio players designed and sold by Creative Technology Limited, and later discontinued in 2004. Subsequent players now fall exclusively under the Creative MuVo, MuVo and Creative ZEN, ZEN brands. The Nomad series c ...

, a range of digital audio players designed and sold by Creative Technology * Navy oceanographic meteorological automatic device (NOMAD), offshore weather buoy * Wireless Nomad, an internet cooperative based in Toronto, Canada * Nomad, software for scheduling and deployment of tasks developed by

HashiCorp HashiCorp, Inc. is an American software company with a freemium business model based in San Francisco, California. HashiCorp provides tools and products that enable developers, operators and security professionals to provision, secure, run and co ...

Nomad (eSIM company) Nomad is a company that sells eSIMs (embedded SIMs), launched in 2020. History Nomad was launched in 2020 and is a business line of LotusFlare, Inc., a telecommunications software development company founded by former Facebook and Microsoft ...

, a company selling eSIMs

Transportation

Aircraft

CH-112 Nomad The Hiller OH-23 Raven is a two, three, or four-place, military light observation helicopter based on the Hiller Model 360. The Model 360 was designated by the company as the UH-12 ("UH" for United Helicopters), which was first flown in 1948. I ...

, a variant of the Hiller OH-23 Raven helicopter used by Canadian military * Delta Sailplane Nomad, an American motorglider *

GAF Nomad The GAF Nomad is a utility aircraft produced by the Government Aircraft Factories (GAF) of Australia in Melbourne. The twin-turboprop, high-wing aircraft has a retractable gear and came in two variants: the initial ''N22'', followed by the str ...

, an Australian short-take-off-and-landing (STOL) aircraft produced from 1975 to 1985 * Gin Nomad, a South Korean paraglider design * A-17 Nomad, an attack bomber produced in 1935 * PBN Nomad, a variant of the PBY Catalina flying boat *

Stanley Nomad The Stanley Nomad is an American mid-wing, V-tailed, single seat glider that was designed and constructed by Robert M. Stanley in 1938.Said, Bob: ''1983 Sailplane Directory, Soaring Magazine'', page 64, Soaring Society of America November 19 ...

, a glider *

Napier Nomad The Napier Nomad is a British diesel engine, diesel aircraft engine designed and built by Napier & Son in 1949. They combined a piston engine with a turbine to recover energy from the exhaust and thereby improve fuel efficiency, fuel economy. T ...

, aircraft engine

Motor vehicles

Chevrolet Nomad Chevrolet Nomad is a nameplate used by Chevrolet in North America from the 1950s to the 1970s, applied largely to station wagons. Three different Nomads were produced as a distinct model line, with Chevrolet subsequently using the name as a trim p ...

, a station wagon produced by the Chevrolet Motor Division of the General Motors Corporation from 1955 to 1961 *

Suzuki Escudo The Suzuki Vitara is a series of SUVs produced by Suzuki in five generations since 1988. The second and third generation were known as the Suzuki Grand Vitara, while the fourth generation eschewed the "Grand" prefix. In Japan and a number of o ...

Nomad, a sport utility vehicle *

Nomads (motorcycle club) The Nomads Motorcycle Club is an outlaw motorcycle club in Australia with a large number of chapters and members nationwide. It was founded in Newcastle in 1968. A number of countries have motorcycle clubs called "Nomads Motorcycle Club", e.g. A ...

, an outlaw motorcycle club in Australia *

Nomad (motorcycle club membership) A nomad is a member of a motorcycle club (which may or may not be an outlaw motorcycle club) or similar club who is not a member of a specific charter of the group. Some nomads live in geographical areas that have fewer than the required numbers t ...

, a member of a motorcycle club

Ships

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

Other

* Nomad, branding for the public transport services in the French region of Normandy, including

TER Normandie Nomad Train, before 2020 known as TER Normandie is the network of the regional train services organised by the region of Normandy (northwestern France) and operated by the French national railway company SNCF. The brand name refers to the more ge ...

and the former Normandy intercity lines

Other uses

Nomad (animation studio) is a Japanese animation studio located in Suginami, Tokyo formed by former Pierrot staff and Madhouse producer Tatsuya Ono in July 2003. Produced series Television series *''Rozen Maiden'' (2004) *'' Rozen Maiden: Träumend'' (2005–2006) *'' ...

, a Japanese animation company *

Nominated adviser A nominated adviser (NOMAD) is a firm or company which has been approved by the London Stock Exchange (LSE) as a nominated adviser for the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) and whose name has been placed on the register of nominated advisers publi ...

of the London Stock Exchange Alternative Investment Market * Nomad (Dragonfly), a species of dragonfly