Nestor
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The name Nestor may have one of the following meanings:
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[edit] People
- The name Nestor originally derived from Ancient Greece.
- Nestor is a male name in Greek and is used in Spain, the Philippines and many Latin American nations.
- In Greek mythology, Nestor was the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris.
- Nestor the Chronicler was a compiler of the Primary Chronicle of the East Slavic peoples.
- Nestorius (c.386–c.451) was Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Saint Nestor
[edit] Geography
- Nestor, modern form Nestoras, is an archaeological site and a municipality in the west-south-western part of Messenia.
[edit] Religion
- Nestorianism is a Southwest Asian Christian denomination that believes that two distinct persons, one divine and the other human, existed in Jesus Christ. This doctrine was declared heresy in ad 431.
[edit] Nature
- In ornithology, Nestor is a genus of parrots.
[edit] 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.
[edit] 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.
- Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey, a television program created by Rankin/Bass.
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