Nike Explained

Nike often refers to:

• Nike, Inc., a major American producer of athletic shoes, apparel, and sports equipment
• Nike (mythology), a Greek goddess who personifies victory

Nike may also refer to:

People

• Nike (name), a surname and feminine given name

• Nike, daughter of Shahrbaraz

Arts, entertainment, and media

• Nike Award, a Polish language literature prize
• The Winged Victory of Samothrace, 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, a statue of Nike from Olympia, Greece
• Nike of Paros, a sculpture from Paros
• Nike of Megara, statue from Megara
• Nike of Epidaurus, a temple akroterion
• Nike (Hadrian's Library), found in Hadrian's Library
• Nike of Marathon, a modern bronze statue of the goddess
• Nike Fixing her Sandal, a marble relief from the Acropolis of Athens
• Nike Assists the Wounded Warrior, modern sculpture in Germany
• Nike Instructs the Boy in Heroic History, modern sculpture in Germany
• Nike (Kougioumtzis), modern abstract sculpture
• Nike Crowns the Hero, modern sculpture in Germany
• "Nikes" (song), by Frank Ocean from the album Blonde (2016)

Military

• Project Nike, a US Army missile project
  • MIM-3 Nike Ajax, a solid fuel–propelled surface-to-air missile
  • Nike Hercules, a solid fuel–propelled surface-to-air missile
  • Nike (rocket stage)
  • Various US sounding rockets named after the upper stage used, including:
    • Nike-Apache
    • Nike-Asp
    • Nike-Cajun
    • Nike-Hawk
    • Nike-Hydac
    • Nike-Iroquois
    • Nike-Nike

Other uses

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

See also

• Niki (disambiguation)