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{{Wiktionary|Homer|homer}}
'''Homer''' is the name of several persons and characters:
*], the legendary poet of Ancient Greece and supposed author of the ''Odyssey'' and the ''Iliad'' ''']''' is the name given to the purported author of the Ancient Greek poems the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey''.
*], a fictional character in ''The Simpsons'' television cartoon
*Homer Simpson, a fictional character in '']''
*] (1836-1910), an American painter


'''Homer''' is the name of several places: '''Homer''' can also refer to:
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⚫ *in the United States:
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⚫ *in England:
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==Places==
'''Homer''' may also be:
⚫ ===In the United States===
*A ] in the game of baseball
*], a unit of volume * ], a city
⚫ * ], a town
⚫ *the ] for the Soviet ] helicopter
* ], a village
**] is the miming of scenes from Homers epic, common in Roman pagan festivals.
* ], an unincorporated community
* ], an unincorporated community
* ], a town
⚫ * ], a village
* ], an unincorporated community
* ], a village
⚫ * ], a town
⚫ ** ]
* ], an unincorporated community
* ], a ghost town
* ], an unincorporated community
* ], an unincorporated community
⚫ *]
⚫ * ]


⚫ ===In England===
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⚫ *], a village

===In New Zealand===
* ] and ], in Fiordland

===In outer space===
⚫ * ], on Mercury

==Sports==
* ], a myopic fan or media coverage biased toward the home team
* ], a term in baseball for when the batter touches all the bases and scores on the same play.

==Other uses==
* ], the main protagonist in the animated television series ''The Simpsons''
* ], a sculpture by Moses Jacob Ezekiel at the University of Virginia, US
* ], a 1970 drama film
* ], a list of people and fictional characters with the given name or surname
* ], an IRC client for Macintosh computers during the 1990s
* ], a unit of volume
* ] an independent, American, luxury brand, founded in 2018
* ] in Homer, Louisiana
* ]
* ], or Homer homolog 1 (Drosophila), a human gene
* ] (or "homer"), a type of tracking transmitter
⚫ * ], NATO reporting name ''Homer'', a Soviet helicopter
* ], a small truck produced by Prince Motor Company and later by Nissan
* ], a type of racing pigeon
* ] a steamer scuttled during the American Civil War
* Homer, the codename for the British spy ]
* "]", a 2001 episode of ''The Simpsons''

==See also==
*]
*]
*], the Italian version of the given name Homer

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Latest revision as of 09:57, 21 October 2024

Homer is the name given to the purported author of the Ancient Greek poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.

Homer can also refer to:

Places

In the United States

In England

In New Zealand

In outer space

Sports

  • Homer (sports slang), a myopic fan or media coverage biased toward the home team
  • Home run, a term in baseball for when the batter touches all the bases and scores on the same play.

Other uses

See also

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