Palomar is a Spanish word meaning dovecote. The term may refer to:
Places Any of several locations in San Diego County, California: Palomar Mountain Palomar Mountain, California, an unincorporated community Palomar College in San Marcos, California Palomar College Transit Center Palomar Health, a healthcare district covering a portion of the county Palomar Medical Center Escondido in Escondido, California Palomar Medical Center Poway in Poway, California McClellan–Palomar Airport, informally referred to as just Palomar Airport, in Carlsbad, California Palomar Street Transit Center in Chula Vista, California Palomar Ballroom, in Los Angeles, California Palomar (bar), in Portland, Oregon Palomar Hills, Lexington, a neighborhood in Lexington, Kentucky Hotel Palomar (Washington, D.C.) El Palomar, Buenos Aires, a city in Argentina El Palomar (airbase), Argentina El Palomar, Valencia, a municipality in Spain Palomar de Arroyos, a town in Aragón, Spain
Music Palomar (band), a band from Brooklyn, New York Palomar, a band formed by three members of Paw "Palomar", a 1992 song by the Rheostatics from Whale Music
Astronomy Palomar Observatory, located on Palomar Mountain in San Diego County, California National Geographic Society – Palomar Observatory Sky Survey, often known as just Palomar Observatory Sky Survey Palomar Distant Solar System Survey Palomar globular clusters, a set of globular clusters discovered by the POSS Palomar–Leiden survey Palomar Planet-Crossing Asteroid Survey Palomar Testbed Interferometer Palomar Transient Factory
Other uses Palomar (comics), a 2003 graphic novel by Gilbert Hernandez Palomar Handicap, former name for the Yellow Ribbon Handicap, a horse race in Del Mar, California Palomar knot Palomar Pictures International, a subsidiary of ABC Pictures Palomar S.p.A., an Italian television production company
People with the surname Arnau de Palomar (fl. c. 1150), Catalan nobleman Daniel Palomar, electrical engineer Enrique de la Mora y Palomar (1907–1978), Mexican architect Jared Palomar, member of Augustana
See also Mr. Palomar, a 1983 novel by Italo Calvino Palomares (disambiguation)