Mongo
Encyclopedia
Geographic
- Mongo, ChadMongo, ChadMongo is a city in Chad, the capital of the region of Guéra. It lies 252.2 miles by road east of the capital N'Djamena. It is served by Mongo Airport....
, a city - Mongo, Sierra LeoneMongo, Sierra LeoneMongo is a chiefdom in Koinadugu District of Sierra Leone with a population of 29,294. Its principal town is Bendugu....
, a chiefdom - Mongo, IndianaMongo, IndianaMongo is an unincorporated village in Springfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The name Mongo derives from the early settlers' name for the area: Mongoquinong...
, a small town in the United States - Mongo (planet)Mongo (planet)Mongo is a fictional planet where the comic strip of Flash Gordon take place. It is ruled by a usurper named Ming the Merciless, who governs with an iron hand....
, the fictional setting for the adventures of Flash Gordon
People
- Mongo peopleMongo peopleThe Mongo are the most numerous ethnic group of the Democratic Republic of Congo. They are a diverse collection of peoples living in the equatorial forest, south of the main Congo River bend and north of the Kasai and Sankuru Rivers...
, one of the largest ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo- Mongo languageMongo languageMongo, also called Nkundo or Mongo-Nkundu, is a language spoken by several of the Mongo peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mongo speakers reside in central DRC, mostly south of the Congo River. Mongo is a tonal language....
, the language of the Mongo people
- Mongo language
- Mongo SantamaríaMongo SantamaríaRamón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez was an Afro-Cuban Latin jazz percussionist. He is most famous for being the composer of the jazz standard "Afro Blue," recorded by John Coltrane among others. In 1950 he moved to New York where he played with Perez Prado, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, Fania All...
, a Cuban jazz percussionist - Steve McMichaelSteve McMichael-World Wrestling Federation :After the end of his NFL career, he appeared at ringside in the WWF for Lawrence Taylor at WrestleMania XI on April 2, 1995 in Hartford, Connecticut. Taylor was wrestling Bam Bam Bigelow and there were several football players at ringside to keep wrestlers from...
("Mongo" McMichael), a former American football player and professional wrestler - Mongo, a pejorative English word for those affected with Down SyndromeDown syndromeDown syndrome, or Down's syndrome, trisomy 21, is a chromosomal condition caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. It is named after John Langdon Down, the British physician who described the syndrome in 1866. The condition was clinically described earlier in the 19th...
, due to the characteristic epicanthic folds on their upper eyelids, like those of Mongoloid people
Fictional
- Mongo the MagnificentMongo the MagnificentDr. Robert "Mongo" Frederickson, a.k.a. Mongo the Magnificent, is a fictional private eye and criminologist who has dwarfism, appearing in several books by George C. Chesbro...
, a fictional private investigator with dwarfism - Mongo, a character played by Alex Karras in the 1974 comedy film Blazing SaddlesBlazing SaddlesBlazing Saddles is a 1974 satirical Western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, the film was written by Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Al Uger, and was based on Bergman's story and draft. The movie was nominated for three...
- Magic Mongo, a fictional genie featured in segments of the Saturday morning TV program The Krofft SupershowThe Krofft SupershowThe Krofft Supershow is a Saturday morning children's variety show, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. It aired for two seasons from September 11, 1976 to September 2, 1978 on ABC.-Background:...
- Mongo, an imaginary person in the comedy film There's Something About MaryThere's Something About MaryThere's Something About Mary is a 1998 American comedy film, directed by the Farrelly brothers, Bobby and Peter. It stars Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon and Ben Stiller, and it is a combination of romantic comedy and gross-out film....
. - Mongo (Shrek), a fictional giant gingerbread man in the animated movie Shrek 2
Other uses
- Stomatepia mongoStomatepia mongoStomatepia mongo, in its native range known as the mongo, is a critically endangered species of fish in the cichlid family. It is endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo in western Cameroon.The female protect their eggs and newly born young in their mouths...
, a critically endangered species of cichlid fish of Cameroun. - Mongo (horse)Mongo (horse)Mongo was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse.-Background:He was bred and raced by Marion duPont Scott, a member of the prominent Du Pont family. His sire was Royal Charger, a son of Nearco whom Thoroughbred Heritage says was "one of the greatest racehorses of the Twentieth Century". ...
, American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse - Möngö ("money" in Mongolian language) and also a Mongolian monetary unit, where 100 Möngö equal 1 Mongolian tögrög
- Mongo, objects rescued from the trash during Dumpster divingDumpster divingDumpster diving is the practice of sifting through commercial or residential trash to find items that have been discarded by their owners, but that may be useful to the dumpster diver.-Etymology and alternate names:...
- Mongo Ika and Uzusho Mongo, Japanese cuttlefish sushiSushiis a Japanese food consisting of cooked vinegared rice combined with other ingredients . Neta and forms of sushi presentation vary, but the ingredient which all sushi have in common is shari...
- The Mongo (graphics program)Mongo (graphics program)Mongo is a graphics program written in FORTRAN by John L. Tonry. It is copyrighted software, but it is free for use and distribution, under the terms of the GNU General Public License....
, an interactive graphics program distributed under the GNU General Public License - MongoDBMongoDBMongoDB is an open source, high-performance, schema-free, document-oriented database written in the C++ programming language...
, an open source document-oriented database. - A variant of mondoMondoMondo , may also refer to:-Currency:* Mondo , the possible name of a worldwide established currency-Culture and entertainment:Fictional characters* Mondo , a comic book character...
, meaning "to a great degree, extremely, very" - A variant of mongMong-People:*a proposed alternate name for the Hmong people, based on a large subgroup, the Mong Leng**Mong or Hmong language*William Mong , chairman of the Shun Hing Group, a product distributor in Hong Kong*William V...
, a derogatory shortening of Mongoloid - Mongo footMongo footMongo foot in skateboarding refers to using one's front foot for pushing. Normally a skateboarder feels more comfortable using their back foot to push, while their front foot remains on the board....
, a style of skateboarding, where one uses one's leading foot to push - Monggo, a commonly used name in the Philippines for mung beanMung beanThe mung bean is the seed of Vigna radiata. It is native to the Indian subcontinent.-Description:They are small, ovoid in shape, and green in color...
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