Mungo
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People
- MungoMungo- People :* Mungo Scottish Gaelic name* Mungo people of Cameroon* Saint Mungo, also known as Kentigern, patron saint of Glasgow, Scotland* Mungo Lewis , Canadian politician...
Scottish Gaelic name - Mungo peopleMungo peopleThe Mungo is an ethnic group of the Republic of Cameroon. Along with the other coastal peoples, they belong to the Sawa ethnic groups. The Mungo have historically been dominated by the Duala people, and the two groups share similar cultures, histories, and claims of origin.-History and...
of Cameroon - Saint MungoSaint MungoSaint Mungo is the commonly used name for Saint Kentigern . He was the late 6th century apostle of the Brythonic Kingdom of Strathclyde in modern Scotland, and patron saint and founder of the city of Glasgow.-Name:In Wales and England, this saint is known by his birth and baptismal name Kentigern...
, also known as Kentigern, patron saint of Glasgow, Scotland - Mungo LewisMungo LewisMungo Turnbull Lewis was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. He served in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba from 1936 to 1945.-Early life and career:...
(1894–1969), Canadian politician - Mungo Wentworth MacCallumMungo Wentworth MacCallumMungo Wentworth MacCallum is an Australian political journalist and commentator.He is the son of Mungo Ballardie MacCallum , and Diana Wentworth a great granddaughter of the Australian explorer and politician William Charles Wentworth...
(born 1941), Australian political journalist and commentator - Mungo William MacCallumMungo William MacCallumSir Mungo William MacCallum KCMG was Chancellor of the University of Sydney from 1934 to 1936, and a noted literary critic....
(1854-1942), professor of literature, Chancellor of the University of Sydney, and literary critic - Mungo MackayMungo MackayMungo Mackay was a Scottish seafarer from the Orkney Islands who made a fortune in the Boston shipping trades in Massachusetts. Mungo was a highly regarded ship master, successful privateer owner and bonder, and operated a store on Long Wharf in Boston. He was also active in the politics of the...
(1740-1811), Scottish privateer and businessman in the U.S. - Mungo MartinMungo MartinChief Mungo Martin or Nakapenkem , Datsa , was an important figure in Northwest Coast style art, specifically that of the Kwakwaka'wakw peoples. He was a major contributor to Kwakwaka'wakw art, especially in the realm of wood sculpture and painting...
(1879-1962), Canadian First Nations wood sculptor and painter - Mungo Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield and MansfieldMungo Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield and MansfieldMungo David Malcolm Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield , styled Lord Scone from 1906 to 1935, was a Scottish Unionist Party politician....
(1900-1971), Scottish politician - Mungo Park (explorer)Mungo Park (explorer)Mungo Park was a Scottish explorer of the African continent. He was credited as being the first Westerner to encounter the Niger River.-Early life:...
(1771-1806), Scottish explorer of Africa - Mungo Park (golfer)Mungo Park (golfer)Mungo Park was a member of a famous family of Scottish golfers. He was born at Quarry Houses in Musselburgh, which was to become one of the three towns that shared hosting responsibilities for The Open Championship through the 1870s and 1880s. He learned golf as a boy, but then spent 20 years as a...
(1835-1904) - Mungo PontonMungo PontonMungo Ponton FRS was a Scottish inventor who in 1839 created a method of permanent photography based on sodium dichromate....
(1801–1880), Scottish inventor of a method of photography - Van Lingle MungoVan Lingle MungoVan Lingle Mungo was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher known for his career with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Mungo played for the Dodgers from to . At the end of his baseball career, he played with the New York Giants....
(1911-1985), Major League Baseball pitcher - Mungo JerryMungo JerryMungo Jerry is an English rock group whose greatest success was in the early 1970s, though they have continued throughout the years with an ever-changing line-up, always fronted by Ray Dorset. They are remembered above all for their hit "In the Summertime". It remains their most successful and most...
, an English rock band - Paavo "Mungo" LipponenPaavo LipponenPaavo Tapio Lipponen is a Finnish politician and former reporter. He was Prime Minister of Finland from 1995 to 2003, and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Finland from 1993 to 2005...
, a Finnish politician
Places
- Mungo, an oil field in the Central North Sea
- Mungo, AngolaMungo, AngolaMungo is a town and municipality in Huambo Province in Angola....
, a town and municipality in Huambo Province - Mungo River, New Zealand
- Mungo River, CameroonMungo River, CameroonThe Mungo River is a large river in Cameroon that drains the mountains in the southern portion of the Cameroon line of active and extinct volcanoes.-Course:The Mungo river has a catchment area of ....
, CameroonCameroonCameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the... - Moungo (department)Moungo (department)Moungo is a department of Littoral Province in Cameroon. The department covers an area of 3,723 km² and as of 2001 had a total population of 452,722.The capital of the department lies at Nkongsamba.-Subdivisions:...
, a division of the Littoral Province in Cameroon - Lake MungoLake MungoLake Mungo is a dry lake in south-western New South Wales, Australia. It is located about 760 km due west of Sydney and 90 km north-east of Mildura. The lake is the central feature of Mungo National Park, and is one of seventeen lakes in the World Heritage listed Willandra Lakes Region...
in Australia - Mungo National ParkMungo National ParkMungo National Park is an isolated national park in south-western New South Wales, Australia, 876 km west of Sydney, in the Balranald Shire. It is part of the Willandra Lakes Region, a World Heritage Site covering 2,400 square kilometres, and incorporating seventeen dry lakes...
in Australia
Other uses
- Mungo Man, remains of a prehistoric human found in New South Wales
- Mungo ESKMungo ESKThe Mungo ESK is an air-transportable, armoured multirole transport vehicle of the German Army for its Airmobile Operations Division and Division Special Operations....
, a 4×4 armoured transport vehicle used by the German Army - Mungos mungo, the banded mongooseBanded MongooseThe Banded Mongoose is a mongoose commonly found in the central and eastern parts of Africa. It lives in savannas, open forests and grasslands and feeds primarily on beetles and millipedes. Mongooses use various types of dens for shelter including termite mounds...
, a small cat-like animal - Mungo, a fibrous woollen material generated from waste fabric
- Mungo ball/Mungoball, The sport of rugby league
See also
- St. Mungo's (disambiguation)
- Mongo (disambiguation)