Toto
Encyclopedia
People
- Saint Toto, the Roman name for Saint Theodore of AmaseaTheodore of AmaseaSee also Theodore StratelatesSaint Theodore of Amasea is one of the two saints called Theodore who are venerated as Warrior Saints and Great Martyrs in the Eastern Orthodox Church. He is also known as Theodore Tiro...
- Toto of NepiToto of NepiToto was the self-styled duke of Nepi, the leading magnate of Etruria, who staged a coup d'état in Rome in 767. He became Duke of Rome for a year until his death...
(died 768), Roman strongman - Totò, diminutive for SalvatoreSalvatoreSalvatore is an Italian name that means "savior".-People:* Dominic Salvatore Gentile , United States Army Air Forces officer* John Romita, Jr. , comic artist* R. A...
in Sicily, and AntonioAntonioAntonio is a Greek, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish first name. In the English language it is translated as Anthony, and has some female derivatives: Antonia, Antónia, Antonieta, Antonietta, and Antonella...
in Campania - TotòTotòPrince Antonio Focas Flavio Angelo Ducas Comneno De Curtis di Bisanzio Gagliardi, best known by his stage name Totò and nicknamed il principe della risata was an Italian comedian, film and theatre actor, writer, singer and songwriter...
(1898-1967), stage name of an Italian actor, writer, and songwriter - Toto CutugnoToto CutugnoSalvatore "Toto" Cutugno is an Italian pop singer-songwriter and musician.-Biography:Toto Cutugno was born in Fosdinovo, Tuscany, to a Sicilian father and a Tuscan mother. Shortly after his birth the family moved to La Spezia ....
(born 1943), Italian pop singer-songwriter - Totó la MomposinaTotó la MomposinaSonia Bazanta Vides, better known as Totó la Momposina, is a Colombian singer of traditional mixed indigenous Colombian and Afro-Latin music. She was born in the northern Colombian town of Talaigua Nuevo near Mompox in the Bolívar Department...
(born 1948), female Colombian singer - Toto (mythology)Toto (mythology)In Māori mythology, Toto was a chief in Hawaiki. He had two daughters, Kuramarotini, the wife of Hoturapa, and Rongorongo, the wife of Turi. Toto felled a tree and made two canoes. One of these, the Aotea, was given to Turi, and was sailed by him to New Zealand...
, a chief in Māori migration traditions - Renato TosioRenato TosioRenato Tosio is a retired Swiss professional ice hockey goaltender. He is popular for his energetic style of play, for his sportsmanship and also for being a great entertainer and showman.-Playing career:...
, Swiss ice hockey goaltender nicknamed "Toto" - Toto BissaintheToto BissaintheMarie Clotilde "Toto" Bissainthe was a Haïtian actress and singer known for her innovative blend of traditional Vodou and rural themes and music with contemporary lyricism and arrangements. Born in Cap-Haïtien in 1934, she left Haïti at an early age to pursue her studies abroad...
, Haitian actress and singer, - Salvatore RiinaSalvatore RiinaSalvatore "Totò" Riina is a member of the Sicilian Mafia who became the most powerful member of the criminal organization in the early 1980s. Fellow mobsters nicknamed him The Beast due to his violent nature, or sometimes The Short One due to his diminutive stature...
, also known as Totò Riina, a Sicilian Mafia boss
Animals
- Toto (gorilla)Toto (gorilla)Toto was a gorilla that was adopted and raised very much like a human child....
(1931-1968) a female adopted by A. Maria Hoyt - Toto, a cheetah cub seen in BBC series Big Cat DiaryBig Cat DiaryBig Cat Diary, also known as Big Cat Week or Big Cat Live, is a long-running nature documentary series on BBC television which follows the lives of African big cats in Kenya's Maasai Mara. The first series, broadcast on BBC One in 1996, was developed and jointly produced by Keith Scholey, who would...
In fiction
- Toto (Oz), Dorothy Gale's dog in The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
- Toto, the dog of the main character of the Japanese manga, Toto!: The Wonderful Adventure
- Toto, the new GameraGamerais a giant, flying turtle from a popular series of kaiju films produced by Daiei Motion Picture Company in Japan. Created in 1965 to rival the success of Toho Studios' Godzilla during the daikaiju boom of the mid-to-late 1960s, Gamera has gained fame and notoriety as a Japanese icon in his own...
in Gamera the Brave - Toto, the main character in Stories Toto Told Me and In His Own Image by Frederick RolfeFrederick RolfeFrederick William Rolfe, better known as Baron Corvo, and also calling himself 'Frederick William Serafino Austin Lewis Mary Rolfe', , was an English writer, artist, photographer and eccentric...
(Baron Corvo).
Locations
- Toto, Angola, town in Angola
- Toto, Indiana, small community near North JudsonNorth Judson, IndianaNorth Judson is a town in Wayne Township, Starke County, Indiana, United States. The population was 1,675 at the 2000 census. The town owns and is the headquarters of the Chesapeake and Indiana Railroad.-History:...
- Totoma, CaliforniaTotoma, CaliforniaTotoma is a former Maidu settlement in Butte County, California. It was located on the east side of the north branch of Feather River about midway between Yankee and Hengy; its precise location is unknown.-References:...
- Toto, NigeriaToto, NigeriaToto is a Local Government Area in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Toto.It has an area of 2,903 km² and a population of 119,077 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 962....
, a Local Government Area of Nasarawa State
Tribe
- Toto tribeToto tribeThe Toto is a primitive and isolated tribal group residing only in a small enclave called Totopara in the Jalpaiguri district of West Bengal, India. Totopara is located at the foot of the Himalayas just to the south of the borderline between Bhutan and West Bengal...
, primitive Indo-Bhutanese residing in Totopara in West Bengal, India - Toto languageToto languageToto is a Tibeto-Burman language spoken on the border of India and Bhutan, by the tribal Toto people. The Himalayan Languages Project is working on the first grammatical sketch of Toto.-References:*...
, Tibeto-Burman language spoken by Toto tribe members
Gambling
- Toto (gaming)Toto (gaming)TOTO is a legalized form of lottery sold in Singapore, known by different names elsewhere. Singapore Pools is the only legal lottery operator in Singapore. It was established on 23 May 1968 to control widespread illegal gambling in Singapore during the 1960s....
, lottery in Singapore, Malaysia, Germany and other countries. - Football poolsFootball poolsA football pool, often collectively referred to as "the pools", is a betting pool based on predicting the outcome of top-level association football matches set to take place in the coming week. The pools are typically cheap to enter, with the potential to win huge money. Entries were traditionally...
, called "toto" in several languages
Musical groups
- Toto (band)Toto (band)Toto is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1977. The group currently consists of Joseph Williams , David Paich , Steve Porcaro , Steve Lukather , Mike Porcaro , and Simon Phillips . Toto is known for a musical style that combines elements of pop, rock, soul, funk, progressive rock, hard...
, a Grammy Award-winning American pop/rock group- Toto (album)Toto (album)Toto is the first studio album by the American band Toto. It was released in 1978 and includes the hit singles "Hold the Line", "I'll Supply the Love" and "Georgy Porgy", all three of which made it into the top 50 in the USA. "Hold the Line" spent six weeks in the Top 10, and reached number 14 in...
, the aforementioned group's debut album
- Toto (album)
- Toto CoeloToto CoeloToto Coelo was a 1980s British one hit wonder new wave vocal group, masterminded by producer Barry Blue...
, a 1980s British girl band, known for the song "I Eat Cannibals"
Films
- Toto (1933 French film), starring Jacques TourneurJacques TourneurJacques Tourneur was a French-American film director.-Life:Born in Paris, France, he was the son of film director Maurice Tourneur. At age 10, Jacques moved to the United States with his father. He started a career in cinema while still attending high school as an extra and later as a script clerk...
- Toto (1982 Finnish film)
Other
- The Tête à TotoTête à TotoThe tête à Toto is a French typographical design and children’s game, well known to French schoolchildren, depicted at right.It consists of the equation “0+0=0”, written with the first two ‘0’s for eyes, the ‘+’ for a nose, the ‘=’ for a mouth, and the final ‘0’ surrounding, as a stylized face or...
, a French children's game - Toto Ltd., a Japanese manufacturer of bathroom fixtures, including sinks, toilets and bathtubs
- Toto (dessert)Toto (dessert)Toto is a small coconut cake in Jamaican cuisine. Made famous by Chris Tucker in the 2002 film, Rush Hour 2...
a Jamaican dessert - Typhonian Ordo Templi Orientis, an occult order
- TOtable Tornado ObservatoryTOtable Tornado ObservatoryThe TOtable Tornado Observatory is a large, instrumented barrel-shaped device invented in 1979 by Dr. Al Bedard and Carl Ramzy of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Environmental Technology Laboratory...
, scientific instrument used to study tornadoes in the 1980s
See also
- Tote (disambiguation)
- TOTO (disambiguation), specifically for the all caps version
- In toto