A hippo or hippopotamus is either of two species of large African mammal which live mainly in and near water:
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Hippopotamus
The hippopotamus (''Hippopotamus amphibius;'' ; : hippopotamuses), often shortened to hippo (: hippos), further qualified as the common hippopotamus, Nile hippopotamus and river hippopotamus, is a large semiaquatic mammal native to sub-Sahar ...
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Pygmy hippopotamus
The pygmy hippopotamus or pygmy hippo (''Choeropsis liberiensis'') is a small Hippopotamidae, hippopotamid which is native to the forests and swamps of West Africa, primarily in Liberia, with small populations in Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Ivory Co ...
Hippo or Hippos may also refer to:
Toponymy
* The ancient city of
Hippo Regius
Hippo Regius (also known as Hippo or Hippone) is the ancient name of the modern city of Annaba, Algeria. It served as an important city for the Phoenicians, Berbers, Romans, and Vandals. Hippo was the capital city of the Vandal Kingdom from AD ...
(modern Annaba, Algeria)
* The ancient city of Hippo Diarrhytus (modern
Bizerte
Bizerte (, ) is the capital and largest city of Bizerte Governorate in northern Tunisia. It is the List of northernmost items, northernmost city in Africa, located north of the capital Tunis. It is also known as the last town to remain under Fr ...
, Tunisia)
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Hippo, Kentucky
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Hippos (Golan Heights)
Hippos () or Sussita (Aramaic, ) is an ancient city and archaeology, archaeological site located on a hill 2 km east of the Sea of Galilee, attached by a topographical saddle to the western slopes of the Golan Heights.
Hippos was a Hellenis ...
, an archaeological site in the Israel–Syria DMZ
Given names
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Hippo (Greek woman), a Greek woman mentioned by Valerius Maximus as an example of chastity
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Hippo (philosopher), a Presocratic Greek philosopher
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Hippo Galloway (1882–1943), American-Canadian professional baseball player
* Hippo, one of the mythical
Oceanids
In Greek mythology, the Oceanids or Oceanides ( ; , ) are the nymphs who were the three thousand (a number interpreted as meaning "innumerable") daughters of the Titan (mythology), Titans Oceanus and Tethys (mythology), Tethys.
Description an ...
* Hippo, one of the daughters of the mythical
Thespius
In Greek mythology, Thespius (; Ancient Greek: Θέσπιος ''Théspios'') or Thestius (; Ancient Greek: Θέστιος) was a legendary founder and king of Thespiae, Boeotia. His life account is considered part of Greek mythology.
Biography
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* Hippo, one of the mythical
Amazons
The Amazons (Ancient Greek: ', singular '; in Latin ', ') were a people in Greek mythology, portrayed in a number of ancient epic poems and legends, such as the Labours of Hercules, Labours of Heracles, the ''Argonautica'' and the ''Iliad''. ...
* Hippo, one of the
Leuctrides
* Hippo, a powerful gangster character in the 2015 Neill Blomkamp] film ''
Chappie (film), Chappie''
Brand and product names
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Hippo CMS, an open-source content management system
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Hippo (company)
Hippo Holdings Inc. is an American property insurance company based in Palo Alto, California. Hippo offers homeowner's insurance that covers the homes and possessions of the insurance holder as well as liability from accidents happening in the i ...
, an American property insurance company based in Palo Alto, California
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Hippo (snack), a popular Indian snack
Other
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Hippo APC, a South African armoured personnel carrier
* Hippo (Hpo), a protein kinase involved in the
Hippo signaling pathway
The Hippo signaling pathway, also known as the Salvador-Warts-Hippo (SWH) pathway, is a signaling pathway that controls organ size in animals through the regulation of cell proliferation and apoptosis. The pathway takes its name from one of it ...
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Hippo Family Club, a multilingual club originated from Japan
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''Hippo'' (film), a 2023 film by Mark H. Rapaport
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"Hippo" (''The Brak Show''), a 2001 episode
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The Hippos
The Hippos were an United States, American Rock music, rock band formed in 1995 in Los Angeles, California, and disbanded in 2002. The band released three full-length albums. Their early work is best classified as part of the third wave of ska ...
, an American band
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The Hippos (Australian band)
The Hippos were an Australian blues band formed in Sydney in 1985. The band released three albums in their time together and were nominated for three ARIA Music Awards at the ARIA Music Awards of 1989 for their song " Dark Age"
Band members
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* HIPPO, highest paid person's opinion. It is often a deciding factor in what decisions and next steps a team takes
See also
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Augustine of Hippo
Augustine of Hippo ( , ; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430) was a theologian and philosopher of Berber origin and the bishop of Hippo Regius in Numidia, Roman North Africa. His writings deeply influenced the development of Western philosop ...
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Hipo (disambiguation)
HIPO model (hierarchical input process output model) is a systems analysis design aid and documentation technique from the 1970s, used for representing the modules of a system as a hierarchy and for documenting each module.Sandia National Laborat ...
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Hippopotamus (disambiguation)
A hippopotamus is a large, mostly herbivorous African mammal.
Hippopotamus may also refer to:
* ''Hippopotamus'' (album), a 2017 album by Sparks
* ''Hippopotamus'' (genus)
* Hippopotamus (hieroglyph), an Egyptian hieroglyph
* Hippopotamus (res ...
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Hungry Hungry Hippos
Hungry Hungry Hippos (or Hungry Hippos in some UK editions) is a tabletop game made for 2–4 players, produced by Hasbro, under the brand of its subsidiary, Milton Bradley. The idea for the game was published in 1967 by toy inventor Fred Kroll ...
, a children's game marketed by Milton Bradley
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King Hippo, a fictional boxer from Nintendo's ''Punch-Out!!'' series
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Tree warbler, genus ''Hippolais''
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