Mongo may refer to:

Geography

Africa

Mongo, Chad Mongo (Arabic: مونقو, Mūnqū) is a city and sub-prefecture in Chad, the capital of the region of Guéra. Located in the northern part of the region, it lies 252.2 miles (406 km) by road east of the capital N'Djamena. It is served by Mo ...

, a Sahel city *

Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo The Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo is a Latin Church pre-diocesan missionary jurisdiction or apostolic vicariate in Sahel-country Chad. It is immediately exempt to the Holy See, specifically the missionary Congregation for the Evangelization of ...

(Roman Catholic missionary jurisdiction) *

Mongo, Sierra Leone Mongo is a chiefdom in Falaba District of Sierra Leone Sierra Leone,)]. officially the Republic of Sierra Leone, is a country on the southwest coast of West Africa. It is bordered by Liberia to the southeast and Guinea surrounds the nor ...

, a chiefdom * Mongo River (Little Scarces River), Guinea and Sierra Leone, a tributary of the Little Scarces River; see List of rivers of Guinea and

List of rivers of Sierra Leone This is a list of rivers in Sierra Leone. This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Atlantic Ocean *Great Scarcies River (Kolenté River) *Little Scarcies River (Kaba River) ...

* Mongo Department, Gabon

United States

Mongo, Indiana Mongo is an unincorporated community in Springfield Township, LaGrange County, Indiana. The population in 2010 was 105. History Mongo was originally called Mongoquinong, and under the latter name was laid out in 1840. Mongoquinong was later shor ...

, United States, an unincorporated community

Languages

Mongo language Mongo, also called Nkundo or Mongo-Nkundu (''Lomongo, Lonkundu''), is a Bantu language spoken by several of the Mongo peoples in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Mongo speakers reside in central DR Congo over a large area inside the curve ...

, the language of the Mongo people * Mongo, one of the five languages of the

Duala language Duala (''ɓwambo ba duālā in douala)'' (also spelt Douala, Diwala, Dwela, Dualla and Dwala) is a dialect cluster spoken by the Duala and Mungo peoples of Cameroon. Douala belongs to the Bantu language family, in a subgroup called Sawabantu. ...

-cluster, spoken in Cameroon

People

Mongo people __NOTOC__ The Mongo people are an ethnic group who live in the equatorial forest of Central Africa. They are the second largest ethnic group in the Democratic Republic of Congo, highly influential in its north region. A diverse collection of sub- ...

, one of the largest ethnic groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo *

Mongo Santamaría Ramón "Mongo" Santamaría Rodríguez (April 7, 1917 – February 1, 2003) was a Cuban percussionist and bandleader who spent most of his career in the United States. Primarily a conga drummer, Santamaría was a leading figure in the pachanga and ...

(1917–2003), Cuban jazz/salsa percussionist *

Mongo Beti Alexandre Biyidi Awala (30 June 1932 – 8 October 2001), known as Mongo Beti or Eza Boto, was a Cameroonian writer. Beti spent much of his life in France, studying at the Sorbonne and becoming a professor at Lycée Pierre Corneille. Life ...

(1932–2001), pen name of Cameroonian writer Alexandre Biyidi Awala * "Mongo", family nickname for

Ramón Castro Ruz Ramón Eusebio Castro Ruz (14 October 1924 – 23 February 2016) was a Cuban revolutionary and activist. He was the eldest brother of Fidel and Raúl Castro and a key figure of the Cuban Revolution. Biography Ramón, the eldest of the Castro ...

(1924–2016), eldest brother of Fidel Castro * Mongo, nickname of musician Drew Parsons (born 1974) * Mongo, a London-based rapper and founder of hip hop group Mud Family *

Mark LoMonaco Mark LoMonaco (born July 14, 1971) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and Impact Wrestling under the ring name Bully Ray. He was previously known as one-half of The Dudley Boyz tag tea ...

(born 1971), American professional wrestler, one of whose ring names is "Mongo Vyle" *

Mike Mangold Michael Eugene Mangold (October 10, 1955 – December 6, 2015) was an American Boeing 767 and 757 commercial pilot for American Airlines and an aerobatics pilot. Mangold competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Series from 2004 through 2009, where ...

(1955–2015), American airline and former aerobatics pilot whose US Air Force call sign was "Mongo" *

Steve McMichael Stephen Douglas McMichael (born October 17, 1957), nicknamed "Mongo", "Ming" and "Ming the Merciless", is an American former professional football player, sports broadcaster, and professional wrestler. McMichael played college football for the U ...

(born 1957), former American football player and professional wrestler whose ring name was "Mongo"

Fiction

Mongo (fictional planet) Mongo is a fictional planet where the comic strip (and later movie serials) of ''Flash Gordon'' takes place. Mongo was created by the comics artist Alex Raymond in 1934, with the assistance of Raymond's ghostwriter Don Moore.Ron Goulart. ''The Fu ...

, a fictional setting for the adventures of Flash Gordon *

Magic Mongo ''The Krofft Supershow'' was 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 The show was composed of several live-action seg ...

, a fictional genie featured in segments of the Saturday morning TV program ''The Krofft Supershow'' *

Mongo (Shrek) This is a list of characters that appear in the ''Shrek'' franchise and spin-offs from it. Main characters Shrek Shrek (voiced by Mike Myers, Michael Gough as his official voice in the video games) is the lead character in all of the films. ...

, a fictional giant gingerbread man in the animated movie ''Shrek 2'' *

Mongo the Magnificent Dr. Robert "Mongo" Fredrickson, a.k.a. Mongo the Magnificent, is a fictional private eye and criminologist who has dwarfism, appearing in several books by George C. Chesbro. His rather unusual nickname is actually his stage name, from his days a ...

, a fictional private investigator with dwarfism * Mongo, a character in the film '' Precious'' * Mongo, a character in the 1974 comedy film ''

Blazing Saddles ''Blazing Saddles'' is a 1974 American satirical western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who also wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. ...

'', played by

Alex Karras Alexander George Karras (July 15, 1935 – October 10, 2012) was an American football player, professional wrestler, sportscaster, and actor. He was a four-time Pro Bowl player with the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), ...

* General Mongo, a character in the 1970 Western film '' Compañeros'' * Mongo, a fictional boss character in the game show ''

Nick Arcade ''Nick Arcade'' (also stylized ''Nickelodeon Arcade'') is an American children's game show created by James Bethea and Karim Miteff and hosted by Phil Moore, with Andrea Lively announcing, that aired on Nickelodeon in 1992 (in the first seaso ...

Other uses

* Möngö, a Mongolian monetary unit worth 0.01

Mongolian tögrög The tögrög or tugrik (Mongolian Cyrillic alphabet, Mongolian Cyrillic: , Mongolian script: , transcription: ; currency sign, sign: ₮; ISO 4217, code: MNT) is the official currency of Mongolia. It was historically subdivided into 100 ( / ). C ...

* ''Mongo'' (album), a 1959 album by

Mongo (horse) Mongo (1959–1983) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse that was most notable for his performances in turf races. Background He was bred and raced by Marion duPont Scott, a member of the prominent Du Pont family. His sire was im ...

, an American champion thoroughbred racehorse *

MongoDB MongoDB is a source-available cross-platform document-oriented database program. Classified as a NoSQL database program, MongoDB uses JSON-like documents with optional schemas. MongoDB is developed by MongoDB Inc. and licensed under the Serve ...

, a document-oriented database *

Mongo foot Footedness is the natural preference of one's left or right foot for various purposes. It is the foot equivalent of handedness. While purposes vary, such as applying the greatest force in a certain foot to complete the action of kick as opposed to ...

, the use of the front foot to propel a skateboard * ''Buddleja davidii'' 'Mongo' = Nanho Blue, a shrub cultivar