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Pongo (geography) A ''pongo'' is a word used in the Peruvian Spanish dialect for 'canyon'. It is derived from either Quechua language, Quechua ''puncu'' and the Aymara language, Aymara ''ponco'', meaning 'door' or 'gate.' See: * The Pongo de Manseriche: a gorge in n ...
, canyon or narrow gorge in the Upper Amazon * Pongo River (disambiguation), several rivers or estuaries in Africa * Pongo, Kentucky, an unincorporated community * Pongo, Longleng, village in Longleng district of Nagaland State, India


People

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Tom 'Pongo' Waring Thomas Waring (12 October 1906 – 20 December 1980) was an English professional association footballer. Nicknamed "Pongo" after a famous cartoon of the time, Waring is one of Aston Villa's all-time great centre forwards. In his career, he sc ...
(1906–1980), English footballer *
Joe Cantillon Joseph D. Cantillon (August 19, 1861 – January 31, 1930), nicknamed "Pongo Joe", was an American manager and umpire in Major League Baseball during the first decade of the 20th century. He also was a longtime manager in minor league baseball. H ...
("Pongo Joe", 1861–1930), U.S. manager in American Major League Baseball * Pongo (musician) Angolan-Portuguese musician


Animals

* ''Pongo'' (genus), the orangutans * Pongo, chimpanzee, star attraction in 1884 at the Zoological Park in
Walton, Liverpool Walton is an area of Liverpool, England, north of Anfield and east of Bootle and Orrell Park. Historically in Lancashire, it is largely residential, with a diverse population. History The name may derive from the same origin as Wales. The inco ...


Fictional characters

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Pongo Twistleton The following is an incomplete list of fictional characters featured in the books and stories of P. G. Wodehouse, by series, in alphabetical order by series name. Due to overlap between the various classifications of Wodehouse's work, some char ...
, book character from P. G. Wodehouse's Uncle Fred stories from the 1930s to 1960s * Janice "Pongo" Footrot, comics character from Murray Ball's strip ''
Footrot Flats ''Footrot Flats'', a comic strip by New Zealand cartoonist Murray Ball, ran from 1976 to 1994 in newspapers (unpublished strips continued to appear in book form until 2000). Altogether there are 27 numbered books (collecting the newspaper strips, ...
'' (1975–1994) * Pongo the Pirate, puppet character from Gerry Anderson's TV series '' Torchy the Battery Boy'' (1958–1959) * "Pongo" Banks, antagonist of the 1979 Alan Clarke film '' Scum'' * Pongo, assistant to Johhny Gan (Bobby Lee) on ''Mad TV'' (season 12) * Pongo, puppet from Rooster Teeth short films


Fictional animals

* Pongo, male Dalmatian dog character in '' The Hundred and One Dalmatians'', 1956 children's novel by Dodie Smith, and other adaptations: ** '' One Hundred and One Dalmatians'', 1961 animated film by Walt Disney ** ''101 Dalmatians'' (1996 film), a live-action film by Walt Disney Pictures * Pongo, pampered pet dragon in the British children's television series '' A Rubovian Legend'' (1955), created by Gordon Murray * Pongo, the Dragon, character since 2001 in U.S. animated children's show ''Oswald'' * Pongo, Dalmatian dog character in the 2011 American television series '' Once Upon A Time'' * Pongo, dog character of Billy The Kid in the D. C. Thomson 1970s British comics ''
Cracker Cracker, crackers or The Crackers may refer to: Animals * ''Hamadryas'' (butterfly), or crackers, a genus of brush-footed butterflies * '' Sparodon'', a monotypic genus whose species is sometimes known as "Cracker" Arts and entertainment Films ...
'' * Pongo, circus chimpanzee (who plays a role in the plot) in Enid Blyton's 5th Famous Five book, ''
Five Go Off in a Caravan ''Five Go Off In A Caravan'' is the fifth book in the Famous Five series by the British author, Enid Blyton and published by Hodder and Stoughton. The book includes a circus boy character named Nobby, whose name was changed to Ned, when publis ...
'' (1946)


Fictional places

* Checkpoint Pongo, a border post of the Concavity near Methuen, Massachusetts, in the American novel '' Infinite Jest''


See also

* Pango Pango, a.k.a. Pago Pago, in Samoa {{Disambiguation