Xingu

Xingu may refer to:

  • Distinctly Brazilian topics:
    • Major, and also original, senses:
      • Xingu River, in north Brazil, southeast tributary of the Amazon
      • Xingu peoples, indigenous peoples living near the Xingu River
      • Xingu Indigenous Park, located in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil
    • Strongly related to the river and/or peoples:
      • Xingu (film), 2011 Brazilian drama by director Cao Hamburger
      • Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Xingu, located in the area of the Xingu River
      • Xingu corydoras (Corydoras xinguensis), a tropical freshwater fish
      • Xingu River ray (Potamotrygon leopoldi), a tropical freshwater ray endemic to the river
      • Xingu Beer, a beer named after the river.
      • Embraer EMB 121 Xingu, twin turboprop light airplane
  • Exotic names (but lacking obvious relationship to Latin America):
    • Xingu Hill, a project of musician John Sellekaers
    • Prose fiction:
      • Xingu, character in James Thurber's children's book The 13 Clocks
      • Xingu and Other Stories, early short-story collection by Edith Wharton
Topics referred to by the same term
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