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Tango

Tango in its most general sense within music and dance can refer to: Tango (music), a genre of music that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay
Tango (dance), a social dance form originating from Argentina and Uruguay
Tango (ballroom), a ballroom dance that branched away from its original Argentine roots

Tango may also refer to: the letter T in the NATO phonetic alphabet
an idiomatic expression, as in "it takes two to tango"
Tango, a variety of lettuce
various specific artistic works, including
At least two compositions by Igor Stravinsky
Tango (Balanchine), a ballet by George Balanchine based on a Stravinsky composition
Tango (Martins), a ballet by Peter Martins based on a Stravinsky composition
Tango (play), a 1964 play by Sławomir Mrożek
Tango (1933 film), a film by Danish director George Schnéevoigt
Tango (1980 film), an animated film by Polish director Zbigniew Rybczyński
Tango (1993 film), a film by French director Patrice Leconte
Tango (1998 film), a film by Spanish director Carlos Saura
Tango (Patty Larkin album), an album released in 1991 by American folk-singer Patty Larkin
Tango (Julio Iglesias album), an album released in 1996 by Spanish Latin-singer Julio Iglesias
"Tango", a song on the 2006 album, Public Warning by British grime-singer Lady Sovereign
Tango (Negative album)
"Tango" (song), the title track
Tango (comics), a comics anthology published in Australia since 1997

Tango is the name of some means of transport: Tango (boat), also known as the Armored Troop Carrier, used in the Vietnam War
Tango class submarine is the NATO code name for the Russian Project 641B Som submarine class
Tango (tram), a tram type produced by Stadler Rail
Commuter Cars Tango, an electric vehicle manufactured in Spokane, Washington, USA
Japanese battleship Tango, a pre-dreadnought battleship originally known as the Poltava

Tango is the brand name of various products: Tango (drink), a soft drink manufactured in the United Kingdom
Tango Magazine, a U.S. magazine for adult women under 40
Tango (telecom), a mobile telephone operator in Luxembourg and Liechtenstein
Tango (tax software), a tax software application from H&R Block
TV6 (Lithuania), a Lithuanian television channel formerly known as Tango TV
T.TV, a television channel in Luxembourg formerly known as Tango TV
Dalim Tango, Dalim's product for colour retouching during the 1990s
Tango Desktop Project, project to create a consistent GUI experience for open-source software

As a place name, Tango can refer to: Tango Province, Japan, an old province in today's northern Kyoto Prefecture
Tangov, Azerbaijan
Tango Monastery, near Thimphu, Bhutan

People named Tango include: Tango, a.k.a. Tanguito (1945–1972), Argentine singer-songwriter
Tom Tango, a sabermetrician

As an acronym, TANGO can refer to: TANGO a CORBA based control system worked on by various European institutions
"TANGO", short for technical assistance non-governmental organization

See also

Tangos, a flamenco musical form
Adidas Tango, a type of football designed by Adidas
Air Canada Tango, a defunct low-cost airline launched by Air Canada
Tango 01, the call sign of the Boeing 757 presidential aircraft in Argentinas Agrupación Aérea Presidencial
Tango & Cash, a 1989 film
Tango Desktop Project, a project to create a consistent user interface for software GUI
Kodomo no Hi, formerly known as "Tango no Sekku", a Japanese holiday
History of Tango, regarding both the dance and the music
Argentine tango, a dance form born of neighborhoods of Buenos Aires towards the end of the 19th century
Finnish tango, an established variation of the Argentine tango
Uruguayan tango, a dance form born of neighborhoods of Montevideo towards the end of the 19th century
Nuevo tango, a new style in tango dance, originated in Buenos Aires towards the beginning of 1990

Source: Wikipedia

Translation

The word "Tango" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, German, French, Indonesian, Italian, Luxembourgish, Dutch, Polish, Slovak, Turkish.

Translation(s) in other languages: Spanish: Tango (desambiguación), Galician: Tango (homónimos), Russian: Танго (значения), Slovenian: Tango (razločitev), Finnish: Tango (täsmennyssivu), Swedish: Tango (olika betydelser).


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