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
- Strongly related to the river and/or peoples:
- Xingu (film), 2011 Brazilian drama by director Cao Hamburger
- Xingu Indigenous Park, located in the state of Mato Grosso, Brazil
- Roman Catholic Territorial Prelature of Xingu, located in the area of the Xingu River
- Xingu corydoras, a tropical freshwater fish
- Xingu Beer, a beer named after the river.
- Embraer EMB 121 Xingu, twin turboprop light airplane
- Major, and also original, senses:
- 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
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