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
    • Xingu!, 2007 comic book in the Vic Voyage series
    • TV Vale do Xingu, a television station in Altamira, Pará, Brazil

• 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