Tango

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Tango represents the letter T in the NATO phonetic alphabet

Tango may also refer to:

Tango in dance

• Tango (dance), a social dance form originating from Argentina and Uruguay
• 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

Tango in film

• Tango (1933 film), by Danish director George Schnéevoigt (1893-1961)
• Tango (1980 film), by Polish director Zbigniew Rybczyński (b. 1949)
• Tango (1993 film), by French director Patrice Leconte (b. 1947)
• Tango (1998 film), by Spanish director Carlos Saura (b. 1932)

Tango in music

• Tango music
• Tangos, a flamenco musical form
• Tango (Julio Iglesias album), an album released in 1996 by Spanish latin-singer Julio Iglesias
• Tango (Patty Larkin album), an album released in 1991 by American folk-singer Patty Larkin
• “Tango”, a song on the 2006 album, Public Warning by British grime-singer Lady Sovereign

Tango in entertainment

• Tango, a 1964 play by Sławomir Mrożek
• Tango, an anthropomorphised penguin in the children's book And Tango Makes Three
• Tango TV (Lithuania)
• Tango TV (Luxembourg)

Tango as a state of being.

• Tango means "both cheesy and, with a mean streak to you", i.e. Chuck Norris is Tango.
• Joan Jett is also tango.
• Handing out your business card and saying "Shall we dance?" is very, very tango.

People with the name Tango

• Tango (rapper), aka Patrick S. Hunter (b. 1980), American rap singer
• Tango, aka Tanguito (1945-1972), Argentine singer-songwriter
• Tango man, aka Paul Gregory, British fan and supporter of the Sheffield Wednesday Football Club

Companies and products with name Tango

• Tango (Commuter Cars), an electric vehicle manufactured in Spokane, Washington, USA
• Tango (drink), a soft drink manufactured in the United Kingdom
• Tango (football), a type of football designed by Adidas
• Tango (mobile operator), a mobile telephone operator
• Tango (tax software), a tax software application from H&R Block
• Tango Desktop Project, a project to create a consistent user interface for software GUI
• Tango (motorcycle), a self-balancing motorcycle with side-by-side wheels

Other

• Tango (Double Fifth), aka Duanwu (端午), the fifth day of the fifth month in East Asian lunisolar calendars.
• Tango no Sekku, aka Kodomo no hi, aka Children's Day, a Japanese national holiday on the fifth day of the fifth month of each year
• Tango Province, Japan, an old province in today's northern Kyoto Prefecture
• Tango 01, the call sign of the Boeing 757 presidential aircraft in Argentinas Agrupación Aérea Presidencial
• Tango class submarine is the NATO code name for the Russian Project 641B Som submarine class.