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A hippo or hippopotamus is either of two species of large African mammal which live mainly in and near water:

• Hippopotamus
• Pygmy hippopotamus

Hippo or Hippos may also refer to:

Toponymy

• The ancient city of Hippo Regius (modern Annaba, Algeria)
• The ancient city of Hippo Diarrhytus (modern Bizerte, Tunisia)
• Hippo, Kentucky
• Hippos (Golan Heights), an archaeological site in the Israel–Syria DMZ

Given names

• Hippo (Greek woman), a Greek woman mentioned by Valerius Maximus as an example of chastity
• Hippo (philosopher), a Presocratic Greek philosopher
• Hippo Galloway (1882–1943), American-Canadian professional baseball player
• Hippo, one of the mythical Oceanids
• Hippo, one of the daughters of the mythical Thespius
• Hippo, one of the mythical Amazons
• Hippo, one of the Leuctrides
• Hippo, a powerful gangster character in the 2015 Neill Blomkamp] film Chappie

Brand and product names

• Hippo CMS, an open-source content management system
• Hippo (company), an American property insurance company based in Palo Alto, California
• Hippo (snack), a popular Indian snack

Other

• Hippo APC, a South African armoured personnel carrier
• Hippo (Hpo), a protein kinase involved in the Hippo signaling pathway
• Hippo Family Club, a multilingual club originated from Japan
• Hippo (film), a 2023 film by Mark H. Rapaport
• "Hippo" (The Brak Show), a 2001 episode
• The Hippos, an American band
• The Hippos (Australian band)
• HIPPO, highest paid person's opinion. It is often a deciding factor in what decisions and next steps a team takes

See also

• Augustine of Hippo
• Hipo (disambiguation)
• Hippopotamus (disambiguation)
• Hungry Hungry Hippos, a children's game marketed by Milton Bradley
• King Hippo, a fictional boxer from Nintendo's Punch-Out!! series
• Tree warbler, genus Hippolais

• Disambiguation pages