Amigo
Encyclopedia
Amigo is the Portuguese
and Spanish
word for "friend" in the masculine (i.e., "male friend") and may refer to:
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...
and Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
word for "friend" in the masculine (i.e., "male friend") and may refer to:
People with the name
- fabian amigo (born 1995), a Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop emeritus of Seville
Businesses and products
- Amigo (restaurant)Amigo (restaurant)Amigo is a restaurant in Hong Kong. It was created by owner Yeung Wing Chung and his staff. Yeung's wife came up with the Spanish name Amigo, meaning "friend".- History :The first Amigo Restaurant opened in Causeway Bay in the middle of the 1967 riots...
, a Hong Kong restaurant - Amigo EnergyAmigo EnergyAmigo Energy is a privately owned, full-service retail electricity provider]] for residential and commercial customers, located in Houston, TX, United States. Amigo Energy was founded in 2003, and has provided electricity to customers across nearly all deregulated areas in Texas.-History:Amigo ...
, an American retail electricity provider - Amigo Mobility International IncAmigo Mobility International IncAmigo Mobility International Inc, founded by Allan R. Thieme in 1968, changed the mobility industry by inventing the first power operated vehicle/scooter . Located in Bridgeport, Mich., the company manufactures multiple lines of products for healthcare, commercial, transportation services and...
, an American mobility scooter maker - Amigo SpieleAmigo SpieleAmigo Spiele is a German board and card game publisher. Many of their games have won Spiel des Jahres awards, and many have been published in English by Rio Grande Games.- Notable games :* Bohnanza* 6 Nimmt!/Take 6!* Café International...
, a German board and card game publisher - Amigo SupermarketsAmigo SupermarketsAmigo Supermarkets is a chain of supermarkets located in Puerto Rico owned by Walmart.-Beginnings:Supermercados Amigo was opened by Jose Marti Fuentes. During the company's formative years, it operated small supermarkets across the island; these would be located at small strip malls...
, a chain of supermarkets in Puerto Rico - Amigos Library ServicesAmigos library servicesAmigos Library Services, Inc. is dedicated to serving libraries. Amigos began in 1974 in Dallas, Texas, as AMIGOS Bibliographic Council, when 22 libraries united to bring OCLC access to the southwestern United States...
, an American company - Amigos/Kings ClassicAmigos/Kings ClassicAmigos/Kings Classic is a small Nebraska-based fast-food chain that serves Mexican and American foods. The restaurant was founded as Amigos in Lincoln, Nebraska in 1980. The chain was solely a Mexican fast-food restaurant until 1998, when many locations were co-branded with A&W Restaurants. ...
, a Nebraska-based fast food chain - Isuzu Amigo, a compact SUV
- Amigo, a Ty Beanie Baby
- AmiGO, a web-based search tool for the Gene OntologyGene OntologyThe Gene Ontology, or GO, is a major bioinformatics initiative to unify the representation of gene and gene product attributes across all species...
project - iGO amigo, a version of the navigation software platform iGOIGo (software)iGO is a Global Positioning System navigation software package for personal digital assistants and personal navigation assistants devices, developed by Hungary-based Nav N Go Kft. Nav N Go iGO is a popular choice for several PNA OEM manufacturers...
Film, television and theatre
- Amigo (show)Amigo (show)Amigo is a game show for kids in Norway. The host is Stian Barsnes Simonsen, who is also the host for Melodi Grand Prix Junior with Nadia Hasouni. Amigo has an individual named The Soundeffect-man. The format consists of three teams, with two children each. The children make their own version of...
, a Norwegian game show for kids - Amigos (play)Amigos (play)Amigos is a 2004 play by Australian playwright David Williamson which premiered with the Sydney Theatre Company....
, a 2004 play by David Williamson - ¡Amigos!¡Amigos!"¡Amigos!" is the 25th episode aired of TV comedy series Arrested Development.-Plot:Michael tells his brother Gob of his plans to take George Michael to Legoland for the weekend. Gob says he plans to hang out with some of his friends, though Michael doubts that he has any...
, an episode of the TV series Arrested Development - Amigo (film)Amigo (film)Amigo is a 2010 American drama film written and directed by John Sayles. The film takes place in the Philippines in 1900 during the Philippine–American War...
, a 2010 film by John Sayles - The Amigos, a group of fictional penguins in the 2006 film Happy FeetHappy FeetHappy Feet is a 2006 American-Australian computer-animated family film with music, directed and co-written by George Miller. It was produced at Sydney-based visual effects and animation studio Animal Logic for Warner Bros., Village Roadshow Pictures and Kingdom Feature Productions and was released...
Music
- Amigo (Arlo Guthrie album)
- Amigo (David Ball album)
- AmigosAmigosAmigos is the seventh studio album from Santana. The album contained a minor US hit single in "Let It Shine" and was the band's first album to hit the top ten on the Billboard charts since Caravanserai in 1972...
, an album by Carlos Santana - Amigo, an album by Grupo BroncoGrupo BroncoGrupo Bronco is a Mexican Grupero group from Apodaca, N.L.. Bronco's modern take on the Norteño style in the '80s and '90s helped earn them a number of international hits...
- Amigos, an album by LindisfarneLindisfarne (band)Lindisfarne were a British folk/rock group from Newcastle upon Tyne established in 1970 and fronted by singer/songwriter Alan Hull. Their music combined a strong sense of yearning with an even stronger sense of fun...
- Amigo, a song by Toque Profundo from Sueños Y Pesadillas Del 3er MundoSueños Y Pesadillas Del 3er MundoSueños Y Pesadillas Del 3er Mundo is the debut album of The Dominican rock group, Toque Profundo. The album was released independently with only the band's members financial help. The album helped them become tops In the mainstream rock of the Dominican Republic and was a total success...
- A.Mi.Go (Amigo), a single by SHINeeSHINeeShinee is a contemporary R&B South Korean boy band. Formed by SM Entertainment in 2008, they made their debut on May 25, 2008 on SBS's Inkigayo with their promotional single, "Noona Neomu Yeppeo "...
Other uses
- Amigo, West VirginiaAmigo, West VirginiaAmigo is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States....
, a unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States - Amigos de las AméricasAmigos de las AméricasAmigos de las Américas is a nonprofit organization based in Houston, Texas that creates opportunities for high school and college-age students to collaborate with local communities in leadership roles to promote public health, education, and community development throughout the Americas...
(AMIGOS), a non-profit organization - Amigos SchoolAmigos SchoolThe Amigos School is a dual-language bilingual primary school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. The Spanish-immersion program began in 1986 at the Maynard School and became an autonomous school within the Cambridge Public School District in 2001....
, a bilingual primary school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
See also
- Amiga (disambiguation)Amiga (disambiguation)Amiga is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "friend" in the feminine and may also refer to:-Businesses and products:* Amiga is the name of a series of personal computers...
- Amica (disambiguation)Amica (disambiguation)Amica is the Latin word for "friend" in the feminine and may also refer to:-Businesses and products:* Amica Mutual Insurance, a US-based insurance company* Hyundai Amica, a city car produced by Hyundai-Sports:...
- Amicus (disambiguation)Amicus (disambiguation)Amicus is Latin for 'friend' or 'comrade'. The word may refer to:-Organizations:* Amicus, the former British trade union, now merged with TGWU to Unite* Amicus Bank, a former bank based in Canada...
- Los Amigos (disambiguation)Los Amigos (disambiguation)Los Amigos is a 1972 film.Los Amigos may also refer to:* Los Amigos River, a river in Peru* Los Amigos Biological Station, a research station in Peru* Los Amigos High School, Fountain Valley, California, U.S....
- Friends (disambiguation)Friends (disambiguation)Friends is an American television sitcom.Friends or Friend may also refer to:* Partners in friendship, an interpersonal relationship between humans-Film:* Friends , an American film written and directed by D. W...