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