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Tango in its most general sense within dance or music can refer to:

• Tango (dance), a social dance form originating from Argentina and Uruguay
• Tango music, a style of music that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay
• History of Tango, both the dance and the music

More specific styles of dance derived from Tango include:

• 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
• Nuevo tango A new style in tango dance, originated in Buenos Aires towards the beginning of 1990.
• Tango (ballroom), a ballroom dance that branched away from its original Argentine roots

Outside of music and dance, Tango can refer to

• the letter T in the NATO phonetic alphabet
• Various specific artistic works, including
  • At least two compositions by Igor Stravinsky
  • Tango (Balanchine), a ballet by George Balanchine based on a Stravinsky composition
  • Tango (Martins), a ballet by Peter Martins based on a Stravinsky composition
  • Tango (play), a 1964 play by Sławomir Mrożek
  • Tango (1933 film), a film by Danish director George Schnéevoigt
  • Tango (1980 film), a film by Polish director Zbigniew Rybczyński
  • Tango (1993 film), a film by French director Patrice Leconte
  • Tango (1998 film), a film by Spanish director Carlos Saura
  • Tango (Patty Larkin album), an album released in 1991 by American folk-singer Patty Larkin
  • Tango (Julio Iglesias album), an album released in 1996 by Spanish Latin-singer Julio Iglesias
  • "Tango", a song on the 2006 album, Public Warning by British grime-singer Lady Sovereign

Tango is the name of some means of transport:

• Tango (boat), also known as the Armored Troop Carrier, used in the Vietnam War
• Tango class submarine is the NATO code name for the Russian Project 641B Som submarine class
• Tango (tram), a tram type produced by Stadler Rail
• Commuter Cars Tango, an electric vehicle manufactured in Spokane, Washington, USA
• Japanese battleship Tango, a pre-dreadnought battleship originally known as the Poltava

Tango is the brand name of various products:

• Tango (drink), a soft drink manufactured in the United Kingdom
• Tango Magazine, a U.S. magazine for adult women under 40
• Tango (telecom), a mobile telephone operator in Luxembourg and Liechtenstein
• Tango (tax software), a tax software application from H&R Block
• TV6 (Lithuania), a Lithuanian television channel formerly known as Tango TV
• T.TV, a television channel in Luxembourg formerly known as Tango TV
• Dalim Tango, Dalim's product for colour retouching during the 1990s

As a place name, Tango can refer to:

• Tango Province, Japan, an old province in today's northern Kyoto Prefecture
• Tangov, Azerbaijan
• Tango Monastery, near Thimphu, Bhutan

People named Tango include:

• Tango, a.k.a. Tanguito (1945–1972), Argentine singer-songwriter
• Tom Tango, a sabermetrician

As an acronym, TANGO can refer to:

• TANGO a CORBA based control system worked on by various European institutions
• "TANGO", short for technical assistance non-governmental organization

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[edit] See also

• Tangos, a flamenco musical form
• Adidas Tango, a type of football designed by Adidas
• Air Canada Tango, a defunct low-cost airline launched by Air Canada
• Tango 01, the call sign of the Boeing 757 presidential aircraft in Argentinas Agrupación Aérea Presidencial
• Tango & Cash, a 1989 film
• Tango Desktop Project, a project to create a consistent user interface for software GUI
• Kodomo no Hi, formerly known as "Tango no Sekku", a Japanese holiday