Amigo

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Amigo : (female form: Amiga) is a Spanish and Portuguese word for friend. It has been in use in American English since 1837 (as in Adiós, amigo, meaning Goodbye, friend).

Amigo or amiga may refer to:

• Amigo (restaurant), the name of a French restaurant at Happy Valley in Hong Kong.
• Amigo (show), Norwegian game show for kids.
• Amigos (play), a 2004 play by David Williamson
• Amigos, a 1976 Carlos Santana album
• Samba de Amigo, a video game on the Sega Dreamcast.
• Amigo and Friends, the English adaptation of the animated TV series Cantinflas.
• The Amigos, a group of five adélie penguin characters in Happy Feet.
• "¡Amigos!", an episode in the TV series Arrested Development
• Amigos de las Américas, a non-profit organization that sends youth to Latin America to live with host families.
• Amiga, a family of home/personal computers originally developed by Amiga Corporation
• Amigo, a WiDEN network from MIRS Communications Ltd., Israel.
• Amigo Spiele, a German board and card game publisher
• Amigo Mobility International Inc, located in Bridgeport, Michigan.
  • Amigo, the name given to the first power operated vehicle/scooter for people with walking limitations in 1968.
• Surf Amigo, a towel and a garment all in one, used by Australian surfers, produced by Australian surfwear company SLAB.
• Amigo, a compact SUV made by Isuzu.
• Amigo, a web-based search tool for the Gene Ontology.
• Amigo, a Beanie Baby dog produced by Ty, Inc.
• Amigo Project - open source, standardized, interoperable middleware for home networking. Combines home automation, entertainment electronics devices and computers into one network.
• Isuzu MU Wizard, an automobile once called the Isuzu "Amigo"
• Amigoization, referring to the "increasing Hispanic influence in California, the Southwest and into the Heartland.^[1]

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