Mondo
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Mondo may also refer to:

Currency

  • Mondo (world currency unit), the possible name of a worldwide established currency
    World Currency Unit
    A world currency unit is a concept of monetary foreign exchange that surfaced after the Great Depression and the financial crisis created by World War II uncovered the deficiencies of the Gold Standard....


Culture and entertainment

Fictional characters
  • Mondo (comics)
    Mondo (comics)
    Mondo is the name of two fictional comic book characters that have appeared in the Marvel Comics series Generation X. The first Mondo was a superhero later revealed to be a clone of the supervillain Mondo, who appeared years later. The first Mondo's first appearance was in Generation X...

    , a comic book character
  • Mondo (Toshinden Character), a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
  • King Mondo
    King Mondo
    King Mondo is a fictional character from the American television series Power Rangers Zeo. He serves as the principal antagonist of the series. King Mondo's costume and various pieces of footage were borrowed from the Japanese Super Sentai series Chōriki Sentai Ohranger. In that series, Mondo's...

    , the leader of the fictional Machine Empire and the main villain in Power Rangers: Zeo
  • Mondo Agake, a Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ character known for his comic relief and having been the star of his own sitcom spinoff
  • Mondo Gecko, a supporting character in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Mondo, a "professional bug-hunter" from the Aliens comic book series


Film
  • Mondo cane
    Mondo cane
    Mondo cane is a documentary written and directed by Italian filmmakers Paolo Cavara, Franco Prosperi and Gualtiero Jacopetti. The film consists of a series of travelogue vignettes that provide glimpses into cultural practices around the world with the intention to shock or surprise Western film...

    , a 1962 documentary film
    • Mondo film
      Mondo film
      A mondo film is an exploitation documentary film, sometimes resembling a pseudo-documentary, usually depicting sensational topics, scenes, and situations...

      , a documentary film style named after the 1962 movie
  • Mondovino
    Mondovino
    Mondovino is a 2004 documentary film on the impact of globalization on the world's different wine regions written and directed by American film maker Jonathan Nossiter...

    , a 2004 documentary film
  • Mondo (film)
    Mondo (film)
    Mondo is a 1995 French drama film written and directed by Tony Gatlif based upon the novel by Jean-Marie G. Le Clezio. The film debuted at the Unifrance French Film Festival in Japan 1995, and premiered in France April 17, 1996.-Background:...

    , a 1995 drama directed by Tony Gatlif
    Tony Gatlif
    Tony Gatlif is a French film director of Romani ethnicity who also works as a screenwriter, composer, actor, and producer.- Biography :...



Language
  • "Mondo mess", valspeak
    Valspeak
    Valleyspeak or Valspeak is a common name for an American sociolect, originally of Los Angeles, California, in particular Valley girls. This stereotype, which originated in the 1970s, became an international fad for a certain period...

     for "large" or "extremely", from the title of the Italian film Mondo cane.


Magazines
  • Mondo 2000
    Mondo 2000
    Mondo 2000 was a glossy cyberculture magazine published in California during the 1980s and 1990s. It covered cyberpunk topics such as virtual reality and smart drugs. It was a more anarchic and subversive prototype for the later-founded Wired magazine....

    , a publication aimed at cyberpunks and dubbed "the next millennium's first magazine"


Music
  • Mondo Generator
    Mondo Generator
    Mondo Generator is an American metal/punk hybrid band founded in 1997 by Nick Oliveri. The name of the band originated when Brant Bjork spray-painted the words on the side of Oliveri's Sunn amplifier. Mondo means "world" in Italian...

    , a US band
  • Mondo Records
    Mondo records
    Mondo Records is a trance record label created and owned by Darren Tate. It was set up in 2000 to help promote young producers of electronic music as well as find the best unknowns. Some of the most famous names on the label include Flash Brothers, The Green Martian, Hemstock and Jennings, Corderoy...

    , a record label
  • Mondo Fever, a song by My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult
    My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult
    My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult is an American electronic industrial rock band originally based out of Chicago, Illinois.-History:...

  • Mondo Gecko, is a Boston-based "Neo-Jam Band" who mixes a blend of intricate compositions, catchy songs and a fun stage presence. The group’s funk rock sound infuses elements of electronica, space grass, reggae, and jazz fusion.

Zen Buddhism

  • Mondo (scripture)
    Mondo (scripture)
    The Mondō is a recorded collection of dialogues between a pupil and a rōshi . Zen tradition values direct experience and communication over scriptures...

    , recorded collection of dialogues between a pupil and a rōshi (a Zen Buddhist teacher)

Computer science

  • Mondo Rescue
    Mondo Rescue
    Mondo Rescue is free disaster recovery software. It supports Linux and FreeBSD . It's packaged for multiple distributions . It also supports tapes, disks, USB devices, network and CD/DVD as backup media, multiple filesystems, LVM, software and hardware RAID...

    , a GPL data backup and recovery software project
  • Mondo, a beta build of Microsoft Office 2010
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