Kong

Kong may refer to:

Places

• Kong Empire (1710–1895), a former African state covering north-eastern Côte d'Ivoire and much of Burkina Faso
• Kong, Iran, a city on the Persian Gulf
• Kong, Shandong (), a town in Laoling, Shandong, China
• Kong, Ivory Coast, a town in Savanes District, Ivory Coast
• Kong River, in Southeast Asia
• Koh Kong (island), island in the Gulf of Thailand, in the coastal waters of Cambodia

Arts and entertainment

Fictional characters

• King Kong, a fictional giant ape appearing in several films and other works since 1933
• Donkey Kong, a series of video games that feature various ape characters that use the Kong name
• Donkey Kong (character)
• Diddy Kong, Donkey Kong's partner
• Major T. J. "King" Kong, in the 1964 film Dr. Strangelove
• the title caveman character of Kong the Untamed, a 1975 comic book series
• Giant Robots Kongs, various characters from the Dai Sentai Goggle-V series
• Jake Kong, one of the three main characters from the original The Ghost Busters
• Mammoth Kong, a gigantic ape monster - see Moonlight Mask
• the title robotic monster of Marine Kong, a Japanese TV show
• Blues Kong, a blue colored bulldog/ape hybrid from Android Kikaider

Music

• Kong (band), a Dutch progressive metal band
• "Kong", a song by Tenacious D, released as a B-side on the "POD" single
• "Kong", a song by Neneh Cherry from her 2018 album Broken Politics

Rides

• Kong (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom), a roller coaster
• KONG (ride), a ride at Morey's Piers in Wildwood, New Jersey

Other

• "Kong!", episode 3 of the eighth season of Alvin and the Chipmunks (1983)
• ', an unofficial animated series based on the King Kong character
• ', 2017 American film

People

• Kong (surname) (孔), a Chinese and Korean surname
• nickname of Gary Elkerton (born 1964), Australian surfer
• nickname of Robbie Green (born 1974), English darts player
• a stage name of Shawn Crahan (born 1969), American musician
• Erika Shishido (born 1970), female professional wrestler who went by the ring name of "Aja Kong"
• Kia Stevens (born 1977), female professional wrestler who went by the ring names of "Amazing Kong" and "Awesome Kong"

Other uses

• Kōng, a concept in Chinese Zen Buddhism
• Kong Company, an American dog toy producer
• Kong Inc., an API and cloud services company based in San Francisco
• KONG (TV), a television station in Washington, United States

See also

• Cong (disambiguation)
• King Kong (disambiguation)
• Donkey Kong (disambiguation)