Tunga may refer to:

Places

Tunga, Leyte Tunga (IPA: Help:IPA/Tagalog, u'ŋaʔ, officially the Municipality of Tunga (; ), is a municipality of the Philippines, municipality in the Philippine Province, province of Leyte (province), Leyte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, ...

, a municipality in the Philippines *

Tunga River The Tunga River (alternatively spelled Thunga) is a river in Karnataka state, southern India. The river is born in the Western Ghats (Sahyadri mountains) on a hill known as ''Varaha Parvata'' at a place called '' Gangamoola''. From here, the riv ...

, a river in India * The Gaelic name for the village of

Tong, Lewis Tong ( from ) is a village on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, northeast of the main town of Stornoway on the B895 road to Back and Tolsta. The population of the village is 527 ( 2001 census). Fishing forms part of the local economy. The mainland ...

, in the Western Isles of Scotland * The Gaelic name for the village of

Tongue, Highland Tongue ( from ) is a coastal village in northwest Highland, Scotland, in the western part of the former county of Sutherland. It lies on the east shore above the base of the Kyle of Tongue and north of the mountains Ben Hope and Ben Loyal on the ...

, in the northwest of Scotland *

Tunga Spur Tunga Spur is a prominent rock spur extending from the Kirwan Escarpment just southwest of Gommen Valley, in Queen Maud Land Queen Maud Land () is a roughly region of Antarctica Territorial claims in Antarctica, claimed by Norway as a dep ...

, a rock formation in Antarctica *

Tunka Suka Tunka Suka ( Aymara ''tunka'' ten, ''suka'' furrow, "ten furrows", hispanicized spelling ''Tunga Suca'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about high. It is located in the Cusco Region Cusco, also spelled Cuzco (; ), is a department and ...

or ''Tunga Suca'', a mountain in Peru *

Tálknafjörður Tálknafjörður () is a fjord located in southern Westfjords between Patreksfjörður and Bíldudalur in Iceland. The term is also used for the immediate village and the former municipality of Tálknafjarðarhreppur. In January 2024, the municip ...

, a town formerly called Tunga, in Iceland

People

Alp Er Tunga Alp Er Tunga or Alp Er Tonğa (Alp "brave, hero, conqueror, warrior", Er "man, male, soldier, Tom", Tonğa "Siberian tiger") is a mythical Turkic hero who was mentioned in Mahmud al-Kashgari's ''Dīwān Lughāt al-Turk'', Yusuf Balasaguni's Kuta ...

, a mythical hero in Turkish literature *

Michy Batshuayi Michy Batshuayi-Atunga (born 2 October 1993) is a Belgian professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for Bundesliga club Eintracht Frankfurt and the Belgium national football team, Belgium ...

Tunga, footballer *

Tunga (artist) Antonio José de Barros Carvalho e Mello Mourão (February 8, 1952 – June 6, 2016), known professionally as Tunga, was a Brazilian sculptor and performance artist. Tunga was born in Palmares, Pernambuco, Palmares, Pernambuco, Brazil. His erud ...

(1952–2016), Brazilian sculptor and performance artist

Other uses

* ''Tunga'' (flea), a genus of burrowing fleas * ''Tunga rakau'' or ''tunga haere'', Maori names for

huhu beetle The huhu beetle (''Prionoplus reticularis'') is a longhorn beetle Endemism, endemic to New Zealand. It is the heaviest beetle found in New Zealand. Terminologies The Māori language, Māori name ''huhu'' is ultimately Proto-Austronesian langua ...

larvae * Battle of Tunga, or Battle of Lalsot in India in 1787 {{Disambiguation, geo