Kongō
Kongō (金剛) is the name of
- Mount Kongō, a mountain in Osaka Prefecture, Japan.
The mountain has lent its name to a series of Japanese naval ships:
- the Imperial Japanese Navy's ironclad Kongō (1877-1909);
- the battleship Kongō (1912-1945) — the nameship of her class; and
- the JDS Kongō (DDG-173), launched in 1991 — also the nameship of her class.
Other uses of the name include:
- Kongō school of Noh theatre;
- former sumo wrestler Kongō Masahiro whose highest rank was sekiwake
See also
- Congo (disambiguation)
- King Kong (disambiguation), in Chinese called 金剛.
- 金剛山 (disambiguation)
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