Pingouin Explained

Pingouin is a French vernacular term for two species of auks, the lesser auk and the great auk; it is used colloquially to designate penguins. In English, it may refer to:

Places

• 6790 Pingouin, an asteroid
• Île des Pingouins (French: link=no|Penguin Island), Crozet Archipelago, south Indian Ocean

Transportation and vehicles

• Nord Pingouin, a French monoplane
• Aerodynos JA 177 Pingouin, a homebuilt kit monoplane ultralight
• Pingouin, a French tugboat originally built in 1945 as USS YTL 556 by Everett-Pacific Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company
• Le Pinguoin, former name of the racing sailing yacht

Other uses

• Pingouins de Morzine-Avoriaz, an ice hockey team based in Morzine

See also

• Pengouin, a French ship wrecked in February 1881
  • • • Penguin (disambiguation)
• Pinguin (disambiguation)