Pinto - General

General

  • Conspiracy of the Pintos, a rebellion against Portuguese rule in Goa, India in 1787
  • Ford Pinto (1971–1980), a subcompact car manufactured by the Ford Motor Company for the North American market
    • Ford Pinto engine, unofficial nickname for a 4-cylinder internal combustion engine built by the Ford Motor Company in Europe
  • Gallo Pinto, a dish traditional to Nicaragua and Costa Rica consisting primarily of beans and rice
  • Pinto bean, a type of mottled bean
  • Pinto horse, a horse coat color that consists of large patches of white and another color
  • Temco TT Pinto, a jet-powered, tandem two-place primary trainer aircraft used by the United States Navy

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