Kao
Appearance
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Kao may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Kao, Indonesia, a town
- Kao, Lesotho, a community council
- Kao, Niger, a village and rural commune
- Kao, Togo, a village
- Kao (island), Tonga
- Kao (crater), a lunar crater
People
[edit]- Gao (surname), sometimes romanized as Kao, including a list of Chinese people with the surname Kao
- Kao Kim Hourn (born 1966), Cambodian government official and Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
- R. N. Kao (1918–2002), Indian spymaster, first chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing
- King Kao of Zhou (died 426 BC), 31st king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty
- Kaō (painter), Japanese painter Kaō Ninga (fl. early 14th century)
Acronym
[edit]- Kuiper Airborne Observatory
- Keith-Albee-Orpheum, abbreviated KAO or K-A-O, owners of an American chain of vaudeville and motion picture theatres
- Communist Workers Organisation (Netherlands) (Kommunistische Arbeidersorganisatie)
Other uses
[edit]- Huaya, romanized as Kaō, stylized signatures or marks used in East Asian cultures in place of a true signature
- Kaō (era), a Japanese era name
- Kao Corporation, a Japanese chemical and cosmetics company
- Kao language, of Indonesia
- Kao (bull), a divine bull in Meitei mythology
- Kao (film), a 2000 film by Junji Sakamoto
- Kao the Kangaroo, a series of video games
- Kuusamo Airport, Finland, IATA airport code
See also
[edit]- Käo (disambiguation)
- Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ), a sorority at DePauw University