Kao

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Kao may refer to:

Places

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Käo (disambiguation)
  • Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ), a sorority at DePauw University
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