Pao

Pao or PAO may refer to:

Fiction

• Pao-chan, a character from the Japanese magical girl anime television series, Ojamajo Doremi
• Pao, setting of the The Languages of Pao, a science fiction novel by Jack Vance

People

• Pao Ching-yen zh:鮑敬言 (also spelled Bao Jingyan), a Chinese anarchist philosopher who presumably lived in the early fourth century C.E.
• Yih-Ho Michael Pao, an American entrepreneur and hydro-engineer
• Pa'O people, an ethnic group in Burma
• Ellen Pao, American lawyer and former Reddit executive

Places

• Barangay Pao, an administrative division of Manaoag, Pangasinan
• PAO, the IATA airport code for Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County
• Pao River, the name of several rivers
• Pao, Trakan Phuet Phon - Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand
• Pão de Açúcar, Alagoas, municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas
• Sugarloaf Mountain, mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Pão de Açúcar in Portuguese

Organizations

• PAO, the ICAO code for Polynesian Airlines
• Panathinaikos A.O., a Greek multisport club
• Prince Alfred's Own, a historic name for the Cape Field Artillery
• Public Affairs Office
• Ming Pao, a Chinese newspaper

Science

• Pao (genus), a genus of pufferfishes
• Pao (unit), an obsolete unit of mass and (especially) dry measure in South Asia
• Phased-array optics
• Pheophorbide a oxygenase, an enzyme
• Pierre Auger Observatory
• Polyalphaolefin, a type of polyolefin made from alpha-olefin monomer(s)
• Polyphosphate-accumulating organism

Other uses

• Pao (袍), an element of Han Chinese clothing
• Pao de Queijo, a Portuguese and Brazilian cheesy bread.
• A fairy chess piece
• Nissan Pao, an automobile
• period-after-opening symbol found on cosmetics products

See also

• Pau (disambiguation)
• Pav (disambiguation)
• Bao (disambiguation)
• All pages beginning with "Pao"
• All pages with titles containing Pao