Kao

Kao may refer to:

Places

• Käo, Saare County, Estonia, a village
• Käo, Tartu County, Estonia, a village
• 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
• Henno Käo (1942–2004), Estonian children's writer, book illustrator, poet and musician
• 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
• Jüri Käo (born 1965), Estonian businessman
• King Kao of Zhou (died 426 BC), 31st king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty
• Kaō (painter) fl. early 14th century), Japanese painter

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

• Kao language, of Indonesia
• Huaya, romanized as Kaō, stylized signatures or marks used in East Asian cultures in place of a true signature
• Kao Corporation, a Japanese chemical and cosmetics company
• Kaō (era), a Japanese era name
• Kao (film), a 2000 film by Junji Sakamoto
• Kao (bull), a divine bull in Meitei mythology
• Kuusamo Airport, Finland, IATA airport code
• Kao the Kangaroo, a series of video games

See also

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