Pao

Pao or PAO may refer to:

Fiction edit

Pao-chan, a character from the Japanese magical girl anime television series, Ojamajo Doremi
Pao, setting of The Languages of Pao, a science fiction novel by Jack Vance
Pao, a Rebel commando in the film Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Pao Ching-yen (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
Pao language (disambiguation)
Ellen Pao, American lawyer and former Reddit executive
Yue-Kong Pao, Hong Kong businessman

Barangay Pao, an administrative division of Manaoag, Pangasinan
PAO, the IATA airport code for Palo Alto Airport, Santa Clara County
Pao River, a tributary of the Chi River in northeast Thailand
Pao, Trakan Phuet Phon, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand
Pão de Açúcar, Alagoas, a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas
Paoli station, an Amtrak and SEPTA train station in Paoli, Pennsylvania (Amtrak station code)
Sugarloaf Mountain, a mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Pão de Açúcar in Portuguese

Process-Architecture-Optimization, the new 3-generation CPU manufacturing process replacing Intel's tick–tock model

PAO, the ICAO code for Polynesian Airlines
Panathinaikos A.O., a Greek multisport club
Panhellenic Liberation Organization, a Greek resistance organization against the Axis occupation of Greece.
Prince Alfred's Own, a historic name for the Cape Field Artillery
Public Affairs Office
Ming Pao, a Chinese newspaper

Pao (袍), an element of Han Chinese clothing
Pão de queijo, a Brazilian cheesy bread
A fairy chess piece
Nissan Pao, an automobile
PeriAcetabular Osteotomy, a surgery used to correct a condition called hip dysplasia or acetabular dysplasia
Period-after-opening symbol found on cosmetics products
Public affairs (military) Officer, or PAO, within the U.S. military
Person-Action-Object (PAO), a technique often used in memory training and by memory athletes