Mao (disambiguation)
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Mao Zedong, or simply Mao, was the founder of the People's Republic of China.
Mao may also refer to:
- Mao (surname), Chinese and Japanese family name
- Mao (name), Chinese and Japanese first name
- Mao (people), one of the scheduled tribes of India
- Mao (languages), a group of Omotic languages in western Ethiopia
- Mao (card game), a card game
- Mao Naga, a Naga tribe in India
- Jiao (currency), one tenth of a Chinese yuan
- Mao (bird), a bird species Gymnomyza samoensis
- Mah or Mao, the Zoroastrianism's divinity of the moon
- Ma‘o, an Hawaiian name for a species of cotton
Chinese characters
- 毛 (hanyu pinyin: Máo), a Chinese character meaning hair or fur. It is also a common Chinese surname, most notably Mao Zedong.
- 猫 (hanyu pinyin: Māo), a Chinese character meaning cat
Places
- Mao, Chad, a city in Chad
- Mao County, in Sichuan, China
- Santa Cruz de Mao, also known as Mao, a municipality of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic
- Mahón, also known as Maó, a city on the island of Minorca, Spain
- Mäo, Järva County, village in Paide Parish, Järva County, Estonia
- Mäo, Lääne-Viru County, village in Kadrina Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
Acronyms
MAO may refer to:
- Manual analog override, see manual override
- Monoamine oxidase, a family of enzymes
- Methylaluminoxane, a pyrophoric white solid
- Plasma electrolytic oxidation, also known as "Micro Arc Oxidation"
- Molėtai Astronomical Observatory, Lithuania
- Maximum tolerable period of disruption, also known as maximum allowable/acceptable outage (MAO), a concept in disaster recovery and business continuity planning
Codes
- Eduardo Gomes International Airport in Manaus, Brazil, has MAO as its IATA airport code
- Martins Heron railway station (Bracknell, Berkshire, UK) has MAO as its three-letter National Rail station code.
Entertainment and media
- Mao (card game), a card game
- Mao: The Unknown Story, 2005 biography of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong
See also
- Mu Alpha Theta or MAΘ, Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honor Society
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