Mao (disambiguation)

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Mao Zedong was the founder of the People's Republic of China.

Mao may also refer to:

• Mao (surname), a Chinese surname
• Mao (given name), a feminine Japanese given name
• Mao (people), one of the scheduled tribes of India
• Mao languages, a group of Omotic languages in western Ethiopia
• 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, a Hawaiian name for a species of cotton
• Mao (restaurant chain), Asian-cuisine restaurant chain in Dublin, Ireland

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, a village in Paide Parish, Järva County, Estonia
• Mäo, Lääne-Viru County, a 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 (IATA code: MAO)
• Martins Heron railway station in Bracknell, Berkshire, United Kingdom (National Rail station code: MAO)

Entertainment and media

• Mao (card game), a card game
• Mao: The Unknown Story, a 2005 biography of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong
• Maō, a 2008 Japanese suspense drama series

See also

• ΜΑΘ, Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honor Society