Cao or CAO may refer to:

Mythology

* Cao (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology

Companies or organizations

* Air China Cargo, ICAO airline designator CAO * CA Oradea, Romanian football club * CA Osasuna, Spanish football club * Canadian Association of Orthodontists * Central Allocation Office, cross border electricity transmission capacity auction office * Central Applications Office, Irish organisation that oversees college applications *

Civil Aviation Office The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) of the Republic of Poland ( pl, Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego, ULC), as a civil aviation authority, is an agency of the Polish government under the Ministry of Infrastructure and Development responsible for implement ...

of Poland * Iran Civil Aviation Organization *Office of the

Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman The Office of the Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman (CAO) is a recourse mechanism for projects supported by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank Group. It was established in 199 ...

Job titles

*Chief Academic Officer of a University, often titled the Provost *

Chief accounting officer The chief financial officer (CFO) is an officer of a company or organization that is assigned the primary responsibility for managing the company's finances, including financial planning, management of financial risks, record-keeping, and fina ...

of a company *

Chief administrative officer A chief administrative officer (CAO) is a top-tier executive who supervises the daily operations of an organization and is ultimately responsible for its performance. Government and non-profit A CAO is responsible for administrative management of ...

of a company * Chief analytics officer of a company *

, an independent office that reviews complaints

Names

* Cao (Chinese surname) (曹) * Cao (Vietnamese surname)

People

* Cao (footballer, born 1968), Portuguese footballer *

Cao Cao Cao Cao () (; 155 – 15 March 220), courtesy name Mengde (), was a Chinese statesman, warlord and poet. He was the penultimate Grand chancellor (China), grand chancellor of the Eastern Han dynasty, and he amassed immense power in the End of ...

(died 220), founder of Cao Wei, China * Cao Hamburger (born 1962), Brazilian director, screenwriter and producer * Cao Pi (c.187–226), emperor of Cao Wei, China * Cao Yu (1910–1996), Chinese playwright * Cao Yupeng (born 1990), Chinese snooker player * Diogo Cão, a 15th-century Portuguese explorer * Joseph Cao (born 1967), United States politician * Lady of Cao, a Moche mummy, Peru * Longbing Cao (born 1969), data scientist

Places

* Cao (state), a Chinese vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 221 BCE) * Cao County, Shandong, China * Cao Wei, also called Wei, one of the regimes that competed for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period (220 - 280 CE)

Other uses

*CaO, the chemical symbol for calcium oxide *''

Cão! ''Cão!'' was the first studio album by Portuguese rock music, rock band Ornatos Violeta, released on 15 September 1997 by Polygram. Three Single (music), singles were released from this album: "Punk Moda Funk", "A Dama do Sinal" and "Mata-me Outra ...

'', an album by Portuguese band Ornatos Violeta * CA Osasuna, a Spanish sport club *a Child Arrangement Order under English family law * Chlorophyllide-a oxygenase, an enzyme *

Cold air outbreak A cold wave (known in some regions as a cold snap, cold spell or Arctic Snap) is a weather phenomenon that is distinguished by a cooling of the air. Specifically, as used by the U.S. National Weather Service, a cold wave is a rapid fall in tem ...

, an intense and/or prolonged cold weather wave of air *Controller Access Object, as described in the ORiN robot interface {{disambiguation