Geo- is a prefix derived from the Greek word ''γη'' or ''γαια'', meaning "earth", usually in the sense of "ground or land”. GEO or Geo may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''GEO'' (magazine), a popular scientific magazine *Geo, a fictional character on the Nick Jr. television show, ''

Team Umizoomi ''Team Umizoomi'' is an American live-action animated musical preschool children's television series created by Soo Kim, Michael T. Smith, and Jennifer Twomey, and developed by Teri Weiss for Nickelodeon and the Nick Jr. Channel. Twomey and ...

'' * Geo ''(Ninjago)'', character from ''Ninjago'' *Geo City, a fictional city in the videogame '' Raw Danger'' *

Geo Stelar , , and are 2006 action role-playing games developed and published by Capcom for the Nintendo DS handheld video game console; combined, they are the first game in the ''Mega Man Star Force'' series, a sub-series of the greater ''Mega Man'' fran ...

, the protagonist in ''Mega Man Star Force'' *

Geo TV Jang Media Group (), also known as Geo Group, is a Pakistani media conglomerate and a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. It has headquarters in Printing House, Karachi. It is the publisher of the Urdu language new ...

, a pay television channel in Pakistan *Geo, the name of the main currency used in the videogame ''

Hollow Knight ''Hollow Knight'' is a 2017 Metroidvania video game developed and published by Australian Indie game, independent developer Team Cherry. The player controls an nameless insectoid warrior exploring Hallownest, a fallen kingdom plagued by a super ...

Brands and enterprises

Geo (automobile) Geo was a brand of small cars marketed by General Motors (GM) as a subdivision of its Chevrolet division from 1989 to 1997. Geo was a joint venture between GM and Japanese automakers to compete with the growing small import market in the United ...

, a defunct brand of entry-level cars produced by General Motors *

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

, abbreviated as Geo. in ''Bluebook'' *

GEO Group The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a publicly traded C corporation headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, that invests in private prisons and mental health facilities in the United States, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. The company ...

, a prison corporation

Computing and science

Geo (microformat) Geo is a microformat used for marking up geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude) in HTML (or XHTML). Coordinates are expected in angular units of degrees and geodetic datum WGS84. Although termed a "draft" specification, the form ...

, a microformat for marking up geographical coordinates in (X)HTML *

Gene Expression Omnibus Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) is a database for gene expression profiling and RNA methylation profiling managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). These high-throughput screening genomics data are derived from microarra ...

, or GEO, a National Center for Biotechnology Information database for gene expression *

GEO 600 GEO600 is a gravitational wave detector located near Sarstedt, a town to the south of Hanover, Germany. It is designed and operated by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics ...

, a detector for gravitational radiation *

Geo URI The geo URI scheme is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force's RFC 5870 (published 8 June 2010) as: a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for geographic locations using the 'geo' scheme name. A ...

, an IETF proposed standard for making URIs for physical locations *

Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit A geostationary orbit, also referred to as a geosynchronous equatorial orbit''Geostationary orbit'' and ''Geosynchronous (equatorial) orbit'' are used somewhat interchangeably in sources. (GEO), is a circular geosynchronous orbit in altitud ...

, an orbit used for satellites that remain at a fixed position above the ground

Groups and organizations

* General Education Officer, the basic rank of teachers of the Ministry of

Education in Singapore Education in Singapore is managed by the Ministry of Education (Singapore), Ministry of Education (MOE). It controls the development and administration of state schools receiving Welfare (financial aid), taxpayers' funding, but also has an adv ...

Group on Earth Observations The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) coordinates international efforts to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). It links existing and planned Earth observation systems and supports the development of new ones in cases of ...

, an intergovernmental organization * ''

Grupo Especial de Operaciones The Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO, ; ', GEO), is the police tactical unit of Spain's National Police Corps. History With the intention of fighting against terrorism and several organized crime groups from Spain in the 1970s, in November ...

'', a special SWAT division of the Spanish police

People

Geo Bogza Geo Bogza (; born Gheorghe Bogza; February 6, 1908 – September 14, 1993) was a Romanian avant-garde theorist, poet, and journalist, known for his left-wing and Communism, communist political convictions. As a young man in the interwar period, h ...

, Romanian poet and essayist *

Geo Dumitrescu Geo Dumitrescu (born Gheorghe Dumitrescu; May 17, 1920 – September 28, 2004) was a Romanian poet and translator. Born in Bucharest, his parents were Vasile Oprea (who changed his name to Vasile Dumitrescu), a craftsman and owner of a small ...

, Romanian poet *

Geo Rutherford Geo Rutherford (born 1984 or 1985) is an American artist, educator, and TikToker based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She considers herself to be a hobbyist limnologist. Early life and education Rutherford was raised in Boulder, Colorado and Dexter ...

, American artist and TikToker *

George (given name) George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek language, Greek Georgios (; , ). The name gained popularity due to its association with the Christian martyr, Saint George (died 23 April 303), a member of the Praetorian Guard who was s ...

, commonly abbreviated Geo. *

Christian Geo Heltboe Christian Geo Heltboe (born 12 August 1975 in Aalborg) is a Danish comedian. He is best known under his middle name Geo. Biography Geo debuted in 1996 as a comedian at Café Abbey Square home town of Aalborg. Geo has studied English at the Aa ...

, Danish comedian known by his middle name

Places

Geo (landscape) A geo or gio ( , from Old Norse gjá) is an inlet, a gully or a narrow and deep cleft in the face of a cliff. Geos are common on the coastline of the Shetland and Orkney islands. They are created by the wave driven erosion Erosion is the ac ...

, a creek (inlet) or gulley in the Orkney and Shetland Islands * GEO, the IOC country code and three letter country code for

Georgia (country) Georgia is a country in the Caucasus region on the coast of the Black Sea. It is located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia, and is today generally regarded as part of Europe. It is bordered to the north and northeast by Russ ...

, in Eurasia * GEO, the IATA code for

Cheddi Jagan International Airport Cheddi Jagan International Airport , formerly Timehri International Airport, is the primary international airport of Guyana. The airport is located on the right bank of the Demerara River in the city of Timehri, south of Guyana's capital, Geo ...

* Estadio Casas GEO, stadium in Mexicali, Mexico {{disambiguation, geo