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'' *Geo City, a fictional city in the videogame '' Raw Danger'' * Geo Stelar, the protagonist in ''Mega Man Star Force'' * Geo TV, a pay television channel in Pakistan * Neo Geo, a video game system or Computer Gaming System.

Brands and enterprises

Geo (automobile) Geo was a brand, marque of small cars and SUVs marketed by General Motors as a subdivision of its Chevrolet division from 1989 to 1997. Formed by GM to compete with the growing small import market of the mid 1980s, the Geo nameplate continued thro ...

, a defunct brand of entry-level cars produced by General Motors * GEO Group, a prison corporation

Computing and science

* Geo (microformat), 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 microarray ...

, 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 20 km 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 Opti ...

, 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 * Group on Earth Observations, an intergovernmental organization * '' Grupo Especial de Operaciones'', 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 communist political convictions. As a young man in the interwar period, he was known ...

, Romanian poet and essayist * Geo Dumitrescu, Romanian poet *

George (given name) George () is a masculine given name derived from the Greek Geōrgios (; , ). 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 sentenced to dea ...

, 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 Aalb ...

, 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 of cliffs along fault ...

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

Cheddi Jagan International Airport Cheddi Jagan International Airport , formerly Timehri International Airport, is the primary 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, Georgetown. It is ...

Estadio Casas GEO A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...