The name Kamo may refer to the following:

Places

Japan

(Note: ''kamo'' ( 鴨), is the common word for ''

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Kamo, Niigata is a Cities of Japan, city located in Niigata Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 25,971 in 10,270 households, and a population density of 194 persons per km2. The total area of the city was . Geography Kamo is located ...

Kamo District, Gifu is a district located in Gifu Prefecture, Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asia, Asian mainland, it is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan and extends from the ...

Kamo District, Hiroshima was a district located in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan. On March 22, 2005, the town of Daiwa, along with the town of Hongō (from Toyota District), and the town of Kui (from Mitsugi District), was merged into the expanded city of Mihara. K ...

* Kamo District, Shizuoka *

Kamo, Kyoto is a district of the city of Kizugawa, Kyoto, Kizugawa, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. It was List of towns in Japan, a town in its own right in Sōraku District, Kyoto, Sōraku District until 2007. Kamo and the towns of Kizu, Kyoto, Kizu and Yamash ...

Kamo, Okayama was a List of towns in Japan, town located in Tomata District, Okayama, Tomata District, Okayama Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 5,311 and a population density, density of 33.35 persons per km2. The total a ...

Kamo, Shimane was a town located in the former Ōhara District, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. As of 2003, the town had an estimated population of 6,621 and a density Density (volumetric mass density or specific mass) is the ratio of a substance's mass to it ...

Kamo, Shizuoka was a village located in Kamo District, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. As of 2005, the village had an estimated population of 3,291 and a density of 83 persons per km2. The total area was 39.64 km2. On April 1, 2005, Kamo was merged into the ...

* Kamō, Kagoshima *

Kamo River The is located in Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The riverbanks are popular walking spots for residents and tourists. In summer, restaurants open balconies looking out to the river. There are walkways running alongside the river, and some stepping s ...

in Kyoto () * A number of minor rivers () listed under Kamogawa (disambiguation) * Kamo shrines, which may mean Kamigamo shrine or Shimogamo shrine in Kyoto * Kamo, a place name within

Higashimiyoshi, Tokushima 270px, Yoshino River in Higashimiyoshi 270px, Minoda Gorge 270px, Yoshinogawa Highway Oasis is a town located in Miyoshi District, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan. , the town had an estimated population of 13,733 in 6281 households and a populat ...

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Rest of the world

Gavar Gavar ( ) is a town in Armenia serving as the administrative centre of the Gavar Municipality and the Gegharkunik Province. It is situated among the high mountains of Gegham range to the west of Lake Sevan, with an average height of 1982 meter ...

, Armenia - formerly ''Kamo'' * Kamo, Armenia *

Kamo, Azerbaijan Kamo () was a village in the Goygol District of Azerbaijan. The village and neighboring Azat had an Armenian population before the exodus of Armenians from Azerbaijan after the outbreak of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict The Nagorno-Karabakh conf ...

Kamo, New Zealand Kamo (officially Te Kamo) is a northern suburb of the New Zealand city of Whangārei. The town's name was legally changed to ''Te Kamo'' in 2023. It is approximately five minutes' drive from the centre of Whangārei. There was coal mining in the ...

, a town in the Northland Region of New Zealand *

Kamo River (Russia) The Kamo () is a river in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is a left tributary of the Podkamennaya Tunguska. The river is 339 kilometres long and its basin drains a surface of 14,500 km2. See also * List of rivers of Russia Russia can be d ...

People

Kamo (Bolshevik) Simon Arshaki Ter-Petrosian (; ; 27 May 1882 – 14 July 1922), better known by his ''nom de guerre'' of Kamo (), was an Old Bolshevik revolutionary and an early companion to Soviet leader Joseph Stalin. From 1903 to 1912, Kamo, a master of disg ...

(1882–1922), real name of Simon Ter-Petrosian, Armenian-Georgian Bolshevik * Kamo, nickname of former New Zealand sportsman

Ian Jones (rugby union, born 1967) Ian Donald Jones (born 17 April 1967) is a former New Zealand rugby union player. He played 79 tests for the All Blacks. He is one of New Zealand's most capped locks and formed one of the most famous lock pairings in international rugby, often p ...

Kamo clan The is a Japanese '' shake'' clan which traces its roots from a Yayoi period shrine in northeastern Kyoto. The clan rose to prominence during the Asuka and Heian periods when the Kamo are identified with the 7th-century founding of the Kamo Sh ...

, surname of a Japanese clan ** ,ancestral deity of the clan and Shinto deity of thunder **

Kamo no Chōmei was a Japanese author, poet (in the waka form), and essayist. He witnessed a series of natural and social disasters, and, having lost his political backing, was passed over for promotion within the Shinto shrine associated with his family. He ...

(1155–1216), an author **

Kamo no Mabuchi was a ''kokugaku'' scholar, poet and philologist during mid-Edo period Japan. Along with Kada no Azumamaro, Motoori Norinaga, and Hirata Atsutane, he was regarded as one of the Four Great Men of Kokugaku, and through his research into the sp ...

(1697–1769), a poet **

Shu Kamo is a former Japanese football player and manager. He managed the Japan national team. Playing career Kamo was born in Ashiya on October 29, 1939. After graduation from Kwansei Gakuin University, he played for Yanmar Diesel from 1965 to 1967. ...

(born 1939), a football player and manager **

Kamo no Yasunori Kamo no Yasunori (賀茂保憲) was an ''onmyōji'', a practitioner of ''onmyōdō'', during the Heian period in Japan. He was considered the premier onmyōji of his time. Yasunori was the son of the onmyōji Kamo no Tadayuki (賀茂忠行). ...

(917–977), an onmyōji * first name (given name) of

Serizawa Kamo Serizawa Kamo (芹沢鴨; September 2, 1826 – October 30, 1863) was a samurai known for being the original lead commander of the Shinsengumi. He trained in and received a licence in the Shindō Munen-ryū. "Kamo" means goose or duck in Japane ...

(1826?–1863), commander of the Shinsengumi warriors *

Kamo (character) The name Kamo may refer to the following: Places Japan (Note: ''kamo'' ( 鴨), is the common word for ''duck'' in Japanese, but the following names do not necessarily mean ''duck'' and are not necessarily written with that character.) *Kamo, Nii ...

, from the anime ''Doomed Megalopolis'' — the apprentice of

Yasumasa Hirai Yasumasa Hirai (平井保昌) is a fictional character from the historical fantasy novel ''Teito Monogatari'' by Hiroshi Aramata. He also appears in the prequel novel ''Teito Monogatari, Teito Gendan'' Hirai is the direct descendant of Abe no Seim ...

from the videogame The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker * Kamo Mphela (born 1999), a

Amapiano Amapiano is a genre of music from South Africa that became popular in mid-2012 with an earlier regular occurrence on South African radio stations in the early 2000s. It is a hybrid of kwaito, deep house, gqom, jazz, soul, and lounge music char ...

artist

Cuisine

* ''kamo'' in

Japanese cuisine Japanese cuisine encompasses the regional and traditional foods of Japan, which have developed through centuries of political, economic, and social changes. The traditional cuisine of Japan (Japanese language, Japanese: ) is based on rice with m ...

may refer to the poultry product of the wild duck, the

domesticated duck Domestic ducks (mainly mallards, ''Anas platyrhynchos domesticus'', with some Muscovy ducks, ''Cairina moschata domestica'') are ducks that have been domesticated and raised for meat and eggs. A few are kept for show, or for their ornamental ...

, or very frequently the crossbred variety known as . It may appear on menu items such as ''kamonanban'' ( hot soba). * kamo is one of Eggplant#Cultivars, of a large round shape; it is one of the better known "Kyoto vegetables" or

Kyoyasai ''Kyōyasai'' (京野菜 "Kyoto vegetables") are heirloom vegetables originating in Japan's Kyoto Prefecture. According to the research of the Laboratory of Health and Environment of Kyoto, ''kyōyasai'' have more minerals, fibers and vitamins ...

Other

*, Noh play featuring the deity. * Kamo language, a Savannas language of Nigeria