Maho may refer to:

Term

* Maho, tropical

hibiscus ''Hibiscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising several hundred species that are native to warm temperate, subtropical and tropical regions throughout the world. Member species ...

tree common throughout the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean ...

(thespesia populnea, Hibiscus elatus, or Hibiscus Tilaceus) * Maho, a

West Indian A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago). For more than 100 years the words ''West Indian'' specifically described natives of the West Indies, but by 1661 Europeans had begun to use it ...

Caribbean slang term for a man who spends too much time drinking beer and fishing on the beach * a

Pali Pali () is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language native to the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pāli Canon'' or '' Tipiṭaka'' as well as the sacred language of '' Theravāda'' Buddh ...

noun for a singular religious festival, the nominative singular of maha * Maho or Manusia homo (English: Gay man), an Indonesian derogatory term for

homosexuality Homosexuality is Romance (love), romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior between members of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romant ...

* A

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

adjective meaning unable to bear children, sterile.

Geography

Maho Beach Maho Beach is a beach on the Dutch side of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, in the territory of Sint Maarten. It is famous for being adjacent to the Princess Juliana International Airport and is a popular site for tourists and plane wa ...

, a beach in Sint Maarten *

Maho, Sri Lanka Mahawa (also known as Maho) ( si, මහව) is a town in the North Western Province of Sri Lanka. It is located in the Kurunegala District. Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus and Christians live in this town. The town is situated north-west of the Ya ...

, a town in North Western Province * Maho, Eritrea, a town in

Eritrea Eritrea ( ; ti, ኤርትራ, Ertra, ; ar, إرتريا, ʾIritriyā), officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of Eastern Africa, with its capital and largest city at Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia ...

* Maho Bay, a beach in

Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint John ( da, Sankt Jan) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of the United States. Saint John () is the smallest of the thre ...

People

Maho is a feminine Japanese given name. Typical

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

spellings include 真帆, 麻帆 and 真穂, though there may be others. It also sometimes rendered in

hiragana is a Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' literally means "flowing" or "simple" kana ("simple" originally as contrast ...

: まほ and less often in

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

:　マホ. * (born 2000), Japanese professional footballer * (born 1976), Japanese long and triple jumper * (born 2002), Japanese women's professional shogi player * (born 1987), Japanese announcer and news anchor * (born 1993), Japanese idol and voice actress * (born 1998), Japanese professional footballer * (born 1980), Japanese actress known for ''2LDK'' *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer * (born 1967), Japanese actress and model Fictional characters: *

Maho Kazami is an anime television series directed by Yasunori Ide, written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and produced by Bandai Visual. It was later adapted into a manga and light novel and centers on a group of friends and the odd things that happen to them ...

, a sister of the protagonist of Onegai Teacher * Maho Minami, a character from ''BECK'' *Maho, a character from ''

Doki Doki Majo Shinpan is a video game developed by SNK Playmore for Nintendo DS. The player assumes the role of a junior high school student who is asked by an angel to locate a witch that has snuck into his school. In order to find the witch, he must search the sus ...

'' *Maho, (Himeko Katagiri), a character from ''

Pani Poni Dash , also known by the title of its anime adaptation, , is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways. It features several first year students and their teache ...

'' *Maho, a character from ''

Mushi-shi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara. It was serialized in Kodansha's ''seinen'' manga magazine ''Afternoon Season Zōkan'' from 1999 to 2002, and in ''Monthly Afternoon'' from December 2002 to August 20 ...

'', episode 3 ("Tender Horns" or "Yawarakai Tsuno") *Maho, a character in ''

Kare Kano is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Tsuda. It was serialized in ''LaLa'' from 1996 to 2005 and collected in 21 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Hakusensha. It depicts the romance between "perfect" student Yukino Miyazawa an ...

'' *Maho Hiyajo, a character in the visual novel '' Steins;Gate 0'' *Maho Nishizumi, a character in ''

Girls und Panzer , abbreviated as ''GuP'' or ''Garupan'' , is a Japanese anime franchise created by Actas which depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsutomu ...

'' and its sequels *Maho Nosaka, a character in the film '' Battle Royale II: Requiem'' {{disambiguation, geo, given name Japanese feminine given names