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Rao may refer to:
Geography
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Rao, West Sumatra, one of the districts of West Sumatra, Indonesia
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Råö, a locality in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden
Transport
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Dr. Leite Lopes–Ribeirão Preto State Airport
Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport is the airport serving Ribeirão Preto, Brazil.
It is operated by Rede Voa.
History
Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport was opened on April 2, 1939, and soon after, in 1940, the runway was extended for the first time.
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, IATA code RAO, serving Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Fictional entities
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Rao (comics), a fictional star in the DC Universe; Superman's planet Krypton revolved around it
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Rao (''Greyhawk''), god of peace, reason, and serenity in ''Dungeons & Dragons: World of Greyhawk''
* ''Raō'', the Japanese name for
Raoh, a character in ''Fist of the North Star''
Mathematics
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Cramér–Rao bound
In estimation theory and statistics, the Cramér–Rao bound (CRB) expresses a lower bound on the variance of unbiased estimators of a deterministic (fixed, though unknown) parameter, the variance of any such estimator is at least as high as the in ...
, a statistical concept
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Rao–Blackwell theorem
In statistics, the Rao–Blackwell theorem, sometimes referred to as the Rao–Blackwell–Kolmogorov theorem, is a result which characterizes the transformation of an arbitrarily crude estimator into an estimator that is optimal by the mean-squa ...
, a theorem in statistics
Science
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''Rao'' (insect), a genus of wasps in the subfamily Platygastrinae
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Recent African origin of modern humans
In paleoanthropology, the recent African origin of modern humans, also called the "Out of Africa" theory (OOA), recent single-origin hypothesis (RSOH), replacement hypothesis, or recent African origin model (RAO), is the dominant model of the ...
(RAO), a paleoanthropological theory
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Recurrent airway obstruction (RAO), a respiratory disease in horses
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Response amplitude operator In the field of ship design and design of other floating structures, a response amplitude operator (RAO) is an engineering statistic, or set of such statistics, that are used to determine the likely behavior of a ship when operating at sea. Known by ...
(RAO), a function relating a response to an input given the input frequency
Titles
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Rao (title), cognate Hindi variations of the (originally Hindu) title Raja(h)
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Rao Bahadur, a title of honour issued by the British in India
Other uses
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Rao (Indian surname)
Rao is a title and a surname native to India. It is used mostly in states of Gujarat, Haryana, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Maharashtra.
As a surname
Notable people with this surname or title include the following:
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Rao (Chinese surname)
Rao () is a Chinese family name. It can also be spelled as "Yow" or "Yaw".
The surname Rao is approximately 2200 years old, and originated in the area near present-day Linfen county in Shanxi province.
It is the 181st most common name being share ...
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Rao language
Rao is a Ramu language of western Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. In older literature it was called ''Annaberg''.
References
Middle Ramu languages
Languages of Madang Province
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Rao's
Rao's () is a Southern Italian restaurant founded in 1896. It is located at 455 East 114th Street, on the corner of Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem, New York City. Rao's has sister restaurants in Los Angeles and Las Vegas, Nevada.
History
The res ...
, an Italian restaurant in New York City, USA named after its founder, Joshua Anthony Rao
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