SAO or Sao may refer to:
Places
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Sao civilisation
The Sao civilization (also called So) flourished in Central Africa from ca. the fourth or sixth century BC to as late as the sixteenth century AD. The Sao lived by the Chari River basin in territory that later became part of Cameroon and Chad. The ...
, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD
* Sao, a town in
Boussé Department
Boussé is a department or commune of Kourwéogo Province in central Burkina Faso. Its capital is the town of Boussé. According to the 2019 census the department has a total population of 58,641.
Towns and villages
* Boussé (25,027 inhabitants ...
, Burkina Faso
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Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S.
* SAO, the
ICAO airline designator
This is a list of airline codes. The table lists IATA's two-character airline designators, ICAO's three-character airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also included.ht
IATA airlin ...
for Sahel Aviation Service, Mali
* SAO, the
IATA airport code
An IATA airport code, also known as an IATA location identifier, IATA station code, or simply a location identifier, is a three-character alphanumeric geocode designating many airports and metropolitan areas around the world, defined by the ...
for airports in the São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil
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Serb Autonomous Regions during the breakup of Yugoslavia
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São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil
Science
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
The Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO) is a research institute of the Smithsonian Institution, concentrating on astrophysical studies including galactic and extragalactic astronomy, cosmology, solar, earth and planetary sciences, the ...
of the Smithsonian Institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog, which assigns SAO catalogue entries
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Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science (SAO RAS)
Entertainment
* ''
Sword Art Online'', a Japanese light novel series
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''Sword Art Online'' (2012 TV series), an anime adaptation of the light novels
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Sao Sao Sao, a Thai pop music trio
Other uses
* Sao, a
nereid (sea nymph) in Greek mythology
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Sáo, a Vietnamese flute
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Sao (moon), a satellite of Neptune
* Sao, or
Thao language, of the Thao people in central Taiwan
* São, the Portuguese word for
saint
In religious belief, a saint is a person who is recognized as having an exceptional degree of Q-D-Š, holiness, likeness, or closeness to God. However, the use of the term ''saint'' depends on the context and Christian denomination, denominat ...
* Sao (စဝ်), an honorific used in
Burmese names
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Chad national football team, nicknamed Sao
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Ligi Sao (born 1992), a New Zealand rugby league footballer
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Session-At-Once, a recording mode for optical discs
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Security Advisory Opinion, a U.S. visa decision-making process
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Specified Associated Organisation, an organization of members of the British Liberal Democrats
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São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe (; pt, São Tomé e Príncipe (); English: " Saint Thomas and Prince"), officially the Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe ( pt, República Democrática de São Tomé e Príncipe), is a Portuguese-speaking i ...
See also
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Sau (disambiguation)
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