Pau or PAU may refer to:

Places

Pau (Aachen) Pau (also: Paubach) is a small river of Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It it is 4.1 km long and flows into the Wurm as a left tributary. History The Johannisbach is one of the three historic streams of the medieval city of Aachen. The ...

, a river in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany * PAU, an agricultural university in Punjab, India * Pau (river), a river of south-western France (Gave de Pau) *

Pau, Edom In Genesis Genesis may refer to: Religion * Book of Genesis, the first book of the biblical scriptures of both Judaism and Christianity, describing the creation of the Earth and of humankind * Genesis creation narrative, the first several cha ...

, a city in the Bible *

Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques Pau (; ; ) is a Communes of France, commune overlooking the Pyrenees, the prefecture of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Departments of France, department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Regions of France, region of Southwestern France. The city is locat ...

, France, a city **

Arrondissement of Pau The arrondissement of Pau (, Occitan: Distrito de Pau ) is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 268 communes. Its population is 311,949 (2021), and its area is . Compositi ...

, a district containing the French city * Pau, Sardinia, a municipality *

Pau, Spain Pau () is a municipality in the ''comarca'' of Alt Empordà, Girona, Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a ''nationalities and regions of Spain, nationality'' by its Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia of 200 ...

, a municipality * La Pau (Barcelona Metro), a station * Lac Pau, a lake near Caniapiscau, Quebec, Canada - see Lac Pau (Caniapiscau) Water Aerodrome

People

Pau (given name) Pau is the Catalan equivalent of the given name Paul and is also the word for "peace" in that language. Notable people with the name include: * Pau Audouard (1857–1918), renowned photographer active in Barcelona * Pablo Casals (1876–1973), know ...

* Pau (surname) * Maria de la Pau Janer (born 1966), Spanish writer

Schools

Pacific Adventist University Pacific Adventist University (PAU) is a tertiary institution located 21 kilometres (30 minutes) outside Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, and operated by the South Pacific Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Both the faculty and the stu ...

, Papua New Guinea *

Palo Alto University Palo Alto University (PAU) is a private university in Palo Alto, California that focuses on behavioral health disciplines like counseling, psychology, and social work. It was founded in 1975 as the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology and beca ...

, in Palo Alto, California, United States * ''Polska Akademia Umiejętności'',

Polish Academy of Learning The Polish Academy of Arts and Sciences or Polish Academy of Learning (, PAU), headquartered in Kraków and founded in 1872, is one of two institutions in contemporary Poland having the nature of an academy of sciences (the other being the Po ...

* Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad, see

Selectividad () is the popular name given to the Spanish University Admission Tests ("", E.B.A.U. or Ev.A.U.), a non-compulsory exam taken by students after secondary school, necessary to get into University. Students must take six 90-minute written exams ov ...

Punjab Agricultural University Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) is a public funded agricultural university located in Ludhiana district of Punjab. It is a central agricultural university in India established under Harayana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act 1970 ...

, India

Other uses

Pau (unit) A pau was a customary unit of capacity used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak. A pau was 2 imperial gills (approximately 0.284 liters or 0.600 US pints). See also *List of customary units of measurement in South Asia The origins of the c ...

, a unit of capacity used in Brunei, Malaysia, Sabah, and Sarawak *

Pau Grand Prix The Pau Grand Prix () is a motor race held in Pau, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of southwestern France. The French Grand Prix was held at Pau in 1930, leading to the annual Pau Grand Prix being inaugurated in 1933. It was not r ...

, an auto race *

Pau FC Pau Football Club, commonly referred to as Pau FC, is a professional football club based in Pau, capital of Béarn, France. Pau FC plays its home matches at the Nouste Camp and competes in Ligue 2, the second tier of French football. Nicknam ...

, a French association football club *

Penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer A penetrating atherosclerotic ulcer (PAU) is an atherosclerotic lesion that ulcerates, leading to a hematoma forming within the walls of the aorta. Cause Diagnosis The condition is often associated with thickening of the aortic wall, and can be ...

(PAU) of the aorta * ''pāʻū'', Hawaiian feather skirt (see

Feather cloak Feather cloaks have been used by several cultures. It constituted noble and royal attire in and other Polynesian regions. It is a mythical bird-skin object that imparts power of flight upon the Gods in mythology and legend, including the accou ...

) * PAU, IATA code for

Pauk Airport Pauk Airport is an airport located in Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest co ...

, Burma * pau, ISO 639 codes for the

Palauan language Palauan () is a Malayo-Polynesian language native to the Republic of Palau, where it is one of the two official languages, alongside English. It is widely used in day-to-day life in the country. Palauan is not closely related to other Malayo- ...

* Pau, alternative spelling for

baozi Baozi (), or simply bao, is a type of yeast-leavened filled bun in various Chinese cuisines. There are many variations in fillings (meat or vegetarian) and preparations, though the buns are most often steaming, steamed. They are a variation of ...

(steamed Chinese buns), sometimes used in Malaysia * Palestinian Affairs Unit, former name of the United States government office in Jerusalem managing Palestinian relations * Power of Africans Unity, a South African political party {{dab, geo