Pao or PAO may refer to:

Fiction

* Pao-chan, a character from the Japanese magical girl anime television series, ''

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'' * Pao, setting of '' The Languages of Pao'', a science fiction novel by Jack Vance * Pao, a Rebel commando in the film '' Rogue One: A Star Wars Story''

People

* Pao Ching-yen (also spelled Bao Jingyan), a Chinese anarchist philosopher who presumably lived in the early fourth century C.E. * Yih-Ho Michael Pao, an American entrepreneur and hydro-engineer * Pa'O people, an ethnic group in Burma * Pao language (disambiguation) * Ellen Pao, American lawyer and former Reddit executive * Yue-Kong Pao, Hong Kong businessman

Places

* Barangay Pao, an administrative division of Manaoag, Pangasinan * PAO, the IATA airport code for Palo Alto Airport, Santa Clara County * Pao River, a tributary of the Chi River in northeast Thailand * Pao, Trakan Phuet Phon, Ubon Ratchathani Province, Thailand * Pão de Açúcar, Alagoas, a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Alagoas * Paoli station, an Amtrak and SEPTA train station in Paoli, Pennsylvania (Amtrak station code) * Sugarloaf Mountain, a mountain in Rio de Janeiro, ''Pão de Açúcar'' in Portuguese

Technology

* Process-Architecture-Optimization, the new 3-generation CPU manufacturing process replacing Intel's tick–tock model

Organizations

* PAO, the ICAO code for Polynesian Airlines * Panathinaikos A.O., a Greek multisport club * Panhellenic Liberation Organization, a Greek resistance organization against the Axis occupation of Greece. * Prince Alfred's Own, a historic name for the Cape Field Artillery * Public Affairs Office * ''

Ming Pao ''Ming Pao'' () is a Chinese-language newspaper published by Media Chinese International in Hong Kong. In the 1990s, ''Ming Pao'' established four overseas branches in North America; each provides independent reporting on local news and coll ...

'', a Chinese newspaper

Science

* Pao (genus), a genus of pufferfishes * Pao (unit), an obsolete unit of mass and (especially) dry measure in South Asia * Phased-array optics * Pheophorbide a oxygenase, an enzyme *

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, a type of polyolefin made from alpha-olefin monomer(s) * Polyphosphate-accumulating organism

Other uses

* Pao (袍), an element of

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* Pão de queijo, a Brazilian cheesy bread * A

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* Nissan Pao, an automobile *PeriAcetabular Osteotomy, a surgery used to correct a condition called hip dysplasia or acetabular dysplasia * Period-after-opening symbol found on cosmetics products * Public affairs (military) Officer, or PAO, within the U.S. military * Person-Action-Object (PAO), a technique often used in memory training and by memory athletes