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Arts and entertainment

* Rao, a star of
Krypton Krypton (from 'the hidden one') is a chemical element; it has symbol (chemistry), symbol Kr and atomic number 36. It is a colorless, odorless noble gas that occurs in trace element, trace amounts in the Earth's atmosphere, atmosphere and is of ...
in various comics * Rao, a Greyhawk deity in ''Dungeons & Dragons: World of Greyhawk'' * ''Raō'', the Japanese name for
Raoh is a fictional character in the manga series ''Fist of the North Star'' created by Buronson and Tetsuo Hara. He is the eldest of four honorary brothers (including the protagonist Kenshiro) who trained in the ancient assassination art of H ...
, in ''Fist of the North Star'' * Ramji Rao, in Indian films including ''
Ramji Rao Speaking ''Ramji Rao Speaking'' is a 1989 Indian Malayalam-language comedy-thriller film written and directed by the duo Siddique–Lal (in their directorial debut) and produced by Fazil, Swargachitra Appachan, and Ousepachan Vaalakuzhy. It stars Sai ...
'', 1989


People

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Rao (Indian surname) Rao is a title and a surname native to India. It is used mostly in states of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, and Telangana. As a surname Notable people with this surname or title include the following: Pre- ...
, including a list of people with the name *
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 ...
, including a list of people with the name


Places

* Rao, West Sumatra, Indonesia *
Råö Råö is a locality in Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, ...
, Kungsbacka Municipality, Halland County, Sweden * Rao, Senegal ** Rao Arrondissement *
Rao Prefecture Raozhou or Rao Prefecture (饒州) was a '' zhou'' (prefecture) in imperial China centering on modern Poyang County, Jiangxi, China in northeastern Jiangxi at the southeastern shore of the Poyang Lake. In the Yuan, Ming and Qing The ...
, in imperial China


Science and technology

* ''Rao'' (wasp), a genus of insects in the family Platygastridae *
Recent African origin of modern humans The recent African origin of modern humans or the "Out of Africa" theory (OOA) is the most widely accepted paleoanthropology, paleo-anthropological model of the geographic origin and Early human migrations, early migration of early modern h ...
(RAO), a paleoanthropological theory *
Recurrent airway obstruction Recurrent airway obstruction, also known as broken wind, heaves, wind-broke horse, or sometimes by the term usually reserved for humans, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or disorder (COPD) – it is a respiratory disease or chronic conditio ...
(RAO), a respiratory disease in horses *
Response amplitude operator Response may refer to: *Call and response (music), musical structure * Reaction (disambiguation) * Request–response **Output or response, the result of telecommunications input * Response (liturgy), a line answering a versicle * Response (music ...
(RAO), an engineering statistic in ship design


Other uses

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Rao (title) Rai is a historical title of royalty and nobility in the Indian subcontinent used by rulers and chieftains of many princely states. It is derived from ''Raja'' (king). The Marathi/Telugu variant Rai was used as a substitute to King. When Babur ...
, or Rai *
Rao language Rao is a Ramu language of western Madang Province, Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea, officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an island country in Oceania that comprises the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and offs ...
, in Papua New Guinea *
Rawa people The Rawa people, also known as Rao or Rau in the Minangkabau language, are an ethnic group originating in Southeast Asia. Many Rawas migrated to Peninsular Malaysia during the 19th century. History It is uncertain whether the Rawas belong to th ...
, an ethnic group in Southeast Asia *
Rao's Rao's () is an Italian-American cuisine, Italian-American restaurant founded in 1896. It is located at 455 East 114th Street, on the corner of Pleasant Avenue in East Harlem (or Italian Harlem), New York City. Rao's has a sister restaurant in Los ...
, an Italian restaurant in New York City, U.S. *
Leite Lopes Airport Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport is an airport serving Ribeirão Preto, Brazil. Since December 11, 1956 it is named after José Leite Lopes (1918–2006), a Brazilian scientist. It is operated by Rede Voa. History Dr. Leite Lopes State Airport w ...
, Brazil, IATA code RAO


See also

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Rai (disambiguation) (), commercially styled as since 2000 and known until 1954 as (RAI), is the national public broadcasting company of Italy, owned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance. RAI operates many terrestrial and subscription television channels and ...
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Ray (disambiguation) Ray or RAY may refer to: Fish * Ray (fish), any cartilaginous fish of the superorder Batoidea * Ray (fish fin anatomy), the bony or horny spine on ray-finned fish Science and mathematics * Half-line (geometry) or ray, half of a line split at ...
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Rau (disambiguation) Rau is a town in India. Rau or RAU may also refer to: People *Rau (surname), includes a list of people with the surname Places * RAU, the IOC code for the now defunct United Arab Republic (''République arabe unie'') * Rau (Tanzanian ward), Kilim ...
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Cramér–Rao bound In estimation theory and statistics, the Cramér–Rao bound (CRB) relates to estimation of a deterministic (fixed, though unknown) parameter. The result is named in honor of Harald Cramér and Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao, but has also been d ...
, a statistical concept *
Rao–Blackwell theorem In statistics, the Rao–Blackwell theorem, sometimes referred to as the Rao–Blackwell–Kolmogorov theorem, is a result that characterizes the transformation of an arbitrarily crude estimator into an estimator that is optimal by the mean-squar ...
, a theorem in statistics {{disambiguation, geo