Kao

Kao may refer to:


 * Kao, a Japanese term for face.
 * Kaō (花押), a stylized signature or a mark used in place of a signature in China and Japan
 * Kao (crater), a crater on the Moon.
 * Kaō (era), a Japanese era name
 * Kao (film), a film by Michiyo Okusu
 * Kao (island) an island from an extinct volcano in Tonga
 * Kao (surname), an alternative romanization of the Chinese family name Gao.
 * Kao Airport south of Tobelo on Halmahera Island, North Maluku, Indonesia
 * Kao Corporation, Japanese chemical and cosmetics company
 * Kao the Kangaroo, videogame character
 * A knee strike used in muay thai


 * Places:
 * Kao, Indonesia
 * Kao, Lesotho
 * Kao, Niger
 * Kao, Togo


 * People:
 * Kao (musician), Kaoru's alternative name
 * Kao (painter), 15th Century Japanese painter.
 * Nicholas Kao Se Tseien (1897-2007), Catholic priest, supercentenarian
 * Ping-Tse Kao (1888-1970), Taiwanese astronomer, after whom the crater is named
 * R. N. Kao (1918-2002), Founder Director of Research and Analysis Wing (RAW)

KAO may refer to:
 * Kappa Alpha Theta, used when the character theta is not available
 * Kuiper Airborne Observatory
 * Keith-Albee-Orpheum, abbreviated KAO or K-A-O, owners of a chain of vaudeville and motion picture theatres
 * Kuusamo Airport, Finland (IATA airport code)
 * Communist Workers Organisation (Netherlands)
 * Korea Astronomy & Space Science Institute

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