SAO or Sao may refer to:

Places Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso Serb Autonomous Regions (Srpska autonomna oblast, SAO), during the breakup of Yugoslavia

Science and technology Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory of the Smithsonian Institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog, which assigns SAO catalogue entries Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science (SAO RAS) Session-At-Once, a recording mode for optical discs

Transportation Saco Transportation Center, a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S., station code SAO Sahel Aviation Service, Mali, ICAO airline code SAO Airports in Greater São Paulo, Brazil, IATA airport code SAO

People

Ligi Sao (born 1992), a Samoan rugby league player Ron Sao, Western Australian politician

Other uses Sao (moon), a satellite of Neptune Sao (mythology), a sea nymph in Greek mythology Sao, or Thao language, of the Thao people in central Taiwan Sao (စဝ်), an honorific in Burmese names SAO (biscuit), an Australian savoury cracker Chad national football team, nicknamed Les Sao Security Advisory Opinion, a U.S. visa decision-making process Specified Associated Organisation, of the British Liberal Democrats Sword Art Online, a Japanese light novel series, and manga, anime, film and video game adaptations Sao hirsuta, a species of trilobite

See also

Sau (disambiguation) Sao Sao Sao, a Thai pop music trio São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil São Tomé and Príncipe, a country