Pao or PAO may refer to:
Fiction Pao-chan, a character from the Japanese magical girl anime television series, Ojamajo Doremi 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 Bruno Pao (1931–2025), Estonian maritime historian and writer 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 Ellen Pao, American lawyer and former Reddit executive Yue-Kong Pao, Hong Kong businessman Pao language (disambiguation)
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, 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 Pierre Auger Observatory Polyalphaolefin, a type of polyolefin made from alpha-olefin monomer(s) Polyphosphate-accumulating organism
Other uses Pao (袍), an element of Han Chinese clothing Pão de queijo, a Brazilian cheesy bread A fairy chess piece 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
See also
Pau (disambiguation) Pav (disambiguation) Bao (disambiguation)