Kao

Kao may refer to:

Places

 * Kao, Indonesia, a town
 * Kao, Lesotho, a community council
 * Kao, Niger, a village and rural commune
 * Kao, Togo, a village
 * Kao (island), Tonga
 * Kao (crater), a lunar crater

People

 * Gao (surname), sometimes romanized as Kao, including a list of Chinese people with the surname Kao
 * Kao Kim Hourn (born 1966), Cambodian government official and Secretary-General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
 * R. N. Kao (1918–2002), Indian spymaster, first chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing
 * King Kao of Zhou (died 426 BC), 31st king of the Chinese Zhou dynasty
 * Kaō (painter), Japanese painter Kaō Ninga (fl. early 14th century)

Acronym

 * Kuiper Airborne Observatory
 * Keith-Albee-Orpheum, abbreviated KAO or K-A-O, owners of an American chain of vaudeville and motion picture theatres
 * Communist Workers Organisation (Netherlands) (Kommunistische Arbeidersorganisatie)

Other uses

 * Huaya, romanized as Kaō, stylized signatures or marks used in East Asian cultures in place of a true signature
 * Kaō (era), a Japanese era name
 * Kao Corporation, a Japanese chemical and cosmetics company
 * Kao language, of Indonesia
 * Kao (bull), a divine bull in Meitei mythology
 * Kao (film), a 2000 film by Junji Sakamoto
 * Kao the Kangaroo, a series of video games
 * Kuusamo Airport, Finland, IATA airport code