Mao (disambiguation)

Mao Zedong (1893–1976) was the leader of the People's Republic of China between 1949 and 1976.

Mao, or MAO, may also refer to:

People and tribes

 * Mao (surname), a Chinese surname
 * Mao people (India), a Naga tribe in India

Acronyms

 * Manual analog override, see manual override
 * Maximum tolerable period of disruption, also known as maximum allowable/acceptable outage
 * Methylaluminoxane, a pyrophoric white solid
 * Molėtai Astronomical Observatory, Lithuania
 * Monoamine oxidase, a family of enzymes
 * Plasma electrolytic oxidation, also known as microarc oxidation

Codes

 * Eduardo Gomes International Airport (IATA: MAO), in Manaus, Brazil
 * Martins Heron railway station (National Rail code: MAO), in Berkshire, United Kingdom

Entertainment and media

 * Mao (card game), a card game
 * MAO (manga), a Japanese manga series
 * Maō (TV series), a Japanese television series
 * Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart, an American animated television series
 * Mao: The Unknown Story, a 2005 biography of Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong
 * Mao, a character in the anime series Endro!

Places

 * Mahón, also known as Maó, a city on the island of Minorca, Spain
 * Mäo (disambiguation), several places
 * Mao, Chad, a city in Chad
 * Mao County, in Sichuan, China
 * Santa Cruz de Mao, also known as Mao, a municipality of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic
 * Mao (Vidhan Sabha constituency), a legislative assembly constituency in Manipal state, India

Other uses

 * Mah or Mao, the Zoroastrianism's divinity of the moon
 * Mao (bird), a bird species Gymnomyza samoensis
 * Mao (currency), 1/10 of a Chinese yuan
 * Mao (restaurant chain), Asian-cuisine restaurant chain in Dublin, Ireland
 * Mao languages, a group of Omotic languages in western Ethiopia
 * Mão, nickname of Brazilian beach soccer goalkeeper, Jenílson Rodrigues
 * Ma‘o, a Hawaiian name for a species of cotton
 * Maō, a demon or devil in Japanese mythology, folklore, and fiction
 * Maotai, a brand of distilled Chinese liquor