Kao

Kao may refer to:

Places

 * Käo, Saare County, Estonia, a village
 * Käo, Tartu County, Estonia, a village
 * 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
 * Kaō (painter) fl. early 15th century), Japanese painter
 * R. N. Kao (1918–2002), Indian spymaster, first chief of India's external intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing

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

 * Kao language
 * Kaō, a stylized signature or a mark used in place of a signature in China and Japan
 * Kao Corporation, a Japanese chemical and cosmetics company
 * Kaō (era), a Japanese era name
 * Kao (film), a 2000 film by Junji Sakamoto
 * Kuusamo Airport, Finland, IATA airport code
 * the title character of the videogames Kao the Kangaroo, Kao the Kangaroo: Round 2 and Kao Challengers