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SAO or Sao may refer to:
Places
edit- Sao civilisation, in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD
- Sao, a town in Boussé Department, Burkina Faso
- Saco Transportation Center (station code SAO), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S.
- SAO, the ICAO airline designator for Sahel Aviation Service, Mali
- SAO, the IATA airport code for airports in the São Paulo metropolitan area, Brazil
- Serb Autonomous Regions during the breakup of Yugoslavia
- São Paulo, the largest city in Brazil
Science
edit- 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)
Entertainment
edit- Sword Art Online, a Japanese light novel series
- Sword Art Online (2012 TV series), an anime adaptation of the light novels
- The titular game within the series.
- Sao Sao Sao, a Thai pop music trio
Other uses
edit- Sao (mythology), a nereid (sea nymph) in Greek mythology
- Sáo, a Vietnamese flute
- Sao (moon), a satellite of Neptune
- Sao, or Thao language, of the Thao people in central Taiwan
- São, the Portuguese word for saint
- Sao (စဝ်), an honorific used in Burmese names
- SAO (biscuit), an Australian cracker biscuit
- Chad national football team, nicknamed Sao
- Ligi Sao (born 1992), a New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Session-At-Once, a recording mode for optical discs
- Security Advisory Opinion, a U.S. visa decision-making process
- Specified Associated Organisation, an organization of members of the British Liberal Democrats
- São Tomé and Príncipe
- Sao or Súper Almacén Olímpica, the biggest format by Olímpica.