Ho
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Ho, HO, or variations, may refer to:
As an abbreviation, symbol, or acronym:
- Ho, Denmark, a town
- Ho, GhanaHo, GhanaHo is a town in southeast Ghana and is the capital of the Volta Region. It lies between Mount Adaklu and Mount Galenukui , and is home to a museum, a cathedral and a large prison...
, a town - Ho (kana)Ho (kana)ほ, in hiragana, or ホ in katakana, is one of the Japanese kana, each of which represents one mora. Both are made in four strokes and both represent . In the Sakhalin dialect of the Ainu language, ホ can be written as small ㇹ to represent a final h sound after an o sound .-Stroke order:...
, Japanese kana - Ho languageHo languageHo is a Munda language of the Austroasiatic language family spoken primarily in India by about 3,803,126 people. It is written with the Devanagari and the Varang Kshiti scripts. It is spoken by the Ho people. 0.103% of India's Population speaks this language as per the 2001 census.The Script was...
, spoken primarily in India - Ho peopleHo peopleThe Ho people are a tribe of people belonging to the Indian state of Jharkhand.They are the fourth most numerous scheduled tribe Jharkhand after Santals, Oraons, and Mundas, and constitute around 10.5 percent of the total population in the state, numbering 7,087,068 in the 2001 census...
, primarily in the Indian state of Jharkhand - Ho, Ho, HoHo, Ho, HoHo, Ho, Ho is an album of Christmas music by American drag queen and singer RuPaul, released on October 28, 1997 by Rhino Records.-Album information:...
, 1997 album of Christmas music released by drag queen, singer and actor RuPaul - Ho Man TinHo Man TinHo Man Tin is a mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong, part of the Kowloon City District.-History:The original area of Ho Man Tin was quite different from the present-day one. It was located in the heart of nowaday Mong Kok. With cultivated lands,...
, or Ho Mun Tin, mostly residential area in Kowloon, Hong Kong - A surname:
- Hồ (surname)Hồ (surname)Hồ is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as Hu in Chinese and Ho in Korean.Ho is the anglicized variation of the surname Hồ...
, Vietnamese surname - He (surname), Chinese surname
- Hồ (surname)
- Ho Chi MinhHo Chi MinhHồ Chí Minh , born Nguyễn Sinh Cung and also known as Nguyễn Ái Quốc, was a Vietnamese Marxist-Leninist revolutionary leader who was prime minister and president of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam...
, communist revolutionary of Vietnam- Ho Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh CityHo Chi Minh City , formerly named Saigon is the largest city in Vietnam...
, largest city in Vietnam (previously called Saigon) - Ho Chi Minh trailHo Chi Minh trailThe Ho Chi Minh trail was a logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam to the Republic of Vietnam through the neighboring kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia...
, logistical system that ran from the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) to the Republic of Vietnam through the neighboring countries of Laos and Cambodia
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Don HoDon HoDonald Tai Loy "Don" Ho was a Hawaiian and traditional pop musician, singer and entertainer.-Life and career:Ho, of Chinese, Hawaiian, Portuguese, Dutch, and German descent, was born in the small Honolulu neighborhood of Kakaako, but he grew up in Kāneohe on the windward side of the island of Oahu...
, Hawaiian pop singer and entertainer - Godfrey HoGodfrey HoGodfrey Ho is a former Hong Kong-based prolific film director and screenwriter, sometimes considered the Ed Wood of Hong Kong cinema. Ho is believed to having directed more than one hundred films, including over 80 movies from 1980 to 1990, but only one film since 1995, apparently retiring from...
, filmmaker
As an abbreviation, symbol, or acronym:
- HandelsorganisationHandelsorganisationThe Handelsorganisation was a national retail business owned by the central administration of the Soviet Zone of occupation in Germany and from 1949 on by the state of the German Democratic Republic. It was created in 1948...
, a former state-owned retail business of the German Democratic RepublicGerman Democratic RepublicThe German Democratic Republic , informally called East Germany by West Germany and other countries, was a socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany, including East Berlin of the Allied-occupied capital city... - HolmiumHolmiumHolmium is a chemical element with the symbol Ho and atomic number 67. Part of the lanthanide series, holmium is a rare earth element. Its oxide was first isolated from rare earth ores in 1878 and the element was named after the city of Stockholm....
, chemical element - Hydroxyl radicalHydroxyl radicalThe hydroxyl radical, •OH, is the neutral form of the hydroxide ion . Hydroxyl radicals are highly reactive and consequently short-lived; however, they form an important part of radical chemistry. Most notably hydroxyl radicals are produced from the decomposition of hydroperoxides or, in...
, molecule of one hydrogen and one oxygen atom - Heating oilHeating oilHeating oil, or oil heat, is a low viscosity, flammable liquid petroleum product used as a fuel for furnaces or boilers in buildings. Home heating oil is often abbreviated as HHO...
, heating oil trading symbol on NYMEX - Heterotopic ossificationHeterotopic ossificationHeterotopic ossification is the process by which bone tissue forms outside of the skeleton.-Diagnosis:During the early stage, an x-ray will not be helpful because there is no calcium in the matrix...
, in medicine - Antinea AirlinesAntinea AirlinesAntinea Airlines was a passenger and cargo airline based in Algiers Houari Boumedienne Airport, Algeria that was founded in June 1999. The airline was merged into Khalifa Airways in 2001, and the company ceased to exist in 2003.- External links :*...
, IATA airline designator - Book of HoseaBook of HoseaThe Book of Hosea is one of the books of the Hebrew Bible. It stands first in order among what are known as the twelve Minor Prophets.-Background and Content:...
, in the Hebrew Bible - Harmonic oscillatorHarmonic oscillatorIn classical mechanics, a harmonic oscillator is a system that, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force, F, proportional to the displacement, x: \vec F = -k \vec x \, where k is a positive constant....
, in physics - Heckscher-Ohlin theoremHeckscher-Ohlin theoremThe Heckscher–Ohlin theorem is one of the four critical theorems of the Heckscher–Ohlin model. It states that a country will export goods that use its abundant factors intensively, and import goods that use its scarce factors intensively...
, in economics - Head OfficeHead OfficeHead Office is a 1985 American comedy film, produced by HBO Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners. It stars Judge Reinhold, Eddie Albert, Lori-Nan Engler, Jane Seymour, Richard Masur, Michael O'Donoghue, Ron Frazier, Merritt Butrick and was directed and written by Ken...
, also Headquarters or HQ - H0 scale, in model railroads, slot cars
- Holy OrdersHoly OrdersThe term Holy Orders is used by many Christian churches to refer to ordination or to those individuals ordained for a special role or ministry....
- Ho'ProstitutionProstitution is the act or practice of providing sexual services to another person in return for payment. The person who receives payment for sexual services is called a prostitute and the person who receives such services is known by a multitude of terms, including a "john". Prostitution is one of...
, abbreviation of 'whore' [vulgar] - Hiri Motu languageHiri Motu languageHiri Motu, is an official language of Papua New Guinea. It is a simplified version of Motu and although it is strictly neither a pidgin nor a creole it possesses some features of both language types...
(ISO 639-1 language code)
See also
- Hoe (disambiguation)
- HoHosHoHosHo Hos are semi-cylindrical, frosted, cream-filled cakes that are made by the Hostess company and are distributed in the United States. These cream filled chocolate cakes have a pinwheel design based on the Swiss Roll...
, brand of snack cake - Hoo (disambiguation)
- Westward Ho (disambiguation), which has various meanings