• Mao (surname)
  Mao (surname)
  Mao is the romanization of several Chinese family names, including common names 毛 Máo, 茅 Māo and some rare names 茆 Máo, 卯 Máo, 貌 Mào etc.毛 originated from Ji , the clan name of Zhou Dynasty...
  
  , Chinese family names
• Mao (name)
  Mao (name)
  Mao Zedong , also known as "Chairman Mao", was the leader of the Communist Party of China from 1935 to 1976 and of the People's Republic of China from 1949 to 1976.Mao or MAO may also refer to:...
  
  
• Mao (people), one of the scheduled tribes of India
• Mao (languages), a group of Omotic languages in western Ethiopia
• Mao Naga
  Mao Naga
  The Maos are one of the major tribes constituting the Nagas, a group of tribes spread over the eastern most part of India and the western border region of Burma...
  
  , a Naga tribe in India
• Jiao (currency)
  Jiao (currency)
  Jiao , or Hou in Cantonese, is a unit of currency used in Greater China, including People's Republic of China , Republic of China , Hong Kong and Macao...
  
  , one tenth of a Chinese yuan
• Mao (bird)
  Mao (bird)
  The Mao is a passerine bird belonging to the genus Gymnomyza in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is an endangered species and is endemic to the Samoan Islands. Little is known about its feeding and breeding habits....
  
  , a bird species Gymnomyza samoensis
• Mah
  Mah
  ' or ' is the Avestan language word for both the moon and for the Zoroastrian divinity that presides over and is the hypostasis of the moon....
  
   or Mao, the Zoroastrianism's divinity of the moon
• Ma‘o, an Hawaiian name for a species of cotton

Places

• Mao, Chad
  Mao, Chad
  Mao is a city in Chad, the capital of the Kanem Region and of the department also named Kanem.As in other Chadian regions, Mao is ruled by both a traditional Sultan and by central government officials...
  
  , a city in Chad
• Mao County
  Mao County
  Mao County is a county in Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China.It has an area of 3,903 and a population of 106,700 as of 2006. 88.9% of the population are Qiang people...
  
  , in Sichuan, China
• Santa Cruz de Mao
  Santa Cruz de Mao
  The Dominican city of Santa Cruz de Mao, or simply Mao, is the head municipality of the Valverde province, in the northwest of the country....
  
  , also known as Mao, a municipality of the Valverde province in the Dominican Republic
• Mahon
  Mahon
  Mahón is a municipality and the capital city of the Balearic Island of Minorca , located in the eastern part of the island. Mahon has the second deepest natural harbor in the world: 5 km long and up to 900m. wide...
  
  , also known as Maó, a city on the island of Minorca, Spain

Acronyms

• Monoamine oxidase
  Monoamine oxidase
  L-Monoamine oxidases are a family of enzymes that catalyze the oxidation of monoamines. They are found bound to the outer membrane of mitochondria in most cell types in the body. The enzyme was originally discovered by Mary Bernheim in the liver and was named tyramine oxidase...
  
  
• Methylaluminoxane
  Methylaluminoxane
  Methylaluminoxane, commonly called MAO, is a white solid with the general formula n.-Physical properties:MAO is pyrophoric, and is violently reactive with any chemical bearing an acidic proton. However, MAO is generally used as a solution in an hydrocarbon due to its relatively high solubility in...
  
  
• Eduardo Gomes International Airport
  Eduardo Gomes International Airport
  Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes-Manaus International Airport , is the main airport serving Manaus, Brazil. It is named after the Brazilian politician and military figure Air Marshall Eduardo Gomes ....
  
   in Manaus, Brazil (IATA code)
• Plasma electrolytic oxidation
  Plasma electrolytic oxidation
  Plasma electrolytic oxidation , also known as microarc oxidation , is an electrochemical surface treatment process for generating oxide coatings on metals. It is similar to anodizing, but it employs higher potentials, so that discharges occur and the resulting plasma modifies the structure of the...
  
  , also known as "Micro Arc Oxidation"
• Molėtai Astronomical Observatory
  Moletai Astronomical Observatory
  The Molėtai Astronomical Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy of Lithuania...
  
  , Lithuania
• Maximum tolerable period of disruption
  Maximum Tolerable Period of Disruption
  Maximum tolerable period of disruption is the maximum amount of time that an enterprise's key products or services can be unavailable or undeliverable after an event that causes disruption to operations, before its stakeholders perceive unacceptable consequences.- Definition :The BSI Group...
  
  , also known as maximum allowable/acceptable outage (MAO), a concept in disaster recovery and business continuity planning
• Mu Alpha Theta
  Mu Alpha Theta
  Mu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...
  
   or MAΘ, Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honor Society

Entertainment and media

• Mao, vocalist from the Japanese Visual Kei band Sid (band)
  Sid (band)
  is a Japanese visual kei rock band signed on to Sony Records.-Background:Sid was founded in 2003 by vocalist Mao and bassist Aki . They were quickly joined by two support members, guitarist Shinji and drummer Yuuya...
  
  
• Mao (card game), a card game