# Gau

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**Gau** or **GAU** may refer to:

## People

- [Gaugericus](/source/Gaugericus) (c. 550–626), Bishop of Cambrai
- [Gau Ming-Ho](/source/Gau_Ming-Ho) (born 1949), Taiwanese mountaineer
- [Franz Christian Gau](/source/Franz_Christian_Gau) (1790–1854), German architect and archaeologist
- [James Gau](/source/James_Gau) (born 1957), Papua New Guinean politician
- [John Gau (producer)](/source/John_Gau_(producer)) (1940–2024), British television producer
- [Michael Gau](/source/Michael_Gau), Taiwanese politician
- [Susan Shur-Fen Gau](/source/Susan_Shur-Fen_Gau) (born 1962), Taiwanese psychiatrist

## Places

- [Gäu](/source/G%C3%A4u), name of the South German loess landscapes
- [*Gau* (territory)](/source/Gau_(territory)), German term for a shire (regional administration)
- An [Administrative division of Nazi Germany](/source/Administrative_division_of_Nazi_Germany)
- [Gäu (Baden-Württemberg)](/source/G%C3%A4u_(Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg)), a region in the southwest German state of Baden-Württemberg
- [Gaū, Iran](/source/Ga%C5%AB,_Iran), a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
- [Gäu District](/source/G%C3%A4u_District), district of Solothurn, Switzerland
- [Gau Island](/source/Gau_Island), an island in Fiji
- [Gau Airport](/source/Gau_Airport)
- [Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport](/source/Lokpriya_Gopinath_Bordoloi_International_Airport) (IATA code: GAU), in Guwahati, Assam, India

## Schools

- [Georgetown American University](/source/Georgetown_American_University), in Guyana
- [Girne American University](/source/Girne_American_University), in Northern Cyprus
- [Gujarat Ayurved University](/source/Gujarat_Ayurved_University), in India
- [University of Göttingen](/source/University_of_G%C3%B6ttingen) (German: **Georg-August-Universität Göttingen**), in Germany

## Other uses

- [Gau (*Final Fantasy VI*)](/source/Gau_(Final_Fantasy_VI)), a character in *Final Fantasy VI*
- GAU, a codon for the amino acid [aspartic acid](/source/Aspartic_acid)
- [Gouais blanc](/source/Gouais_blanc), a French wine grape
- [Enfariné noir](/source/Enfarin%C3%A9_noir), a French wine grape
- [General Assistance Unemployable](/source/General_Assistance_Unemployable), a Washington state unemployment program
- Kondekor, a variety of the [Ollari language](/source/Ollari_language) with ISO 639-3 code *gau*
- Gau, a [Cantonese vulgar word](/source/Cantonese_profanity#Gau)
- *[Glavnoe Artilleriyskoe Upravlenie](/source/Glavnoe_Artilleriyskoe_Upravlenie)* (literally, Main artillery directorate), a division of the Russian military that played a significant role in the [history of radar](/source/History_of_radar#Radio-location_beginnings)

## See also

- [Gau Mata](/source/Gau_Mata), sacred cows in Hinduism

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