# Sao

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**SAO** or **Sao** may refer to:

## Places

- [Sao civilisation](/source/Sao_civilisation), in Middle Africa from 6th century BC to 16th century AD
- Sao, a town in [Boussé Department](/source/Bouss%C3%A9_Department), Burkina Faso
- [Serb Autonomous Regions](/source/Serb_Autonomous_Regions) (*Srpska autonomna oblast*, SAO), during the breakup of Yugoslavia

## Science and technology

- [Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory](/source/Smithsonian_Astrophysical_Observatory) of the Smithsonian Institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. - [Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory Star Catalog](/source/Smithsonian_Astrophysical_Observatory_Star_Catalog), which assigns SAO catalogue entries
- [Special Astrophysical Observatory of the Russian Academy of Science](/source/Special_Astrophysical_Observatory_of_the_Russian_Academy_of_Science) (SAO RAS)
- [Session-At-Once](/source/Session-At-Once), a recording mode for optical discs

## Transportation

- [Saco Transportation Center](/source/Saco_Transportation_Center), a train station in Saco, Maine, U.S., station code SAO
- Sahel Aviation Service, Mali, [ICAO airline code](/source/List_of_airline_codes_(S)) SAO
- Airports in Greater São Paulo, Brazil, [IATA airport code](/source/IATA_airport_code#History_and_conventions) SAO

## People

- [Ligi Sao](/source/Ligi_Sao) (born 1992), a Samoan rugby league player
- [Ron Sao](/source/Ron_Sao), Western Australian politician

## Other uses

- [Sao (moon)](/source/Sao_(moon)), a satellite of Neptune
- [Sao (mythology)](/source/Sao_(mythology)), a sea nymph in Greek mythology
- Sao, or [Thao language](/source/Thao_language), of the Thao people in central Taiwan
- Sao (စဝ်), an honorific in [Burmese names](/source/Burmese_names)
- [SAO (biscuit)](/source/SAO_(biscuit)), an Australian savoury cracker
- [Chad national football team](/source/Chad_national_football_team), nicknamed Les Sao
- [Security Advisory Opinion](/source/Security_Advisory_Opinion), a U.S. visa decision-making process
- [Specified Associated Organisation](/source/Specified_Associated_Organisation), of the British Liberal Democrats
- *[Sword Art Online](/source/Sword_Art_Online)*, a Japanese light novel series, and manga, anime, film and video game adaptations
- *[Sao hirsuta](/source/Sao_hirsuta)*, a species of trilobite

## See also

- [Sau (disambiguation)](/source/Sau_(disambiguation))
- [Sao Sao Sao](/source/Sao_Sao_Sao), a Thai pop music trio
- [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo), the largest city in Brazil
- [São Tomé and Príncipe](/source/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe), a country

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