Sao Explained

SAO or Sao may refer to:

Places

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.

See also

• • • Sau (disambiguation)