Sao
# Sao

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
* 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
