Bo or BO may refer to

Arts and entertainment

Box office A box office or ticket office is a place where ticket (admission), tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a Wicket gate, wicket. ...

, where tickets to an event are sold, and by extension, the amount of business a production receives *'' BA:BO'', 2008 South Korean film * ''Bo'' (film), a Belgian film starring Ella-June Henrard and directed by Hans Herbots * Bo (instrument), a Chinese cymbal * Bo, a Greek rapper *'' Bō: Path of the Teal Lotus'', a platform game *'' Call of Duty: Black Ops'', a first-person shooter video game *'' Blood Omen: Legacy of Kain'', first in the ''Legacy of Kain'' video game series

People

* Bo (given name), name origin, plus a list of people and fictional characters with the name or nickname * Bo (surname), name origin, plus a list of people with the surname ** Bo (Chinese surname), Chinese family names ** Bő (genus), Hungarian medieval noble clan * Bø (disambiguation), which includes several people with the surname *

Bo people (China) The Bo people () are an ancient extinct people from the Yunnan and Sichuan provinces of Southwestern China. They are famous for their hanging coffins. They were one of the various now extinct peoples from Southern China known collectively in Chi ...

, a nearly extinct minority population in Southern China *Bo people of Laos, see List of ethnic groups in Laos * Bo people (Andaman), a recently extinct group in the Andaman Islands

Places

Bő Bő is a village in Sárvár District of Vas County, Hungary, with a population of 679 (2004), covering an area of .népesség.com, "Bő népessége"' References External links Official websiteStreet map Populated places in Vas County ...

, Hungary, a village * Bø (disambiguation), various places in Norway * Bo, Chanthaburi, Thailand *

Bo, Hòa Bình Bo is a town and the capital of the Kim Bôi District of Hòa Bình Province, in the northwestern region of Vietnam Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast As ...

, Vietnam *

Bo, Sierra Leone Bo, also commonly referred to as Bo Town, is the second largest city in Sierra Leone by population (after Freetown) and the largest city in the Southern Province, Sierra Leone, Southern Province. Bo is the capital and administration (government), ...

, a city * Bo, Yaba, Burkina Faso * Le Bô, a commune in the Calvados departement, France *

Palazzo Bo The Bo Palace ( Italian: Palazzo del Bo) is the historical seat of University of Padua since 1493, It is still home to the Rectorate and the School of Law. It is also home to the oldest anatomical theatre An anatomical theatre (Latin: ) was a ...

, or "Il Bo", the historic seat of the University of Padua in Italy *Bo (, ''Bó''), the original capital of Tang of Shang, who founded China's Shang Dynasty; its location is disputed. Two strong candidates are

Yanshi Shang City Yanshi District () is a District (China), district in the prefecture-level city of Luoyang in western Henan province of China, province, China. Yanshi lies on the Luo River (Henan), Luo River and is the easternmost county-level division of Luoyang ...

and

Zhengzhou Shang City The Zhengzhou Shang City () is an archaeological site of the Bronze Age Erligang culture in Zhengzhou, Henan, China. Studies give it 4 chronological phases from 1630 to 1400 BC. The excavation of the site is of great importance in understandi ...

Religion

*Bo or Bodhi Tree *

Bo (parsha) Bo (—in Hebrew, the command form of "go," or "come," and the first significant word in the parashah, in Exodus 10:1) is the fifteenth weekly Torah portion (, ''parashah'') in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the third in the boo ...

, fifteenth weekly Torah reading

Science and mathematics

Biology and medicine

Bacterial overgrowth Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), also termed bacterial overgrowth, or small bowel bacterial overgrowth syndrome (SBBOS), is a disorder of excessive bacterial growth in the small intestine. Unlike the colon (or large bowel), which is r ...

, a medical disorder of malabsorption *

Bowel obstruction Bowel obstruction, also known as intestinal obstruction, is a mechanical or Ileus, functional obstruction of the Gastrointestinal tract#Lower gastrointestinal tract, intestines which prevents the normal movement of the products of digestion. Ei ...

Bronchiolitis obliterans Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), also known as obliterative bronchiolitis, constrictive bronchiolitis and popcorn lung, is a disease that results in obstruction of the smallest airways of the lungs (bronchioles) due to inflammation. Symptoms inclu ...

* BO strain of the ''

Caenorhabditis elegans ''Caenorhabditis elegans'' () is a free-living transparent nematode about 1 mm in length that lives in temperate soil environments. It is the type species of its genus. The name is a Hybrid word, blend of the Greek ''caeno-'' (recent), ''r ...

'' var. ''Bergerac'' model worm * ''

Ficus religiosa ''Ficus religiosa'' or sacred fig is a species of fig native to the Indian subcontinent and Indochina that belongs to Moraceae, the fig or mulberry family. It is also known as the bodhi tree, bo tree, peepul tree, peepal tree, pipala tree or ...

'', a.k.a. Bo-Tree, a species of Asian fig

Mathematics, chemistry and physics

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Codes

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

(ISO 3166-1 country code) ** .bo, Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for Bolivia *

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

, obsolete NATO and FIPS country codes *

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad was the oldest railroads in North America, oldest railroad in the United States and the first steam engine, steam-operated common carrier. Construction of the line began in 1828, and it operated as B&O from 1830 ...

(reporting mark BO) * Bouraq Indonesia Airlines (IATA airline code BO) *BO, UIC classification for the railroad locomotive wheel arrangement

0-4-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four coupled wheels, all of which are driven. The wheels on the earliest four-coupled locomotives were ...

, in the Whyte notation * "bo",

Standard Tibetan Lhasa Tibetan or Standard Tibetan is a standardized dialect of Tibetan spoken by the people of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibetan Autonomous Region. It is an official language of the Tibet Autonomous Region. In the traditional "three-branched" ...

ISO 639-1 language code

BO

Body odor Body odor or body odour (BO) is present in all animals and its intensity can be influenced by many factors (behavioral patterns, survival strategies). Body odor has a strong genetic basis, but can also be strongly influenced by various factors, ...

or B.O. * Back Orifice, remote administration software * Barrel of Oil, sometimes used in place of ''bbl'' *

Beneficial owner Beneficial may refer to: Organizations * Beneficial Corporation, a consumer finance company founded in 1914 that was ultimately bought by HSBC Corporation ** Beneficial Loan Society, the former name of Beneficial Corporation ** Beneficial Finance, ...

, in property law *

Biarritz Olympique Biarritz Olympique Pays Basque (; ), usually known simply as Biarritz, is a French professional rugby union team based in the Iparralde, Basque city of Biarritz in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pyrénées-Atlantiques department of Nouvelle-Aquitaine ...

, a French rugby union club * Business Objects (company), an enterprise software company

Other uses

* Bō, or east Asian quarterstaff, a staff weapon used in the martial art Bōjutsu * Bo (title), a Chinese title typically translated as "count" * Bō, a Japanese honorific suffix * Bó (bank), a banking brand in the United Kingdom * Bo (dog) (2008–2021), a pet belonging to U.S. President Barack Obama *

Bojagi A bojagi (, sometimes shortened to ) is a traditional Korean wrapping cloth. Bojagi are typically square and can be made from a variety of materials, though silk or ramie are common. Embroidered bojagi are known as subo, while patchwork or scrap ...

or ''bo'', a Korean wrapping cloth * Bo School, a secondary school in Bo, Sierra Leone *

Bo language (disambiguation) Bo language can refer to: *Bo language (Laos) (Maleng) *Bo language (India) (Aka-Bo) *Bo language (New Guinea) *Bo language (Mali) (Bomu) *Bankon language Bankon (Abo, Abaw, Bo, Bon) is a Bantu language spoken in the Moungo department of the ...