Geo- is a prefix derived from the Greek word ''γη'' or ''γαια'', meaning "earth", usually in the sense of "ground or land”. GEO or Geo may also refer to:

Arts, entertainment, and media

* ''GEO'' (magazine), a popular scientific magazine * Geo, a fictional character on the Nick Jr. television show, ''

Team Umizoomi ''Team Umizoomi'' is an American live-action and computer-animated musical children's television series with an emphasis on mathematical concepts, such as counting, sequences, shapes, patterns, measurements, and equalities. Neither imperial no ...

'' *Geo City, a fictional city in the videogame '' Raw Danger'' * Geo Stelar, the protagonist in ''Mega Man Star Force'' *

Geo TV Geo Television Network is a television channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the Jang Media Group. The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October ...

, a pay television channel in Pakistan * Neo Geo, a video game system or Computer Gaming System.

Brands and enterprises

Geo (automobile) Geo was a marque of small cars and SUVs marketed by General Motors as a subdivision of its Chevrolet division from 1989 to 1997. Formed by GM to compete with the growing small import market of the mid 1980s, the Geo nameplate continued through ...

, a defunct brand of entry-level cars produced by General Motors *

GEO Group The GEO Group, Inc. (GEO) is a publicly traded C corporation that invests in private prisons and mental health facilities in North America, Australia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida, the company' ...

, a prison corporation

Computing and science

Geo (microformat) Geo is a microformat used for marking up WGS84 geographical coordinates (latitude; longitude) in (X)HTML. Although termed a "draft" specification, this is a formality, and the format is stable and in widespread use; not least as a sub-set of ...

, a microformat for marking up geographical coordinates in (X)HTML *

Gene Expression Omnibus Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) is a database for gene expression profiling and RNA methylation profiling managed by the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). These high-throughput screening genomics data are derived from microarra ...

, or GEO, a National Center for Biotechnology Information database for gene expression *

GEO 600 GEO600 is a gravitational wave detector located near Sarstedt, a town 20 km to the south of Hanover, Germany. It is designed and operated by scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Max Planck Institute of Quantum Opt ...

, a detector for gravitational radiation *

Geo URI The geo URI scheme is a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) scheme defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force's RFC 5870 (published 8 June 2010) as: a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) for geographic locations using the 'geo' scheme name. A ' ...

, an IETF proposed standard for making URIs for physical locations * Geosynchronous Equatorial Orbit, an orbit used for satellites that remain at a fixed position above the ground

Groups and organizations

* General Education Officer, the basic rank of teachers of the Ministry of Education in Singapore *

Group on Earth Observations The Group on Earth Observations (GEO) coordinates international efforts to build a Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). It links existing and planned Earth observation systems and supports the development of new ones in cases of p ...

, an intergovernmental organization * ''

Grupo Especial de Operaciones The Grupo Especial de Operaciones (GEO, ; '' en, Special Group of Operations'', GEO), is the police tactical unit of Spain's National Police Corps. The GEO has response capabilities and is responsible for VIP protection duties, as well as counter ...

'', a special SWAT division of the Spanish police

People

Geo Bogza Geo Bogza (; born Gheorghe Bogza; February 6, 1908 – September 14, 1993) was a Romanian avant-garde theorist, poet, and journalist, known for his left-wing and communist political convictions. As a young man in the interwar period, he was known ...

, Romanian poet and essayist *

Geo Dumitrescu Geo Dumitrescu (born Gheorghe Dumitrescu; May 17, 1920 – September 28, 2004) was a Romanian poet and translator. Born in Bucharest, his parents were Vasile Oprea (who changed his name to Vasile Dumitrescu), a craftsman and owner of a small s ...

, Romanian poet * George (given name), commonly abbreviated Geo. *

Christian Geo Heltboe Christian Geo Heltboe (born 12 August 1975, in Aalborg) is a Danish comedian. He is best known under his middle name Geo. Biography Geo debuted in 1996 as a comedian at Café Abbey Square home town of Aalborg. Geo has studied English at the Aal ...

, Danish comedian known by his middle name

Places

Geo (landscape) A geo or gio ( , from Old Norse gjá) is an inlet, a gully or a narrow and deep cleft in the face of a cliff. Geos are common on the coastline of the Shetland and Orkney islands. They are created by the wave driven erosion of cliffs along fault ...

, a creek (inlet) or gulley in the Orkney and Shetland Islands * GEO, the IOC country code and three letter country code for Georgia (country), in Eurasia * GEO, the IATA code for

Cheddi Jagan International Airport Cheddi Jagan International Airport , formerly Timehri International Airport, is the primary airport of Guyana. The airport is located on the right bank of the Demerara River in the city of Timehri, south of Guyana's capital, Georgetown. It is ...

Estadio Casas GEO A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...