Cao or CAO may refer to:

Mythology

Cao (bull) Kao (Meitei language, Meitei pronunciation: /káo/) is a legendary Bull (mythology), divine bull captured by Khuman Khamba in Meitei mythology and Meitei folklore, folklore of ancient Moirang realm. It appears in the legend of ''Kao Phaba'' ( ...

, a legendary bull in

Meitei mythology Meitei mythology (or Manipuri mythology) () is a collection of myths, belonging to the religious and cultural traditions of the Meitei people, the predominant ethnic group of Manipur. It is associated with traditional Meitei religion of Sanam ...

Companies or organizations

* Air China Cargo, ICAO airline designator CAO * CA Oradea, Romanian football club * CA Osasuna, Spanish football club * Canadian Association of Optometrists * Canadian Association of Orthodontists * Central Allocation Office, cross border electricity transmission capacity auction office * Central Applications Office, Irish organisation that oversees college applications * Civil Aviation Office of Poland * Iran Civil Aviation Organization *Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the United States House of Representatives * Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman, accountability arm of the World Bank *Council for Adult Education, later Centre for Adult Education, in Victoria, Australia

Job titles

*Chief Academic Officer of a University, often titled the Provost * Chief accounting officer of a company * Chief administrative officer of a company *

Chief analytics officer Chief analytics officer (CAO) is a job title for the senior manager responsible for the analysis of data within an organization, such as a listed company or an educational institution. The CAO often reports to the chief executive officer. This p ...

of a company * Compliance Advisor/Ombudsman, an independent office that reviews complaints

Names

Cao (Chinese surname) Cáo is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname (''Cáo''). It is listed 26th in the Song dynasty, Song-era ''Hundred Family Surnames'' poem. Cao is romanized as "Tsao" in Wade-Giles (Ts'ao), which is widely adopted in Taiwan, although the ...

(曹) * Cao (Vietnamese surname)

People

* Cao (footballer, born 1968), Portuguese footballer *

Cao Cao Cao Cao (; ; ; 15 March 220), courtesy name Mengde, was a Chinese statesman, warlord, and poet who rose to power during the end of the Han dynasty (), ultimately taking effective control of the Han central government. He laid the foundation f ...

(died 220), founder of Cao Wei, China * Cao Hamburger (born 1962), Brazilian director, screenwriter and producer *

Cao Pi Cao Pi () (late 187 – 29 June 226), courtesy name Zihuan, was the first emperor of the state of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period of China. He was the second son of Cao Cao, a warlord who lived in the late Eastern Han dynasty, but the ...

(c.187–226), emperor of Cao Wei, China * Cao Yu (1910–1996), Chinese playwright * Cao Yupeng (born 1990), Chinese snooker player * Carlos Alberto Caó (1941–2018), Brazilian activist, lawyer, and politician *

Diogo Cão Diogo Cão (; – 1486), also known as Diogo Cam, was a Portuguese mariner and one of the most notable explorers of the fifteenth century. He made two voyages along the west coast of Africa in the 1480s, exploring the Congo River and the coasts ...

, a 15th-century Portuguese explorer * Joseph Cao (born 1967), United States politician * Lady of Cao, a Moche mummy, Peru * Longbing Cao (born 1969), data scientist

Places

* Cao (state), a Chinese vassal state of the Zhou Dynasty (1046 - 221 BCE) * Cao County, Shandong, China *

Cao Wei Wei () was one of the major Dynasties in Chinese history, dynastic states in China during the Three Kingdoms period. The state was established in 220 by Cao Pi based upon the foundations laid by his father Cao Cao during the end of the Han dy ...

, also called Wei, one of the regimes that competed for control of China during the Three Kingdoms period (220 - 280 CE)

Other uses

*CaO, the chemical symbol for calcium oxide *''

Cão! ''Cão!'' was the first studio album by Portuguese rock music, rock band Ornatos Violeta, released on 15 September 1997 by Polygram. Three Single (music), singles were released from this album: "Punk Moda Funk", "A Dama do Sinal" and "Mata-me Outra ...

'', an album by Portuguese band Ornatos Violeta * CA Osasuna, a Spanish sport club *a Child Arrangement Order under English family law * Chlorophyllide-a oxygenase, an enzyme * Cold air outbreak, an intense and/or prolonged cold weather wave of air *Controller Access Object, as described in the ORiN robot interface {{disambiguation