Kaw or KAW may refer to:

Mythology

Kaw (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 *

Johnny Kaw Johnny Kaw is a fictional Kansas settler and the subject of a number of Paul Bunyan-esque tall tales about the settling of the territory. The legend of Johnny Kaw was created in 1955 by George Filinger, a professor of horticulture at Kansas St ...

, mythical settler of Kansas, US *

Kaw (character) ''The Chronicles of Prydain'' is a five part series of children's high fantasy coming-of-age novels written by American author Lloyd Alexander and published by Henry Holt and Company. The series includes: ''The Book of Three'' (1964), '' The Blac ...

, in ''The Chronicles of Prydain''

Name

Kaw (surname) Kashmiri livelihood, kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of Kashmiri cultural anthropology. Hindu Kashmiris and Muslim Kashmiris living in the Kashmir Valley of Jammu and Kashmir region of India, Pakistan and China are from the ...

Ethnic groups

Kaw people The Kaw Nation (or Kanza or Kansa) is a federally recognized Native American tribe in Oklahoma and parts of Kansas. The Kaw people historically lived in the central Midwestern United States. They have also been called the "People of the Sou ...

, a Native American tribe *

Akha people The Akha are an ethnic group who live in small villages at higher elevations in the mountains of Thailand, Myanmar, Laos and Yunnan Province in China. They made their way from China into Southeast Asia during the early 20th century. Civil war in ...

, also known by the exonym Kaw or Ekaw/Ikaw, an ethnic group in southern China, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos *

Mpi people The Mpi people, officially called Kaw (Umpi) () are an ethnic group of Thailand. Their population is limited to the villages of Ban Dong in Phrae province and Sakoen in Nan and numbered at 1,287 according to surveys in 2017. The groups were fir ...

, also known as Kaw, an ethnic group in Thailand

Places

Kaw, French Guiana Kaw or Caux (meaning marsh in French language, French) is a village in the communes of France, commune of Régina, in north-east French Guiana, situated on the banks of Approuague river. This is also a very swampy area. Overview The name Cô, Cau ...

, a town *

Kaw City, Oklahoma Kaw City is a city in eastern Kay County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 325 as of the 2020 United States census. Kaw City was named for the Kanza Indians, called ''the Kaw'' by locals. History In 1902, the original Kaw City was ...

, US *

Kaw Lake Kaw Lake is a reservoir completed in 1976 in the northern reaches of the U.S. state of Oklahoma, near Kaw City which is located on a hill overlooking the lake. The lake is approximately east of Ponca City.

, Oklahoma, US *

Kansas River The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a meandering river in northeastern Kansas in the United States. It is potentially the southwestern most part of the Missouri River drainage, which is sometimes in turn the northwesternmost portion of ...

, US, known as Kaw

Other uses

* ''Kaw'' (film), 2007 *

Kawthaung Airport Kawthaung Airport (; ) is an airport in Kawthaung, Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is ...

, Burma, by IATA code * Kick Ass Wrestling, former name of

Memphis Championship Wrestling Memphis Championship Wrestling (MCW) was a professional wrestling promotion run by Terry Golden, based in Memphis, Tennessee. The promotion's first event was on February 20, 2000, and it remained active until mid-2001. It was employed as a World ...

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