Maho may refer to:

Term

* Maho, tropical

hibiscus ''Hibiscus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the Malva, mallow family, Malvaceae. The genus is quite large, comprising List of Hibiscus species, several hundred species that are Native plant, native to warm temperate, Subtropics, subtropical ...

tree common throughout the

Caribbean The Caribbean ( , ; ; ; ) is a region in the middle of the Americas centered around the Caribbean Sea in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, mostly overlapping with the West Indies. Bordered by North America to the north, Central America ...

(thespesia populnea, Hibiscus elatus, or Hibiscus Tilaceus) * Maho, a

West Indian A West Indian is a native or inhabitant of the West Indies (the Antilles and the Lucayan Archipelago). According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' (''OED''), the term ''West Indian'' in 1597 described the indigenous inhabitants of the West In ...

Caribbean slang term for a man who spends too much time drinking beer and fishing on the beach * a

Pali Pāli (, IAST: pāl̤i) is a Classical languages of India, classical Middle Indo-Aryan languages, Middle Indo-Aryan language of the Indian subcontinent. It is widely studied because it is the language of the Buddhist ''Pali Canon, Pāli Can ...

noun for a singular religious festival, the nominative singular of maha * Maho or Manusia homo (English: Gay man), an Indonesian derogatory term for

homosexuality Homosexuality is romantic attraction, sexual attraction, or Human sexual activity, sexual behavior between people of the same sex or gender. As a sexual orientation, homosexuality is "an enduring pattern of emotional, romantic, and/or sexu ...

* A Finnish adjective meaning unable to bear children, sterile.

Geography

* Maho Beach, a beach in Sint Maarten * Maho, Sri Lanka, a town in North Western Province * Maho, Eritrea, a town in

Eritrea Eritrea, officially the State of Eritrea, is a country in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa, with its capital and largest city being Asmara. It is bordered by Ethiopia in the Eritrea–Ethiopia border, south, Sudan in the west, and Dj ...

* Maho Bay, a beach in

Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands Saint John (; ) is one of the Virgin Islands in the Caribbean Sea and a constituent Districts and sub-districts of the United States Virgin Islands, district of the United States Virgin Islands (USVI), an unincorporated territory of ...

People

Maho is a feminine Japanese given name. Typical

kanji are logographic Chinese characters, adapted from Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script, used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese and are ...

spellings include 真帆, 麻帆 and 真穂, though there may be others. It also sometimes rendered in

hiragana is a Japanese language, Japanese syllabary, part of the Japanese writing system, along with ''katakana'' as well as ''kanji''. It is a phonetic lettering system. The word ''hiragana'' means "common" or "plain" kana (originally also "easy", ...

: まほ and less often in

katakana is a Japanese syllabary, one component of the Japanese writing system along with hiragana, kanji and in some cases the Latin script (known as rōmaji). The word ''katakana'' means "fragmentary kana", as the katakana characters are derived fr ...

:　マホ. * (born 2000), Japanese professional footballer * (born 1976), Japanese long and triple jumper * (born 2002), Japanese women's professional shogi player * (born 1987), Japanese announcer and news anchor * (born 1993), Japanese idol and voice actress * (born 1998), Japanese professional footballer * (born 1980), Japanese actress known for ''2LDK'' *, Japanese field hockey player *, Japanese women's footballer *, Japanese actress, voice actress, and singer * (born 1967), Japanese actress and model Fictional characters: *

Maho Kazami is a 2002 science fiction and romantic comedy anime television series directed by Yasunori Ide, written by Yōsuke Kuroda, and produced by Bandai Visual. It was later adapted into a manga and light novel and centers on a group of friends ...

, a sister of the protagonist of Onegai Teacher * Maho Minami, a character from ''BECK'' *Maho, a character from ''

Doki Doki Majo Shinpan is a video game developed by SNK Playmore for Nintendo DS. The player assumes the role of a junior high school student who is asked by an angel to locate a witch that has snuck into his school. In order to find the witch, he must search the sus ...

'' *Maho, (Himeko Katagiri), a character from ''

Pani Poni Dash , also known by the title of its anime adaptation, , is a Japanese manga series by Hekiru Hikawa that uses parody, frequently referencing Japanese and American pop-culture in many ways. It mainly follows child prodigy Rebecca Miyamoto, an MIT ...

'' *Maho, a character from ''

Mushi-shi is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Yuki Urushibara. It was serialized in Kodansha's manga magazine ' from 1999 to 2002, and in ''Monthly Afternoon'' from December 2002 to August 2008. The individual chapters were ...

'', episode 3 ("Tender Horns" or "Yawarakai Tsuno") *Maho, a character in ''

Kare Kano is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masami Tsuda. It was serialized in ''LaLa'' from 1995 to 2005 and collected in 21 ''tankōbon'' volumes by Hakusensha. It depicts the romance between "perfect" student Yukino Miyazawa a ...

'' *Maho Hiyajo, a character in the visual novel ''

Steins;Gate 0 ''Steins;Gate 0'' is a 2015 visual novel video game developed by 5pb. It is part of the ''Science Adventure'' series, and is set in the period of the 2009 game ''Steins;Gate''. It was released by 5pb. in Japan for the PlayStation 3, PlayStatio ...

'' *Maho Nishizumi, a character in ''

Girls und Panzer , abbreviated as ''GuP'' or ''Garupan'' , is a Japanese franchise created by Actas. It depicts a competition between girls' high schools practicing tank warfare as a sport. The series was directed by Tsutomu Miz ...

'' and its sequels *Maho Nosaka, a character in the film '' Battle Royale II: Requiem'' {{disambiguation, geo, given name Japanese feminine given names Feminine given names