Miao may refer to: *

Miao people Miao is a word that the Chinese use to designate some ethnic minority groups living in southern China and Mainland Southeast Asia. Miao is thus officially recognized by the Chinese government as one of the largest ethnic minority groups that h ...

, linguistically and culturally related group of people, recognized as such by the government of the People's Republic of China * Miao script or

Pollard script The Pollard script, also known as Pollard Miao () or Miao, is an abugida loosely based on the Latin alphabet and invented by Methodist missionary Sam Pollard. Pollard invented the script for use with A-Hmao, one of several Miao languages spoke ...

, writing system used for Miao languages *

Miao (Unicode block) Miao is a Unicode block containing characters of the Pollard script, used for writing the Hmong Daw and A-Hmao language The A-Hmao (or Ahmao) language, also known as Large Flowery Miao ( zh, 大花苗, p=Dà Huā Miáo), Hua Miao, or Northeast ...

, a block of Unicode characters of the Pollard script * '' Miào'' (庙), a

Chinese temple Chinese temple architecture refer to a type of structures used as place of worship of Chinese Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism, or Chinese folk religion, where people revere ethnic Chinese gods and ancestors. They can be classified as: * '' mi� ...

Miáo (surname) Miáo (苗) is a Chinese language surname. In 2013 it was counted as the 157th most common surname with 1 million people sharing the name or 0.075% of the total population, the province with the largest population of people with the name is Henan. ...

, a Chinese surname written 苗 *

Miào (surname) Miào () is a Chinese surname. Notable people

* Miao Boying (缪伯英; 1899–1929), Chinese teacher, writer and revolutionary who became the first woman to join the Communist Party * Cora Miao (繆騫人; born 1958), Hong Kong actress * Miao ...

, a Chinese surname written 繆 * Miao, Chongming County (庙镇), town in

Chongming District Chongming District () is the northernmost district of the provincial-level municipality of Shanghai. Chongming consists of three low-lying inhabited alluvial islands at the mouth of the Yangtze north of the Shanghai peninsula: Chongming, Cha ...

, Shanghai, China *

Miao, Changlang Miao is a sub-division in the Changlang district in the state of Arunachal Pradesh, India. It is located about 25 km from the Assam border. It is one of the 60 constituencies of Arunachal. Geography and climate Miao is located at . Miao ...

, town in Arunachal Pradesh, India *

Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao The Roman Catholic Diocese of Miao () is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Guwahati. It is located in Miao in India. It was created on 7 December 2005, by splitting it from the Diocese of Dibrugarh. Its first bishop is George Palli ...

, in India * " Mr. Miao", a short story by Pu Songling * '' Miao...'', 1998 album by Candy Lo

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