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Chao or similar-sounding câo, cháo, cháo, čhao, chau, ciao, jao, may refer to:
Chile[edit]
- Cerro Chao, a lava flow in Chile
China[edit]
- Chao, an alternative spelling of Zhao (surname) (趙/赵); an alternative pronunciation of Cao (Chinese surname) and Cao (state)
- Chao, an alternative spelling of Zhou (surname) (周); a common last name in Macau
- Chao (晁), a Chinese surname
- Chao (currency) (鈔), the banknote used in Mongol Yuan Dynasty in China
- Chao Lake
- Chao (state)
- Chao method, a way of indicating Chinese tones devised by Yuen Ren Chao
- Chǎo technique (炒), a Chinese stir frying technique
Italy[edit]
- Ciao, an Italian greeting
Japan[edit]
- Ciao (magazine), a manga magazine published in Japan by Shogakukan
Peru[edit]
- Chao, Virú, town in the Peruvian province of Viru
- Chao District, district in the Peruvian province of Viru, 15 km from the Pacific coast and 65 km south of Trujillo city on the Pan American Highway
Portugal[edit]
- Ilhéu Chão, a small islet within the Desertas Islands in the Madeira archipelago
Thailand[edit]
- Chao, čhao, câo, jao lord
- as used in Thai royal and noble titles
- in Chao Phraya River
Vietnam[edit]
- Cháo, the Vietnamese version of congee or rice porridge or Grits
- Chào, a Vietnamese greeting of saying hello
- Châu, a continent, or the like; huddle together
- Sip Song Chau Tai, "Twelve Provinces of the Dai" Chinese
People[edit]
- Elaine Chao, United States Secretary of Transportation and the first Asian American female appointed to the United States Cabinet
- Liu Chao (footballer) (born 1987), Chinese footballer
- Manu Chao, French Latin singer of Spanish origin
- Ramón Chao, Galician writer, father of Manu Chao
- Roger Chao, Australian explorer and mountain climber
- Rosalind Chao, Chinese American actress born in Anaheim, California
- Cecil Chao, Hong Kong entrepreneur
- Mark Chao, Taiwanese actor, singer and model
- Yuen Ren Chao, Chinese linguist
- Zoë Chao, American actress and writer
Other[edit]
- The Sacred Chao, a symbol of the Discordian religion
- Chao (Sonic), small creatures in the Sonic the Hedgehog universe
See also[edit]
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