Mao could refer to:

• Mao Zedong, (Mao Tse-Tung in Wade-Giles) leader of the Communist Party of China from 1935 to 1976.
• Maoism, an ideology derived from Mao Zedong's teachings
• MAΘ, Mu Alpha Theta National Mathematics Honor Society
• Mao (game), a card game
• Mao (god), the Lunar deity of Persian mythology
• monoamine oxidase
• methylaluminoxane
• The pinyin transcription for 貓, the Chinese for "cat".

Mao is the name of some cities: Mao Zedong (December 26, 1893 – September 9, 1976; Mao Tse-Tung in Wade-Giles) was the chairman of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China from 1943 and the chairman of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1945 until his death. ... Wade-Giles, sometimes abbreviated Wade, is a Romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration) system for the Chinese language based on Mandarin. ... Communist Party of China flag The Communist Party of China (Simplified Chinese: 中国共产党; Traditional Chinese: 中國共産黨; pinyin: ) is the ruling party of the Peoples Republic of China. ... 1935 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1976 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Maoism or Mao Tse-tung Thought (Chinese: 毛泽东思想, pinyin: Máo Zédōng Sīxiǎng), is a variant of Marxism-Leninism derived from the teachings of Mao Zedong (1893–1976). ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Mao (also sometimes called Chairman, Dictator, Maul or Maui or, in Mongolia, Mangarti) is a card game. ... A card game is any game using playing cards, either traditional or game-specific. ... Mao was the god of the moon in Persian mythology. ... In the study of mythology, a lunar deity is a god or goddess associated with or symbolizing the moon: see moon (mythology). ... The beliefs and practices of the culturally and linguistically related group of ancient peoples who inhabited the Iranian Plateau and its borderlands, as well as areas of Central Asia from the Black Sea to Khotan (modern Ho-tien, China), form Persian mythology. ... Monoamine oxidase Monoamine oxidases (singular abbreviation MAO) (EC 1. ... Methylaluminoxane, commonly called MAO, is a white solid with the general formula (-Al(CH3)O-)n. ... Pinyin (拼音, pīnyīn) literally means join (together) sounds (a less literal translation being phoneticize, spell or transcription) in Chinese and usually refers to Hànyǔ Pīnyīn (汉语拼音, literal meaning: Han language pinyin), which is a system of romanization (phonetic notation and transliteration to roman script) for Standard Mandarin. ... Trinomial name Felis silvestris catus Schreber, 1775 The cat, also called domestic cat or house cat, is a small feline carnivorous mammal. ...

• Mao, Chad
• Mao, Dominican Republic