Gau

Look up gau, Gau, gấu, or GAU in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Gau or GAU may refer to:

Places

• Gäu, name of the South German loess landscapes
• Gau (territory), German term for a shire (regional administration)
• Gäu (Baden-Württemberg), a region in the southwest German state of Baden-Württemberg
• Gäu District, district of Solothurn, Switzerland
• Gau Island, an island in Fiji
• Gaū, Iran, a village in Sistan and Baluchestan Province
• Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport (GAU) in Guwahati, Assam, India by IATA code

Military

• A series of US aircraft guns:
  • GAU-7 cannon
  • GAU-8 Avenger
  • GAU-12 Equalizer
  • GAU-13
  • GAU-19
  • M2 Browning machine gun, different versions known as GAU-10/A, GAU-15/A, GAU-16/A, GAU-18/A or GAU-21/A
  • M61 Vulcan, also known as GAU-4/A
  • Minigun, also known as GAU-2/a or GAU-17/A

Schools

• University of Göttingen (German: Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)
• Girne American University, a university in Northern Cyprus

Fictional characters

• Gau (Final Fantasy VI), a character in Final Fantasy VI
• Gau Meguro, a character in the manga Nabari no Ou

Other uses

• Franz Christian Gau (born 1790), German architect and archæologist
• Gau, a Cantonese vulgar word
• Gau (grape), another name for the French wine grape Gouais blanc
  • Enfariné noir, another French wine grape that is also known as Gau
• General Assistance Unemployable a Washington State unemployment program
• Saint Gaugericus (Gau, Géry)

See also

• Gau Mata, a sacred cow in Hinduism