Gau
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Gau may refer to:
- Gau, a Cantonese vulgar word
- Gau (country subdivision), German term for a shire (regional administration)
- Gau (grape), another name for the French wine grape Gouais blanc
- Gau, a character in Final Fantasy VI
- Gau Meguro, a character in the manga Nabari no Ou
- Gau IslandGau IslandGau is an island belonging to Fiji's Lomaiviti Archipelago. Located at 18.00° S and 179.30 °E, it covers an area of 136.1 square kilometers, with a total shoreline of 66.3 kilometers, making it the 5th largest island in the Fijian archipelago. Its maximum altitude is 738 meters...
, an island in Fiji - Gau Mata, a sacred cow in Hinduism
- General Assistance UnemployableGeneral Assistance UnemployableGeneral Assistance Unemployable is a social welfare program in Washington state that provides cash and medical benefits for persons who are physically and/or mentally incapacitated and unemployable for 90 days from the date of application...
a Washington State unemployment program - Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International AirportLokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International AirportLokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport , also known as Guwāhāti International Airport and formerly as Borjhar Airport, is the airport of Guwahati, Assam, India. The airport is managed by Airports Authority of India and also serves as Indian Air Force base...
in Guwahati, Assam, India (IATA code GAU) - Saint GaugericusGaugericusSaint Gaugericus, in French Saint Géry was a bishop of Cambrai. He was born to Roman parents, Gaudentius and Austadiola, at Eposium...
(Gau, Géry) - Gäu District, district of Solothurn, Switzerland
- Girne American UniversityGirne American UniversityGirne American University is located in Kyrenia, a city in the northern area of Cyprus. The university was founded in 1985 as an independent, non-profit institution of American-style higher education. Today, GAU is an international university with campuses in Cyprus, Singapore, UK and US.On-line...
, a university in Northern Cyprus - Gun, aircraft unit, a series of US aircraft guns:
- MinigunMinigunThe Minigun is a 7.62 mm, multi-barrel heavy machine gun with a high rate of fire , employing Gatling-style rotating barrels with an external power source...
, also known as GAU-2/a or GAU-17/A - M61 VulcanM61 VulcanThe M61 Vulcan is a hydraulically or pneumatically driven, six-barreled, air-cooled, electrically fired Gatling-style rotary cannon which fires 20 mm rounds at an extremely high rate. The M61 and its derivatives have been the principal cannon armament of United States military fixed-wing aircraft...
, also known as GAU-4/A - GAU-7 cannonGAU-7 cannonThe Ford-Philco GAU-7/A was an abortive program initiated by United States Air Force in the late 1960s to develop a new cannon to replace the M61 Vulcan on the then-upcoming F-15 Eagle. The GAU-7/A was a 25 mm Gatling gun using telescoped ammunition with a combustible case...
- GAU-8 AvengerGAU-8 AvengerThe General Electric GAU-8/A Avenger is a 30 mm, hydraulically-driven seven-barrel Gatling-type rotary cannon that is mounted on the United States Air Force's Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II. It is among the largest, heaviest and most powerful aircraft cannons in the United States military...
- M2 Browning machine gun, different versions known as GAU-10/A, GAU-15/A, GAU-16/A, GAU-18/A or GAU-21/A
- GAU-12 EqualizerGAU-12 EqualizerThe General Dynamics GAU-12/U Equalizer is a five-barrel 25 mm Gatling gun-style rotary cannon. The GAU-12/U is used by the United States, Italy and Spain, which mount the weapon in their fighter jets such as the AV-8B Harrier II, airborne gunships such as the Lockheed AC-130, and land-based...
- GAU-13
- GAU-19GAU-19The GECAL 50, officially designated by the United States military as the GAU-19/A, is an electrically driven Gatling gun that fires the .50 BMG cartridge...
- Minigun
- GAU, Größter Anzunehmender Unfall, German term used for nuclear accidents at approximately level 4 on the International Nuclear Event ScaleInternational Nuclear Event ScaleThe International Nuclear and Radiological Event Scale was introduced in 1990 by the International Atomic Energy Agency in order to enable prompt communication of safety significance information in case of nuclear accidents....
- Super-GAU, term applied to the most serious accidents, such as the Chernobyl disasterChernobyl disasterThe Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear accident that occurred on 26 April 1986 at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine , which was under the direct jurisdiction of the central authorities in Moscow...
- Super-GAU, term applied to the most serious accidents, such as the Chernobyl disaster
- "Galileo Astronomy Unclub"