Mayo - Places, People's names

pop (2000e) 112 000; area 5398 km²/2084 sq mi. County in Connacht province, W Ireland; bounded N and W by the Atlantic Ocean; drained by R Moy (noted for salmon fishing); Achill I lies off W coast; Nephin Beg Range to the NW; capital, Castlebar; sheep and cattle farming, potatoes, oats; Knock, scene of apparition of Virgin Mary in 1879, major place of pilgrimage, served by new airport; Croagh Patrick, Ireland's holy mountain, scene of annual pilgrimage (Jul).

Mayo can refer to:

mayonnaise, sometimes abbreviated as mayo Mayo people, an Indigenous ethnic group who live in the states of Sinaloa and Sonora, Mexico Mayo language Mayo Clinic, a famous medical center in Rochester, Minnesota Mayo College, a prestigious secondary educational institution in Ajmer, Rajasthan, India Mayo (TV series), a TV series on BBC first broadcast in 2006

Places

County Mayo, a county in Ireland Mayo, County Mayo, a village in County Mayo, Ireland Mayo, Florida, a town in the U.S. state of Florida Mayo, Trinidad and Tobago, a town in Trinidad and Tobago Division of Mayo, an Australian Electoral Division in South Australia Mayo, Quebec, a town in Quebec, Canada Mayo, Yukon, a town in Yukon, Canada Mayo River, a number of rivers called Mayo

People's names

Arthur Mayo (1840 - 1920), recipient of the Victoria Cross Barry Mayo, a radio executive Charles Horace Mayo (1865 - 1939), a physician and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic Charles Herbert Mayo ((1845 - 1929), an antiquarian Elton Mayo (1880 - 1949), a psychologist and sociologist Helen Mayo (1878 - 1967), a women's health pioneer Iban Mayo (born 1977), a professional bicycle racer James Mayo (born 1975), a singer-songwriter from Nashville, Tennessee Manolito Tolentino Mayo (1955 - 1983), a Philippine artist OJ Mayo (born 1987), an American basketball player Steven Mayo (born 1960), the founder of Emissary International, a clinical research consulting company Simon Mayo (born 1958), a disc jockey Virginia Mayo (1920 - 2005), an American film actress Whitman Mayo (1930 - 2001), an American television actor William B.