Ao, Estonia

Ao is a village in Väike-Maarja Parish, Lääne-Viru County, in northeastern Estonia.

Name

Ao was attested in historical sources as Hackeueyde in 1536, Hackeweide in 1559, and Ao in 1732. The name comes from the noun (genitive: ) 'stick, twig, small branch'.

Notable people

Notable people that were born or lived in Ao include the following:

• Friedrich Robert Faehlmann (1798–1850), philologist and physician, born in Ao Manor

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