Kuru

Kuru may refer to:

• Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people
• Kuru (mythology), part of Meitei mythology
• Kuru Kingdom, a powerful Indo-Aryan tribe and kingdom during the Vedic period (Early Iron Age)
• King Kuru (Vedic Hindu era), the imputed ancestral king of Indo-Aryan Kuru tribe
• Kuru (sport), a traditional Bhutanese sport
• Kuru, also called sintak, a traditional game of stones from the Philippines

• Kuru River, a river in South Sudan
• Kuru, Finland, municipality
• Kuru, Iran, a village in Isfahan province
• Kuru, Nigeria, a town in the middle belt
• Kuru, Pakistan, a valley in Northern Pakistan
• Kuru, Ida-Viru County, village in Alutaguse Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
• Kuru, Lääne-Viru County, village in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
• Kuru block, a community development block in Jharkhand, India
• Kuru, Lohardaga, a village in Jhankhand, India

• , an Australian patrol boat operational between 1938 and 1943
• SS Kuru, a Finnish lake steamer

• Ahmet Kuru (born 1982), Turkish footballer
• Bartoloměj Kuru (born 1987), Austrian footballer
• Büşra Kuru (born 2001), German-born Turkish women's footballer
• Taygun Kuru (born 1990), Turkish-German footballer
• Uğur Arslan Kuru (born 1989), Turkish footballer
• Kuruvilla Pandikattu (born 1957), Indian philosopher

• Kuru (film), a Japanese supernatural horror film
• KURU (FM), a radio station (89.1 FM) licensed to serve Silver City, New Mexico, United States
• Kuru kulla, a genus dromaeosaurid theropod

• Kourou (disambiguation)
• Kurus (disambiguation)
• Kuru Kuru (disambiguation)
• Kurukshetra (disambiguation), Kuru (ancient Indian tribe) + kshetra (region), city and historical region in India
• Kurultai, a political and military council of ancient Mongol and Turkic chiefs and khans