KIR

KIR, Kir or kir may refer to:

Biology

 * Inward-rectifier potassium channel Kir
 * Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, a receptor protein expressed on the surface of natural killer cells and some T-cells

Bodies of water

 * Kir (river), in northern Albania


 * Kir Lake, near Dijon, France

People

 * Kir Fard, Armenian nobleman of the 12th–13th centuries
 * Kir Nesis (1934–2003), Russian biologist
 * Kir Bulychev, Russian writer
 * Félix Kir (1876–1968), priest in the French Resistance
 * Kir, a character in Detective Conan

Places

 * Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific (ISO code: KIR)
 * Kir of Moab, biblical stronghold
 * Land of Kir, biblical location

Transport

 * Katihar Junction railway station, Bihar; station code KIR
 * Kerry Airport, Ireland (IATA code: KIR)
 * Kirkby railway station, Merseyside, England; National Rail station code KIR

Other

 * Kir (cocktail), alcoholic beverage
 * Kyrgyz language (ISO code: kir)
 * Krajowa Izba Rozliczeniowa, an automated clearing house in Poland