Kuru

Kuru may refer to:

Anthropology and history

 * 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

Places

 * 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

Transport

 * HMAS Kuru, an Australian patrol boat operational between 1938 and 1943
 * S/S Kuru, a Finnish lake steamer

People

 * 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

Other uses

 * 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