Karo may refer to:
Ethnic groups
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Karo people (Ethiopia)
Karo (also Cherre, Kere, Kerre, Kara) is a South Omotic languages, Omotic language spoken in the Debub Omo Zone, Debub (South) Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia. Karo is described as being closely ...
, an ethnic group from Ethiopia
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Karo people (Indonesia)
The Karo (also known as Karo Batak) people are a people of the ''Tanah Karo'' (Karo lands) in North Sumatera, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The Karo lands consist of Karo Regency, plus neighboring areas in East Aceh Regency, Langkat Regency, Dairi Re ...
, the indigenous people of the Karo Plateau in North Sumatra
Languages
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Karo language (Brazil), a Tupian language
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Karo language (Ethiopia), an Omotic language
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Karo language (Nilotic), a Nilotic language of Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC
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Batak Karo language
Karo, referred to in Indonesia as Bahasa Karo (Karo language), is an Austronesian language that is spoken by the Karo people of Indonesia. It is used by around 600,000 people in North Sumatra. It is mainly spoken in Karo Regency, southern parts ...
, an Austronesian language of Sumatra, Indonesia
* The Kalo dialect of the Austronesian
Keapara language of Papua New Guinea
* The Karo dialect of the Papuan
Rawa language of Papua New Guinea
People
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Karo (name), a list of people with the given name or surname
Other uses
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Karo Regency
Karo Regency is a landlocked regency of North Sumatra Province of Indonesia, situated in the Barisan Mountains. The regency, which was established on 7 November 1956, covers an area of and according to the 2010 census it had a population of 350 ...
, a regency of North Sumatra, Indonesia
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KARO (98.7 FM) a radio station of Oregon, the United States
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Karō
were top-ranking samurai officials and advisors in service to the ''daimyōs'' of feudal Japan.
Overview
In the Edo period, the policy of ''sankin-kōtai'' (alternate attendance) required each ''daimyō'' to place a ''karō'' in Edo and anothe ...
, samurai officials and advisers of feudal Japan
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Karo-kari, term for honor killing in Pakistan
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Karo syrup, a US brand of corn syrup
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Karo (tree), small tree or shrub native to New Zealand, aka ''Pittosporum crassifolium''
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United States v. Karo'', 468 U.S. 705 (1984), a Supreme Court decision related to the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable search and seizure
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''Karo'' (film), a 1937 Armenian-language Soviet adventure-war film
* Protagonist of ''
My Queen Karo'', a 2009 Belgian film
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Karo (cigarette), a German brand of filterless cigarettes
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Eucalyptus brassiana, known as the Karo tree in Papua New Guinea
See also
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Caro (disambiguation)
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Garo (disambiguation)
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Karos (disambiguation)
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