Kuru may refer to:

Anthropology and history

Kuru (disease) Kuru was a rare, incurable, and fatal Neurological disorder, neurodegenerative disorder that was formerly common among the Fore people of Papua New Guinea. It is a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, prion disease which leads to tremors and ...

, 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 The ''Mahabharata'' is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India composed by Veda Vyasa. At its heart lies the epic struggle between the Pandavas and the Kauravas. The central characters include the five Pandava brothers—Yudhishthir ...

(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 The Kuru River, or Chel River is a stream in the South Sudanese states of Western Bahr el Ghazal and Northern Bahr el Ghazal. It is a headwater of the Lol River. Course The Kuru or Chel River forms in the south of Western Bahr el Ghazal on the bo ...

, a river in South Sudan *

Kuru, Finland Kuru is a former List of former municipalities of Finland, municipality of Finland, now part of the town of Ylöjärvi. Kuru is located in the provinces of Finland, province of Western Finland and is part of the Pirkanmaa regions of Finland, regi ...

, municipality * Kuru, Iran, a village in Isfahan province *

Kuru, Nigeria Kuru is located on the Jos Plateau in north-central Nigeria commonly referred as the Middle Belt, middle belt region of Nigeria. Located about 20 km to Jos on the Jos-Abuja highway in Plateau State. Kuru is a Conglomerate (geology), conglom ...

, a town in the middle belt * Kuru, Pakistan, a valley in Northern Pakistan *

Kuru, Ida-Viru County Kuru is a village in Alutaguse Parish, Ida-Viru County in northeastern Estonia Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west b ...

, 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

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

People

Ahmet Kuru Ahmet Kuru (born 23 April 1982) is a Turkish former professional association football, footballer who played as a striker (association football), striker. After coming through SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen's youth system, he played for SV Wer ...

(born 1982), Turkish footballer *

Bartoloměj Kuru Bartoloměj Kuru (born 6 April 1987) is an Austrian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for SC Maria Lanzendorf. Club career Kuru made his FK Austria debut at the age of 16 in 2002–03. He was primarily a reserve to Szabolcs Sáfár since th ...

(born 1987), Austrian footballer *

Büşra Kuru Büşra Kuru (born 24 October 2001) is a women's football midfielder who plays in the Turkish Super League for Beylerbeyi. and the Turkey women's national team. Born in Germany, she represents Turkey at the international level. Early life B� ...

(born 2001), German-born Turkish women's footballer * Taygun Kuru (born 1990), Turkish-German footballer *

Uğur Arslan Kuru Uğur Arslan Kuru (born 16 February 1989) is a Turkish football player who plays for TFF Second League The TFF 2. Lig (), currently referred to as Nesine 2. Lig for sponsorship reasons, is the third level in the Turkish football league syste ...

(born 1989), Turkish footballer * Kuruvilla Pandikattu (born 1957), Indian philosopher

Other uses

* Kuru (film), ''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

Anthropology and history

Places

Transport

People

Other uses

See also