Meru may refer to:

Geography

Kenya

Meru, Kenya Meru is a town in eastern Kenya. It is the headquarters of the Meru County, and the seventh largest urban centre in the country. Meru urban centre had a population of 80,191 residents during the 2019 census. Overview The town is located at 0.047 ...

, town in Meru County in the republic of Kenya *

Meru County Meru County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya located in the former Eastern Province. It borders Isiolo County to the north, Tharaka-Nithi County to the South, Nyeri County to the southwest and Laikipia County to the west. Meru County has a ...

, one of Kenya's 47 counties that was created by the 2009 merger of 3 districts: **

Meru Central District Meru County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya located in the former Eastern Province. It borders Isiolo County to the north, Tharaka-Nithi County to the South, Nyeri County to the southwest and Laikipia County to the west. Meru County has a p ...

Meru North District Meru North District was an unconstitutionally created district of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from Meru District, along with Meru Central District, Meru South District (Nithi), and Tharaka District. S ...

Meru South District Meru South District, also known as Nithi District, was an unconstitutionally created district of Kenya, located in the country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru Central District, Meru North Di ...

Meru National Park Meru National Park is a Kenyan national park located east of Meru, from Nairobi. Covering an area of , it is one best known national parks in Kenya. Rainfall in this area is abundant with in the west of the park and in the east. The rainfall ...

, a Kenyan wildlife park *

Meru District Meru District, officially the Meru District Council (''Wilaya ya Meru'', in Swahili language, Swahili) is one of seven Districts of Tanzania, districts of the Arusha Region of Tanzania.The District is bordered to the north by Longido District, to ...

, a former district of Kenya

Tanzania

, a district in Arusha Region, Tanzania * Meru, Tanzania, a village in northern Tanzania (

) *

Mount Meru (Tanzania) __NOTOC__ Mount Meru is a dormant stratovolcano located west of Kilimanjaro in southeast Arusha Region, Tanzania. At a height of , it is visible from Mount Kilimanjaro on a clear day, and is the fifth-highest of the highest mountain peaks of ...

, a volcano near Arusha in northern Tanzania

Other places

Mary, Turkmenistan Mary (; Cyrillic: Мары) is a city on an oasis in the Karakum Desert in Turkmenistan, located on the Murgab River. It was founded in 1884 about from the ruins of the ancient abandoned great city of Merv and was actually named Merv until 193 ...

, a city in the Karakum Desert, formerly named Meru *

Meru, Hazaribagh Meru is a census town in the Sadar, Hazaribagh CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location It is located at . Area overview Hazaribagh district is a plateau ...

, a small town in Jharkhand, India *

Meru, Malaysia Meru is a town in Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia and can be easily accessed via a 45-minute drive from Kuala Lumpur via the New Klang Valley Expressway and a 15-minute drive from Klang via Jalan Meru. Industry Meru is home to Top Glov ...

, a town in Klang, located in Selangor *

Meru, Western Australia Meru is a locality southeast of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Greater Geraldton The City of Greater Geraldton is a local government area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, north of the st ...

, a locality near Geraldton *

Méru Méru (; Latin: Matrius, Meruacum) is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Méru station has rail connections to Beauvais and Paris. Population See also * Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 680 ...

, a commune of the Oise ''département'' in France *

Meru Peak Meru Peak is a mountain located in the Garhwal Himalayas, in the state of Uttarakhand in India. The peak lies between Thalay Sagar and Shivling, and has some highly challenging routes. The name Meru likely originated from the Sanskrit word fo ...

, a mountain in the Indian Himalayas, not to be confused with Mount Meru (see the section Other uses below)

Entertainment

* ''Meru'' (film), a 2015 documentary about climbing Meru Peak * Prince Meru (''Sgt. Frog''), main character from the anime movie ''Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princess'' * Meru (''Legend of Dragoon''), a playable character from the video games ''The Legend of Dragoon''

People

Ethnic groups

Meru people The Meru or Amîîrú (including the Ngaa) are a Bantu ethnic group that inhabit the Meru region of Kenya. The region is situated on the fertile lands of the north and eastern slopes of Mount Kenya in the former Eastern Province. The word ...

, also known as Amîîrú, are a people of Kenya * Meru, another name for the Aboriginal Australian

Erawirung The Erawirung (Yirawirung, Jirawirung) people, also known as Yirau, Juju and other names, were an Aboriginal Australian people whose traditional territory was located in what is today the Riverland of South Australia. They consisted of sub-groups ...

people of South Australia *

Wameru The Meru (''Wameru'' in Swahili), also known as the ''Va-Rwa'' (''Rwa'' being the root word), are a Bantu ethnic group native to the slopes of Mount Meru in Arusha Region and Meru County in Kenya. The Meru people share the same name and ident ...

, Bantu for the Meru people of northern Tanzania

Individuals

Meru (overseer of sealers) Meru was an Ancient Egyptian official under king Mentuhotep II in the Eleventh dynasty of Egypt, Eleventh Dynasty, around 2000 BC. Meru was ''overseer of sealers'' at the royal court and therefore one of the highest state officials. Meru is mai ...

, an Ancient Egyptian official under king Mentuhotep II in the Eleventh Dynasty *

Vatsu Meru Vatsu Meru is a politician from Nagaland, India. In 2003 he was elected to the Nagaland Legislative Assembly of Nagaland, as the Naga People's Front candidate from the constituency Peren ( ST).Election Commission of India The Election Com ...

, politician from Nagaland, India

Organizations

Meru Networks Meru Networks was a supplier of wireless local area networks (WLANs) to healthcare, enterprise, hospitality, K-12 education, higher education, and other markets. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States, the com ...

, a supplier of wireless local area networks that was acquired by and integrated into Fortinet in 2015 *

Meru Cabs Meru Cabs is an Indian taxi-hailing company. Founded by Neeraj Gupta in 2006, the company is headquartered in Mumbai. Since 2019, the company has been owned by Mahindra Group. Meru provides mobility services to individuals as well as business ...

, a taxi aggregator company based in Mumbai, India. *

Maharishi European Research University Transcendental Meditation in education (also known as Consciousness-Based Education) is the application of the Transcendental Meditation technique in an educational setting or institution. These educational programs and institutions have been found ...

(MERU), a school that researches transcendental meditation **

MERU, Holland Kolleg St. Ludwig is a Maharishi European Research University (MERU) campus located in Vlodrop, The Netherlands. It was originally built in 1909, used as a Franciscan friary and boarding school and purchased by the Maharishi Foundation in 1984. T ...

, the current location in Vlodrop, Netherlands

Other uses

* ''Meru'' (beetle), a family of aquatic beetles *

Meru language Meru is a Bantu language spoken by the Meru people (''Ameru'') who live on the Eastern and Northern slopes of Mount Kenya and on the Nyambene ranges. They settled in this area after centuries of migration from the north. The Meru people are a ...

, the language spoken by the Meru people (''Ameru'') * Milli Earth Rate Unit, an angular velocity equal to 1/1000 of Earth's rotation rate; see

inertial navigation system An inertial navigation system (INS; also inertial guidance system, inertial instrument) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors (accelerometers), rotation sensors (gyroscopes) and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning th ...

* Maha Meru, a 3-dimensional

Sri Chakra The Sri Yantra, Shri Yantra, or Shri Chakra (Sanskrit: श्री यन्त्र, IAST: śrī yantra) is a form of mystical diagram (''yantra'') used in the Shri Vidya school of Hinduism. Comprising nine interlocking triangles, it embodies ...

Yantra *

Mount Meru Mount Meru (Sanskrit/Pali: मेरु)—also known as Sumeru, Sineru or Mahāmeru—is a sacred, five-peaked mountain present within Hindu, Jain and Buddhist cosmologies, revered as the centre of all physical, metaphysical and spiritua ...

, a mountain in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology *

Pelinggih meru A Meru tower, or pelinggih meru, is the principal shrine of a Balinese temple. It is a wooden, pagoda-like structure with a masonry base, a wooden chamber, and multi-tiered thatched roofs. The height of Meru towers represents the Hindu Mount Meru ...

, the multiple tiered roofs similar to pagoda in Balinese temple * An alternate (erroneous) name for

Mount Kailash Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; ; ; , ) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains) of the Transhimalaya, in the western part ...