Uru

Uru or URU may refer to:

Language

• Uru dialect of Central Kilimanjaro, a Bantu language of Tanzania
• Uru language, the extinct language of the Uros, an Amerindian people
• Urumi language, an extinct language of the Amazon region of Brazil
• URU (Sumerogram), a relatively distinctive sign in the cuneiform sign lists
• Urú, the addition of a preceding letter to indicate eclipsis in the Irish language; see Irish initial mutations § Eclipsis (urú)

Places

• Uruguay, IOC country code
• Üru, a village in Saare County, Estonia
• Uru, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
• Uru, São Paulo, a city in Brazil
• Uru Uru Lake, a lake south of the Bolivian town of Oruro
• Uru Harbour Airport, an airport on Malaita, Solomon Islands
• Uru River (Goiás), a river of central Brazil
• Uru River (Maranhão), a river of northeastern Brazil
• Uyu River, or Uru River, a river of Myanmar
• Rafael Urdaneta University, a university in Venezuela
• Uru Shimbwe, town in Tanzania

People

• Uru people, a group of pre-Incan people who live in Peru and Bolivia
• Henare Uru (1872–1929), New Zealand Maori politician
• Hopere Uru (1868–1921), New Zealand Maori politician
• Storm Uru (born 1985), New Zealand rower
• Uru (singer), a Japanese female singer.
• Black Uhuru, Reggae Musicians

Media

• Uttarakhand Residential University, a state university in Uttarakhand, India
• Uru (comics), the fictional metal in Marvel Comics, from which Thor's hammer Mjolnir is made
• Uru (The Lion King), a fictional lioness character
• Uru: Ages Beyond Myst, a 2003 computer game
  • Myst Online: Uru Live, a 2007 online version of the original game
• Uru (2017 film), a Tamil-language horror thriller film
• Uru (2023 film), a Malayalam-language drama film

Other

• Uru (boat), an ancient trading vessel
• Spot-winged wood quail, a bird from Latin America
• Mekanika Uru, a submachine gun
• Uruguayan Rugby Union

See also

• Uhuru (disambiguation)
• Urus (disambiguation)