KIR, Kir or kir may refer to:

Biology

  • Inward-rectifier potassium channel K<sub>ir</sub>
  • Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, a receptor protein expressed on the surface of natural killer cells and some T-cells

Bodies of water

  • Kir (river), in northern Albania
  • Kir Lake, near Dijon, France

People

  • Kir Fard, Armenian nobleman of the 12th–13th centuries
  • Kir Nesis (1934–2003), Russian biologist
  • Kir Bulychev, Russian writer
  • Félix Kir (1876–1968), priest in the French Resistance
  • Kir, a character in Detective Conan

Places

  • Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific (ISO code: KIR)
  • Kir of Moab, biblical stronghold
  • Land of Kir, biblical location

Transport

  • Katihar Junction railway station, Bihar; station code KIR
  • Kerry Airport, Ireland (IATA code: KIR)
  • Kirkby railway station, Merseyside, England; National Rail station code KIR

Other

  • Kir (cocktail), alcoholic beverage
  • Kyrgyz language (ISO code: kir)
  • Krajowa Izba Rozliczeniowa, an automated clearing house in Poland

See also

  • Kirs (disambiguation)
  • Kyr