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

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)