# Maru

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'''Maru''' may refer to:

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==People==
* [Maru (given name)](/source/Maru_(given_name)), a Spanish given name, a shortened form of Maria Eugenia
* [Maru (surname)](/source/Maru_(surname)), a surname of Indic origin
* [Maru (mythology)](/source/Maru_(mythology)), a Māori war god
* [Ngāti Maru (disambiguation)](/source/Ng%C4%81ti_Maru_(disambiguation)), several Māori tribes of New Zealand

===Fiction===
* {{nihongo|[Maru (Heavenly Delusion)](/source/Maru_(Heavenly_Delusion))|マル}}, a character from the anime and manga series ''Heavenly Delusion''

==Places==
* [Maru, Shwegu](/source/Maru%2C_Shwegu), a village in Kachin State, Burma
* [Maru, Estonia](/source/Maru%2C_Estonia), a village in Halliste Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia
* [Maru, Iran (disambiguation)](/source/Maru%2C_Iran_(disambiguation))
* [Maru (Irbid)](/source/Maru_(Irbid)), a village in Irbid, Jordan
* [Maru, Kathmandu](/source/Maru%2C_Kathmandu), a market and ceremonial square in Kathmandu, Nepal
* [Maru, Nigeria](/source/Maru%2C_Nigeria), a Local Government Area in Zamfara State
* [Maru-Aten](/source/Maru-Aten), a palace or sun-temple in Armarna, Egypt
* [Marusthal](/source/Marusthal) or Maru Sthal, a desert in India and Pakistan
** [Marwar](/source/Marwar), a region of the Indian state of Rajasthan in the Thar Desert
*** [Marwari (disambiguation)](/source/Marwari_(disambiguation))
*** Maru or Marwar[i], a character, the princess of Pugal, in the Rajasthani folktale [Dhola Maru](/source/Dhola_Maru)
** [Maru Pradesh](/source/Maru_Pradesh) or Maru Sthali, a region and proposed state of the Indian state of Rajasthan in the Thar Desert
** [Māru-Gurjara architecture](/source/M%C4%81ru-Gurjara_architecture), an architectural style of Rajasthan, India
* [Mount Maru (disambiguation)](/source/Mount_Maru_(disambiguation)) (丸山), the name for several mountains on Hokkaidō, Japan

==Language==
* In Japanese ''maru'' (kanji: {{lang|ja|丸}}, hiragana: {{lang|ja|まる}}), means ''circle''; see {{slink|Japanese rebus monogram|Variations}}
** ''[Marujirushi](/source/Marujirushi)'' ({{lang|ja|丸印}}, correct mark); the opposite of ''batsu'' (×)
** [Handakuten](/source/Handakuten) ({{lang|ja|半濁点}}, a Japanese diacritical mark (''' ゜''')
* [Maru language](/source/Maru_language), one of several languages spoken among the Kachin people in Myanmar/Burma and China

==Other uses==
* [Maru (cat)](/source/Maru_(cat)), a Japanese Internet celebrity cat
* [''Maru'' (novel)](/source/Maru_(novel)), a 1971 novel by Bessie Head
* [WD 0806−661](/source/WD_0806%E2%88%92661), a star
* ''Maru'', a common suffix to Japanese ship names; See [Japanese ship-naming conventions](/source/Japanese_ship-naming_conventions)
* Maru code ([JN-39](/source/JN-39)), a World War II code used by Japanese merchant ships
* An alternate term for the Ancient Indian weapon [maduvu](/source/maduvu)
* One of the [raga](/source/raga)s of the Sikh religion
* One layer in a [kuruwa](/source/kuruwa), a Japanese castle wall system
* A [Japanese unit of mass](/source/Japanese_units_of_measurement)

==See also==
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* [Măru (disambiguation)](/source/M%C4%83ru_(disambiguation))
* [Thar (disambiguation)](/source/Thar_(disambiguation)), thar and maru are generic terms for deserts in Indic languages
* [Marus (disambiguation)](/source/Marus_(disambiguation))

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