# Uru

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**Uru** or **URU** may refer to:

## Language

- [Uru dialect](/source/Uru_dialect) of Central Kilimanjaro, a Bantu language of Tanzania
- [Uru language](/source/Uru_language), the extinct language of the Uros, an Amerindian people
- [Urumi language](/source/Urumi_language), an extinct language of the Amazon region of Brazil
- [URU (Sumerogram)](/source/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)](/source/Irish_initial_mutations#Eclipsis_(urú))

## Places

- [Uruguay](/source/Uruguay), IOC country code
- [Üru](/source/%C3%9Cru), a village in Saare County, Estonia
- [Uru, Iran](/source/Uru,_Iran), a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
- [Uru, São Paulo](/source/Uru,_S%C3%A3o_Paulo), a city in Brazil
- [Uru Uru Lake](/source/Uru_Uru_Lake), a lake south of the Bolivian town of Oruro
- [Uru Harbour Airport](/source/Uru_Harbour_Airport), an airport on Malaita, Solomon Islands
- [Uru River (Goiás)](/source/Uru_River_(Goi%C3%A1s)), a river of central Brazil
- [Uru River (Maranhão)](/source/Uru_River_(Maranh%C3%A3o)), a river of northeastern Brazil
- [Uyu River](/source/Uyu_River), or Uru River, a river of Myanmar
- [Rafael Urdaneta University](/source/Rafael_Urdaneta_University), a university in Venezuela
- [Uru Shimbwe](/source/Uru_Shimbwe), town in Tanzania

## People

- [Uru people](/source/Uru_people), a group of pre-Incan people who live in Peru and Bolivia
- [Henare Uru](/source/Henare_Uru) (1872–1929), New Zealand Maori politician
- [Hopere Uru](/source/Hopere_Uru) (1868–1921), New Zealand Maori politician
- [Storm Uru](/source/Storm_Uru) (born 1985), New Zealand rower
- [Uru (singer)](/source/Uru_(singer)), a Japanese female singer.
- [Black Uhuru](/source/Black_Uhuru), Reggae Musicians

## Media

- [Uttarakhand Residential University](/source/Uttarakhand_Residential_University), a state university in Uttarakhand, India
- [Uru (comics)](/source/Uru_(comics)), the fictional metal in Marvel Comics, from which Thor's hammer Mjolnir is made
- [Uru (The Lion King)](/source/Uru_(The_Lion_King)), a fictional lioness character
- '**, a 2003 computer game** - *[Myst Online: Uru Live](/source/Myst_Online:_Uru_Live)*, a 2007 online version of the original game
- [*Uru* (2017 film)](/source/Uru_(2017_film)), a Tamil-language horror thriller film
- [*Uru* (2023 film)](/source/Uru_(2023_film)), a Malayalam-language drama film

## Other

- [Uru (boat)](/source/Uru_(boat)), an ancient trading vessel
- [Spot-winged wood quail](/source/Spot-winged_wood_quail), a bird from Latin America
- [Mekanika Uru](/source/Mekanika_Uru), a submachine gun
- [Uruguayan Rugby Union](/source/Uruguayan_Rugby_Union)

## See also

- [Uhuru (disambiguation)](/source/Uhuru_(disambiguation))
- [Urus (disambiguation)](/source/Urus_(disambiguation))

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