Kuru

Kuru may refer to:

• Kuru River, a river in Sudan
• Kuru, a powerful Indo-Aryan tribe and kingdom during the Vedic period (Early Iron Age) and later a republic during the Mahajanapada period in India
  • Kuru (archaeology), an Indo-Aryan ethnic group
• Kuru (disease), a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy associated with the cannibalistic funeral practices of the Fore people
• Kuru (mythology), part of African mythology
• Kuru, Finland, municipality
• Kuru, Nigeria
• Kuru, Ida-Viru County, village in Iisaku Parish, Ida-Viru County, Estonia
• Kuru, Lääne-Viru County, village in Tapa Parish, Lääne-Viru County, Estonia
• Kuru (sport), a traditional Bhutanese sport
• HMAS Kuru, an Australian patrol boat operational between 1938 and 1943
• S/S Kuru, a Finnish lake steamer