Maru
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Maru can refer to

Names
  • Maru - surname
    Surname
    A surname is a name added to a given name and is part of a personal name. In many cases, a surname is a family name. Many dictionaries define "surname" as a synonym of "family name"...

     found in people of Kutch & Saurashtra region of Gujarat, India, mainly found in Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas
    Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas
    Kutch Gurjar Kshatriyas or Mistris of Kutch or Kadia Kshatriyas of Kutch, are a Hindu community of the Kutch District of Gujarat state in India...

     & Kadia Kshatriyas
    Kadia kshatriyas
    Kadia Kshatriyas are a minority group of the Hindu community in Gujarat State, India...

     communities. The surname is also found in Rajput
    Rajput
    A Rajput is a member of one of the patrilineal clans of western, central, northern India and in some parts of Pakistan. Rajputs are descendants of one of the major ruling warrior classes in the Indian subcontinent, particularly North India...

     community of Rajasthan
    Rajasthan
    Rājasthān the land of Rajasthanis, , is the largest state of the Republic of India by area. It is located in the northwest of India. It encompasses most of the area of the large, inhospitable Great Indian Desert , which has an edge paralleling the Sutlej-Indus river valley along its border with...

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  • Maru (mythology)
    Maru (mythology)
    Maru is a Maori war god, especially well known in southern New Zealand where he replaces Tūmatauenga, the war god of the rest of New Zealand. Maru is the son of Rangihore and the grandson of Māui. Maru's image was brought to New Zealand by Haungaroa.-References:*R.D. Craig, Dictionary of...

     - Māori war god.
  • Tūmatauenga
    Tumatauenga
    In Māori mythology, Tū or Tūmatauenga is one of the great gods, and the origin of war. All war-parties were dedicated to him, and he was treated with the greatest respect and awe. He is usually a son of the primordial parent, sky and earth...

     - the Māori god of war.
  • Maru - common nickname in Spanish-speaking countries. It is a common nickname for Maria Eugenia and Maruja.
  • Maru - nickname for a young bull, or calf.
  • Hakudo Maru
    Hakudo Maru
    Hakudo Maru is the name of a celestial being in Japanese mythology who is said to have come to Earth 5000 years ago and taught humans how to build ships....

     - the spirit in Japanese mythology who taught humans how to make ships.


Places
  • Măru - village in Zăvoi
    Zavoi
    Zăvoi is a commune in Caraş-Severin County, western Romania with a population of 4,343 people. It is composed of seven villages: 23 August, Măgura, Măru, Poiana Mărului, Valea Bistrei, Voislova and Zăvoi....

     Commune, Caraş-Severin County
    Caras-Severin County
    Caraș-Severin is a county of Romania, in the historical region of Banat and few villages in Transylvania, with the county seat at Reșița.-Demographics:The county is part of the Danube-Kris-Mureș-Tisza euroregion....

    , Romania
  • Măru - village in Logreşti
    Logresti
    Logreşti is a commune in Gorj County, Romania. It is composed of seven villages: Colţeşti, Frunza, Logreşti-Moşteni, Măru, Popeşti, Seaca and Târgu Logreşti ....

     Commune, Gorj County
    Gorj County
    Gorj is a county of Romania, in Oltenia, with its capital city at Târgu Jiu.- Demographics :In 2002, it had a population of 387,308 and its population density was 69/km².* Romanians – over 98%* Rromas, others.- Geography :...

    , Romania
  • Maru, Nigeria
    Maru, Nigeria
    Maru is a Local Government Area in Zamfara State, Nigeria. Its headquarters are in the town of Maru at   in the far north of the Area.It has an area of 6,654 km² and a population of 291,900 at the 2006 census.The postal code of the area is 890....

     - a Local Government Area in Zamfara State
  • Maru, Estonia
    Maru, Estonia
    Maru is a village in Halliste Parish, Viljandi County, in southern Estonia. It has a population of 7 ....

     - village in Halliste Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia
  • Maru, Sri Lanka - means great in Sinhalese (Sri Lanka)


Ships (real)
  • The word maru is often attached as a suffix to Japanese ship names. See Japanese ship naming conventions
    Japanese ship naming conventions
    Japanese ship naming conventions are different from those in the West. Japanese warships have never been named after people. Prior to World War II, Japanese ship naming conventions underwent several changes before being settled.- Merchant ships :...

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    • No.23 Nittō Maru - a patrol boat that was sunk after it encountered the USS Hornet (CV-8)
      USS Hornet (CV-8)
      USS Hornet CV-8, the seventh ship to carry the name Hornet, was a of the United States Navy. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid...

       and caused the early launch of the Doolittle Raid
      Doolittle Raid
      The Doolittle Raid, on 18 April 1942, was the first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese Home Islands during World War II. By demonstrating that Japan itself was vulnerable to American air attack, it provided a vital morale boost and opportunity for U.S. retaliation after the...

    • Daigo Fukuryu Maru
      Daigo Fukuryu Maru
      was a Japanese tuna fishing boat, which was exposed to and contaminated by nuclear fallout from the United States' Castle Bravo thermonuclear device test on Bikini Atoll, on 1 March 1954....

       - a fishing vessel exposed to radiation from a 1954 US nuclear test.
    • Nippon Maru - flagship of daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 16th century fleet.
    • Ehime Maru
      Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision
      The Ehime Maru and USS Greeneville collision was a ship collision between the United States Navy submarine USS Greeneville and the Japanese fishery high school training ship Ehime Maru on 9 February 2001, about off the south coast of Oahu, Hawaii, United States...

       - a fishing training ship that collided with the USS Greeneville in 2001.
    • Komagata Maru
      Komagata Maru
      The Komagata Maru incident involved a Japanese steamship, the Komagata Maru, that sailed from Hong Kong to Shanghai, China; Yokohama, Japan; and then to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, in 1914, carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, India. The 356 of passengers were not allowed to land in...

       - a Japanese steam liner carrying 376 passengers from Punjab, India, that was not allowed to land in Vancouver, Canada, in 1914, and had to return to India.
    • Montevideo Maru
      Montevideo Maru
      The Montevideo Maru was a Japanese auxiliary ship that was sunk in World War II, resulting in the drowning of a large number of Australian prisoners of war and civilians being transported from Rabaul...

       - a Japanese auxiliary ship that was sunk in World War II, resulting in the drowning of a large number of Australian prisoners of war and civilians being transported from Rabaul.
    • Nisshin Maru
      Nisshin Maru
      The 23-year-old, 8,030-ton vessel is the primary research vessel of the Japanese whaling fleet. It is a converted stern trawler and is the world's only whale factory ship. It is also the largest member, and flagship of the seven-member whaling fleet, headed by research leader Shigetoshi Nishiwaki,...

       - a Japanese whaling ship.


Ships (fictional)
  • Piper Maru:
    • The name of a ship that experiences time shifts in Piper Maru
      Piper Maru
      "Piper Maru" is a 1996 episode of The X-Files television series. It was the fifteenth episode broadcast in the show's third season. Piper Maru introduces the alien black oil and features the return of Alex Krycek.- Plot :...

      , episode 3x15 of The X-Files.
    • The name of an icebreaker in the Alien vs. Predator
      Alien vs. Predator (film)
      Alien vs. Predator is a 2004 American science fiction film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson for 20th Century Fox and starring Sanaa Lathan and Lance Henriksen. The film adapts the Alien vs. Predator crossover imprint bringing together the eponymous creatures of the Alien and Predator series, a...

       film.
  • Kobayashi Maru
    Kobayashi Maru
    The Kobayashi Maru is a test in the fictional universe of Star Trek. It is a Starfleet training exercise designed to test the character of cadets in the command track at Starfleet Academy. The Kobayashi Maru test was first depicted in the opening scene of the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan...

     - training exercise at the Starfleet Academy
    Starfleet Academy
    In the fictional universe of Star Trek, Starfleet Academy is where the future's recruits to Starfleet will be trained. It was created in the year 2161, when the United Federation of Planets was founded...

     in the motion picture Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
    Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is a 1982 American science fiction film released by Paramount Pictures. The film is the second feature based on the Star Trek science fiction franchise. The plot features James T...

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  • Eureka Maru
    Eureka Maru
    The Eureka Maru is a fictional starship in the television series Andromeda. The Maru is a cargo ship owned by Beka Valentine.-Ship technical aspects:...

     - a fictional starship from the television show Andromeda.


Other uses
  • Maru - a novel by Bessie Head
    Bessie Head
    Bessie Emery Head is usually considered Botswana's most influential writer.-Biography:Bessie Emery Head was born in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, the child of a wealthy white South African woman and a black servant when interracial relationships were illegal in South Africa...

  • Maru language
    Maru language
    Maru, or Lhao Vo, is a Burmish language of Burma with a few thousand speakers in China....

     - one of several languages spoken among the Kachin people
    Kachin people
    The Kachin people are a group of ethnic groups who largely inhabit the Kachin Hills in northern Burma's Kachin State and neighbouring areas of China and India. More than half of the Kachin people identify themselves as Christians - while a significant minority follow Buddhism and some also adhere...

     in Myanmar/Burma and China.
  • Japanese name for a circle, which is used to mean "correct"; the opposite of batsu. The end-of-sentence fullstop '。' is also called maru. Maru also means zero '0' as in example 201: nii maru ichi
  • Maru (丸) - Japanese bailey
    Ward (fortification)
    In fortifications, a bailey or ward refers to a courtyard enclosed by a curtain wall. In particular, an early type of European castle was known as a Motte-and-bailey. Castles can have more than one ward. Their layout depends both on the local topography and the level of fortification technology...

     (castle wall). See kuruwa
    Kuruwa
    is a Japanese term that refers to the walls of a Japanese castle, and the regions bounded by the arrangement of those walls. The term may also be written as 郭, and the term is also used for castles built after the Edo period...

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  • Maru - popular name for Japanese pets, mainly cats..
    • Maru (cat) (まる, Japanese: circle or round) - a particular cat in Japan that has become an Internet celebrity.
  • Maru Personified form of some celestial phenomenon, generally described as a glow in the heavens. This personification is an *important atua.
  • Alternate term for Madu
    Madu
    A madu is an Indian parrying and thrusting weapon. It consists of a pair of antelope horns fastened behind a small plate consisting of stretched leather, iron, or steel with the tips of the horns pointing in opposite directions. The tips of the horns were often sheathed in steel, and the small...

    , a weapon of India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    n origin.
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