Maru

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Maru can refer to

• Maru (mythology) is a Māori war god.
• Tūmatauenga, the Māori god of war.
• Măru - a Romanian village.
• The Maru language, one of several spoken among the Kachin people in Myanmar/Burma and China.
• The Japanese name for the symbol ○ (a circle), which is used to mean "correct"; the opposite of batsu.
• Maru (丸) is Japanese for round or circular, more commonly in the three-dimensional sense. It also has the meaning of a bailey (castle wall), and was a very common suffix used in the names of Japanese ships.
• The word maru is often attached as a suffix to Japanese ship names. See Japanese ship naming conventions.
  • Eureka Maru, a fictional starship from the television show Andromeda.
  • Hakudo Maru, the spirit in Japanese mythology who taught humans how to make ships
  • Kobayashi Maru, a fictional starship from the motion picture Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
  • Nippon Maru, flagship of daimyo Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 16th century fleet.
  • Nisshin Maru, a Japanese whaling ship.
  • Piper Maru:
    • The name of a ship that experiences time shifts in Piper Maru, episode 3x15 of The X-Files.
    • The name of an icebreaker in the Alien vs. Predator film.
• Maru is a bar/lounge located at 11 W. 32nd St. in Manhattan's Koreatown district.
• Maru is a brand of swimwear (UK)
• Maru is a common nickname in spanish speaking countries. It is a common nickname for Maria Eugenia and Maruja.