Miro

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Miro may refer to:

• Miro (Prumnopitys ferruginea), a conifer of New Zealand
• Miro (software), an internet television application (previously known as Democracy Player) developed by the Participatory Culture Foundation.
• Multi-Path Interdomain Routing, a routing protocol for diversified paths between Autonomous Systems
• Miro, electronic dance band original from Denmark see Miromusic
• Portia tree, sometimes known as Miro, a small tree or arborescent shrub
• Miro (Ender's Game), a character in the Ender's Game series by Orson Scott Card
• Miro, a Mexican sportswear retailer
• Miró, a Catalan (Spain) electronics retail chain.
• Miro, a member of the ras superfamily of proteins.

[edit] People

• Miro of Gallaecia (570–583), 6th‑century Suebi king of Gallaecia
• Esteban Rodríguez Miró (1744–1795), an 18th‑century governor of the Louisiana Territory
• Gabriel Miró (1879–1930), Spanish writer
• Joan Miró (1893–1983), Spanish artist
• Miro musical partnership of Mads Arp & Steen Thottrup
• José Miró Cardona (1903–1974), a former Cuban Prime Minister
• Eddie Miró (born 1936), a television show host in Puerto Rico
• Gisele Miró (born 1968), a former Brazilian tennis player
• Julissa Miró (born 1978), an international supermodel
• Michael Rodenberg (nicknamed Miro), heavy-metal music producer
• Marsha Miro
• Jennifer Miro (née Anderson), lead singer of punk band The Nuns

Please note that on the family name Miró, the use of an acute accent on top of the o forces the Catalan/Spanish pronunciation of the name ([mi'ro]) to be used.