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
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