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Ethnic groups

* Karo people (East Africa), a group of tribes in East Africa *
Karo people (Ethiopia) Karo (also Cherre, Kere, Kerre) is a South Omotic language spoken in the Debub (South) Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia. Karo is described as being closely related to its neighbor, Hamer-Banna, ...
, an ethnic group from Ethiopia *
Karo people (Indonesia) The Karo, or Karonese, are a people of the ''Tanah Karo'' (Karo lands) and part one of Batak people sub-ethnic group from North Sumatera, Indonesia. The Karo lands consist of Karo Regency, plus neighboring areas in East Aceh Regency, Langkat Rege ...
, the indigenous people of the Karo Plateau in North Sumatra


Languages

* Karo language (Brazil), a Tupian language *
Karo language (Ethiopia) Karo (also Cherre, Kere, Kerre) is a South Omotic language spoken in the Debub (South) Omo Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and People's Region in Ethiopia. Karo is described as being closely related to its neighbor, Hamer-Banna, ...
, an Omotic language * Karo language (Nilotic), a Nilotic language of Uganda, South Sudan and the DRC *
Karo language (Indonesia) Karo, referred to in Indonesia as Bahasa Karo (Karo language), is an Austronesian language that is spoken by the Karo people of Indonesia. It is used by around 600,000 people in North Sumatra. It is mainly spoken in Karo Regency, southern parts ...
, an Austronesian language spoken in Sumatra, Indonesia * The Kalo dialect of the Austronesian
Keapara language Keapara is an Oceanic language of Papua New Guinea. It is close to, but distinct from, its neighbour Hula. It has been strongly influenced by Papuan languages The Papuan languages are the non- Austronesian and non- Australian languages spoken ...
of Papua New Guinea * The Karo dialect of the Papuan
Rawa language Rawa (Erawa, Erewa, Raua) is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. The two dialects, Rawa and Karo, are on opposite sides of the Finisterre Range. References External links

* Finisterre languages Languages of Morobe Prov ...
of Papua New Guinea


People

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Karo (name) Karo is an Armenian given name, a shortened version of the Armenian given name Karapet ( Eastern Armenian) / Garabed (Western Armenian). The Western Armenian variant of Karo is Garo. Given name * Karo Ghafadaryan (1907–1976), Soviet Armenian a ...
, a list of people with the given name or surname


Other uses

* Karo Regency, a regency of North Sumatra, Indonesia * KARO (98.7 FM) a radio station of Oregon, the United States *
Karō were top-ranking samurai officials and advisors in service to the ''daimyōs'' of feudal Japan. Overview In the Edo period, the policy of ''sankin-kōtai'' (alternate attendance) required each ''daimyō'' to place a ''karō'' in Edo and anoth ...
, samurai officials and advisers of feudal Japan *
Karo-kari Honour killings in Pakistan are known locally as ''karo-kari'' ( ur, ). Pakistan currently have the top number of documented and estimated honour killings per capita of any country in the world; about 1/5 of the world's honour killings are commi ...
(honor killings against men is Karo) *
Karo syrup Corn syrup is a food syrup which is made from the starch of corn (called maize in many countries) and contains varying amounts of sugars: glucose, maltose and higher oligosaccharides, depending on the grade. Corn syrup is used in foods to soften ...
, a US brand of corn syrup *
Karo (tree) ''Pittosporum crassifolium'', commonly called karo, is a small tree or shrub native to New Zealand. Karo's original distribution was generally the top half of the North Island, although now it has naturalised throughout New Zealand and overseas ...
, small tree or shrub native to New Zealand, aka ''Pittosporum crassifolium'' * '' United States v. Karo'', 468 U.S. 705 (1984), a Supreme Court decision related to the Fourth Amendment's protections against unreasonable search and seizure * ''Karo'' (film), a 1937 Armenian-language Soviet adventure-war film * Protagonist of ''
My Queen Karo ''My Queen Karo'' is a 2009 drama film. It was directed by Dorothée Van Den Berghe, produced by Frank Van Passel, and starring Matthias Schoenaerts, Déborah François, and Anna Franziska Jaeger. The film tells the story of Karo, a ten-year-old ...
'', a 2009 Belgian film *
Karo (cigarette) Karo (official spelling: ''KARO'') is a German brand of filterless cigarettes, currently owned and manufactured by Altria (previously by Philip Morris International). Karo is the german word for "diamond" (a suit of cards). History KARO was ori ...
, a German brand of filterless cigarettes *
Eucalyptus brassiana ''Eucalyptus brassiana'', commonly known as Cape York gum, gum-topped peppermint or as karo in PNG is a small to medium-sized tree that is native to northern Queensland and PNG. It has rough, hard, fissured bark on the trunk and smooth greyish b ...
, known as the Karo tree in Papua New Guinea


See also

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Caro (disambiguation) Caro may refer to: Places * Caro, Michigan, United States * Caro, Morbihan, France * Çaro, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France Other uses * Caro (given name), including a list of people with the given name * Caro (surname), including a list of ...
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Garo (disambiguation) Garo may refer to: People and languages * Garo people, a tribal people in India ** Garo language, the language spoken by the Garo tribe Places * Kingdom of Garo, a former kingdom in southern Ethiopia * Garo, Colorado * Garo Hills, part of the G ...
* Karos (disambiguation) * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages