Meru may refer to:

Geography

Kenya

Meru, Kenya Meru is a town in eastern Kenya. It is the headquarters of the Meru County, and the seventh largest urban centre in the country. Meru forms a municipal council with a population of 240,900 residents. Overview The town is located at 0.047035 degre ...

, a city in Meru County, Kenya ** Meru County, created by the merger of ***

Meru Central District Meru County is one of the 47 counties of Kenya, located in the former Eastern Province. The county lies between 0° 6′ North and 0° 1′ South and between latitudes 37° West and 38° East. It borders Isiolo County to the North, Tharaka/Nit ...

*** Meru North District *** Meru South District *

Meru National Park Meru National Park is a Kenyan national park located east of Meru, from Nairobi. Covering an area of , it is one best known national parks in Kenya. Rainfall in this area is abundant with in the west of the park and in the east. The rainfall r ...

, a Kenyan wildlife park

Tanzania

* Meru District, a district in Arusha Region, Tanzania * Meru, Tanzania, a village in northern Tanzania ( Meru District) * Mount Meru (Tanzania), a volcano near Arusha in northern Tanzania

Other places

Meru, Hazaribagh Meru is a census town in the Sadar, Hazaribagh CD block in the Hazaribagh Sadar subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. Geography Location It is located at . Area overview Hazaribagh district is a plat ...

, a small town in Jharkhand, India *

Meru, Malaysia Meru is a town in Klang District, Selangor, Malaysia. Industry Meru is home to Top Glove which is the nation's largest producer of latex gloves. Numerous small-medium industrial complex are located in Meru which is less than 10 km from ...

, a town in Klang, located in Selangor *

Meru, Western Australia Meru is a locality southeast of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its local government area A local government area (LGA) is an administrative division of a country that a local government is responsible for. The size of an LGA varies by country ...

, a locality near Geraldton * Méru, a commune of the Oise ''département'' in France *

Meru Peak Meru Peak is a mountain located in the Garhwal Himalayas, in the state of Uttarakhand in India. The peak lies between Thalay Sagar and Shivling, and has some highly challenging routes. The name Meru likely originated from the Sanskrit word f ...

, a mountain in the Indian Himalayas, not to be confused with Mount Meru (see the section Other below)

Entertainment

* ''Meru'' (film), a 2015 documentary about climbing Meru Peak * Prince Meru (''Sgt. Frog''), main character from the anime movie ''Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princess'' * Meru (''Legend of Dragoon''), a playable character from the video games ''The Legend of Dragoon''

People

Ethnic groups

Meru people The Meru or Amîîrú (including the Ngaa) are a Bantu ethnic group that inhabit the Meru region of Kenya on the fertile lands of north and eastern slopes of Mount Kenya, in the former Eastern Province of Kenya. The word Meru means Shining ...

, also known as Amîîrú, a people of Kenya * Meru, another name for the Aboriginal Australian Erawirung people of South Australia * Wameru, Bantu for the Meru people of northern Tanzania

Individuals

* Meru (overseer of sealers), an Ancient Egyptian official under king Mentuhotep II in the Eleventh Dynasty * Vatsu Meru, politician from Nagaland, India

Organizations

* Meru Networks, a supplier of wireless local area networks that was acquired by and integrated into Fortinet in 2015 * Meru Cabs, a taxi aggregator company based in Mumbai, India. * Maharishi European Research University (MERU), a school that researches transcendental meditation ** MERU, Holland, the current location in Vlodrop, Netherlands

Other uses

* ''Meru'' (beetle), a family of aquatic beetles * Meru language, the language spoken by the Meru people (''Ameru'') * Milli Earth Rate Unit, an angular velocity equal to 1/1000 of Earth's rotation rate; see inertial navigation system * Maha Meru, a 3-dimensional Sri Chakra Yantra * Mount Meru, a mountain in Hindu, Jain and Buddhist mythology * Pelinggih meru, the multiple tiered roofs similar to pagoda in Balinese temple * An alternate (erroneous) name for Mount Kailash