Meru
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Meru may refer to:
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In geography:
- Meru, Tanzania, a village in northern TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
(Arumeru District). It is inhabited by the Meru people of TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
, known as the "Wameru" in Bantu- Arumeru District northern TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
- Wameru BantuBantu languagesThe Bantu languages constitute a traditional sub-branch of the Niger–Congo languages. There are about 250 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and Ethnologue counts 535 languages...
for the Meru people of northern TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
who settled around the base of Mount Meru, Tanzania in the 17th century. - Mount Meru (Tanzania)Mount Meru (Tanzania)Mount Meru is an active stratovolcano located west of Mount Kilimanjaro in the nation of Tanzania. At a height of , it is visible from Mt Kilimanjaro on a clear day, and is the tenth highest mountain in Africa. Much of its bulk was lost about 8,000 years ago due to an eastward volcanic blast,...
, a volcano near ArushaArushaArusha is a city in northern Tanzania. It is the capital of the Arusha Region, which claims a population of 1,288,088, including 281,608 for the Arusha District . Arusha is surrounded by some of Africa's most famous landscapes and national parks...
in northern TanzaniaTanzaniaThe United Republic of Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west, and Zambia, Malawi, and Mozambique to the south. The country's eastern borders lie on the Indian Ocean.Tanzania is a state...
- Arumeru District northern Tanzania
- Meru, KenyaMeru, Kenya-Transport:The City of Meru is linked to Nairobi by a paved road, whether from the south around the east side of Mount Kenya, via Embu, or from the northwest around the west and north side of Mount Kenya, via Nanyuki and Timau....
, a Eastern Province City in the Republic of Kenya , associated with:- Meru Central District
- Meru North DistrictMeru North DistrictMeru North District is one of the seventy-one districts of Kenya, located in that country's Eastern Province. In 1992, it was split from the large Meru District, along with Meru Central District, Meru South District, and Tharaka District....
- Maara District
- AmeruAmeruThe Meru people, or Ameru, are a Bantu ethnic group who mainly inhabit the Meru region of Kenya. They speak Kimîîru language.The Meru people of Kenya should not be mistaken with the Meru of neighboring Tanzania, or Wameru.-Location:...
, the Meru people in the Republic of Kenya - Kimiiru language, spoken by the Meru people
- Meru National ParkMeru National ParkMeru National Park is a Kenyan Game park located east of Meru, 350 km from Nairobi. Covering an area of 870 km², it is one of the most famous known parks of Kenya. It has abundant rainfall, 635–762 mm in the west of the park and 305–356 mm in the east. The rainfall results in...
, a famous Kenyan wildlife park
- Meru, HazaribaghMeru, HazaribaghMeru is a census town in Hazaribagh district in the Indian state of Jharkhand. It is located on the Hazaribagh- Bagodar road .-Demographics:...
, a small town in Jharkhand, India - MERU, HollandMERU, HollandMERU, Holland, is a residential and office complex which includes the residence of the late Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a capital of the Global Country of World Peace, a campus of Maharishi European Research University , and other institutions of the Transcendental Meditation movement. It occupies the...
, headquarters of the Transcendental Meditation movement - Meru, MalaysiaMeru, Malaysia- Overview :Meru is home to Top Glove which is the nations largest producer of latex gloves. Numerous small-medium industrial complex are located in Meru which is less than 10 km from the heart of Klang....
, a town in Klang, located in Selangor - Meru, Western AustraliaMeru, Western AustraliaMeru is a locality southeast of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Geraldton.The locality was gazetted in 1985....
, a locality near Geraldton - MéruMéruMéru is a town in northern France. It is designated municipally as a commune within the département of Oise. With a population of 13.000, Méru is the largest town of the Canton of Méru whose administrative centre Méru is. Further Méru located in the Arrondissement of Beauvais.-Partnership:Méru has...
, a commune of the Oise département in France - Mount Meru (Tanzania)Mount Meru (Tanzania)Mount Meru is an active stratovolcano located west of Mount Kilimanjaro in the nation of Tanzania. At a height of , it is visible from Mt Kilimanjaro on a clear day, and is the tenth highest mountain in Africa. Much of its bulk was lost about 8,000 years ago due to an eastward volcanic blast,...
, a volcano near Arusha in northern Tanzania - Meru PeakMeru PeakMeru Peak is a mountain which lies in the Himalayas, in the Uttarakhand region of India. It is within the Nanda Devi National Park, and is high. It is the site of the world's highest BASE Jump from 'Earth', by Glenn Singleman and Heather Swan from a height of in June 2006.The mountain has three...
, a mountain in the Indian Himalayas
In architecture:
- Pelinggih Meru, is the multiple tiered roofs similar to pagodaPagodaA pagoda is the general term in the English language for a tiered tower with multiple eaves common in Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Some pagodas are used as Taoist houses of worship. Most pagodas were built to have a religious function, most commonly Buddhist,...
in Balinese templePura (Balinese temple)A pura is a Balinese Hindu temple. and the place of worship for the adherents of Balinese Hinduism in Indonesia. Most of the puras are found on the island of Bali, as Hinduism is the predominant religion in the island; however many puras exist in other parts of Indonesia where there are significant...
In fiction:
- Prince Meru, main character from the anime movie Keroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea PrincessKeroro Gunso the Super Movie 2: The Deep Sea Princessis a comedy, adventure film based on the anime and manga series Sgt. Frog.-Summary:During a stormy night a fleet is attacked by another Kiruru, that is easily destroyed by two unnamed entities. The next morning, Natsumi returns home while noticing a girl losing her balloon as the fleet is...
In other uses:
- Mount Meru, a mountain in Hindu (and Jain and Buddhist) myth
- Meru, the head bead in a Hindu mala
- Meru Chakra, a name for Sri ChakraSri ChakraThe Sri Chakra or Shri Yantra is a yantra formed by nine interlocking triangles that surround and radiate out from the central point, the junction point between the physical universe and its unmanifest source. It represents the goddess in her form of Shri Lalitha Or Tripura Sundari, "the beauty...
in Shri Vidya of Hindu Tantricism
- Meru (Legend of Dragoon), a playable character from the video games The Legend of Dragoon
- MERU, MilliEarthRateUnit, a measure related to the performance of an inertial navigation systemInertial navigation systemAn inertial navigation system is a navigation aid that uses a computer, motion sensors and rotation sensors to continuously calculate via dead reckoning the position, orientation, and velocity of a moving object without the need for external references...
- MERU, a UKUnited KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
charity that custom-makes equipment for children with disabilities. - Meru Project, an endeavour led by Stan Tenen and the Meru Foundation (US) attempting to show the common origin and metaphysical anchoring of the Greek, Hebrew and Arabic alphabets.