Editing Maru

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'''Maru''' may refer to:

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==People==
* [[Maru (given name)]], a Spanish given name, a shortened form of Maria Eugenia
* [[Maru (surname)]], a surname of Indic origin
* [[Maru (mythology)]], a Māori war god
* [[Ngāti Maru (disambiguation)]], several Māori tribes of New Zealand

===Fiction===
* {{nihongo|[[Maru (Heavenly Delusion)]]|マル}}, a character from the anime and manga series ''Heavenly Delusion''

==Places==
* [[Maru, Shwegu]], a village in Kachin State, Burma
* [[Maru, Estonia]], a  village in Halliste Parish, Viljandi County, Estonia
* [[Maru, Iran (disambiguation)]]
* [[Maru (Irbid)]], a village in Irbid, Jordan
* [[Maru, Kathmandu]], a market and ceremonial square in Kathmandu, Nepal
* [[Maru, Nigeria]], a Local Government Area in Zamfara State
* [[Maru-Aten]], a palace or sun-temple in Armarna, Egypt
* [[Marusthal|Maru Sthal]] or the Thar Desert, a desert in India and Pakistan
** [[Maru Pradesh]] or Maru Sthali, a region of the Indian state of Rajasthan in the Thar Desert
** [[Māru-Gurjara architecture]], an architectural style of Rajasthan, India
* [[Mount Maru (disambiguation)]] (丸山), the name for several mountains on Hokkaidō, Japan

==Language==
* In Japanese ''maru'' (kanji: {{lang|ja|丸}}, hiragana: {{lang|ja|まる}}), means ''circle''; see {{slink|Japanese rebus monogram|Variations}}
** ''[[Marujirushi]]'' ({{lang|ja|丸印}}, correct mark); the opposite of ''batsu'' (×)
** [[Handakuten]] ({{lang|ja|半濁点}}, a Japanese diacritical mark (''' ゜''')
* [[Maru language]], one of several languages spoken among the Kachin people in Myanmar/Burma and China

==Other uses==
* [[Maru (cat)]], a Japanese Internet celebrity cat
* ''Maru'', a 1971 novel by [[Bessie Head]]
* [[WD 0806−661]], a star
* ''Maru'', a common suffix to Japanese ship names; See [[Japanese ship-naming conventions]]
* Maru code ([[JN-39]]), a World War II code used by Japanese merchant ships
* An alternate term for the Ancient Indian weapon [[maduvu]]
* One of the [[raga]]s of the Sikh religion
* One layer in a [[kuruwa]], a Japanese castle wall system

==See also==
* {{in title}}
* [[Măru (disambiguation)]]
* [[Thar (disambiguation)]], thar and maru are generic terms for deserts in Indic languages
* [[Marus (disambiguation)]]

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