KIR

KIR, Kir or kir may refer to:

Biology

• Inward-rectifier potassium channel K_ir
• Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, a receptor protein expressed on the surface of natural killer cells and some T-cells

Bodies of water

• Kir (river), in northern Albania

• Kir Lake, near Dijon, France

People

• Kir Fard, Armenian nobleman of the 12th–13th centuries
• Kir Nesis (1934–2003), Russian biologist
• Kir Bulychev, Russian writer
• Félix Kir (1876–1968), priest in the French Resistance
• Kir, a character in Detective Conan

Places

• Republic of Kiribati in the central Pacific (ISO code: KIR)
• Kir of Moab, biblical stronghold
• Land of Kir, biblical location

Transport

• Katihar Junction railway station, Bihar; station code KIR
• Kerry Airport, Ireland (IATA code: KIR)
• Kirkby railway station, Merseyside, England; National Rail station code KIR

Other

• Kir (cocktail), alcoholic beverage
• Kyrgyz language (ISO code: kir)
• Krajowa Izba Rozliczeniowa, an automated clearing house in Poland

See also

• Kirs (disambiguation)
• Kyr