Karo

Karo may refer to:

Ethnicities

• Karo people (East Africa) an ethnic group from East Africa
• Karo people (Ethiopia), an ethnic group from Ethiopia
• Karo people (Indonesia), the indigenous people of the Karo Plateau in North Sumatra

Languages

• Batak Karo language, as spoken by the Karo people
• Kutuk na Karo, or Bari language, Nilotic language of the Karo people, spoken over large areas of Central Equatoria state in South Sudan, across the northwest corner of Uganda, and into the Democratic Republic of Congo

Places

• Karo, Chad
• Karo Plateau, North Sumatra, Indonesia
• Karo Regency, regency of North Sumatra, Indonesia

People

Karo, a common Armenian first name, shortened version of Karapet (Eastern Armenian) / Garabed (Western Armenian). For Western Armenian variant of Karo, namely Garo, refer to Garo (disambiguation)#Persons

• Aaron Karo (born 1979), American author and comedian
• Henry Arnold Karo (1903–1986), vice admiral in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
• Joseph ben Ephraim Karo (1488–1575), also known as Yosef Karo, Spanish-born rabbi and author of the Shulchan Aruch
• Karo Parisyan (born 1982), American mixed martial arts fighter

Businesses

• KARO (98.7 FM), Nyssa, Oregon
• Karo Group, Inc, Canadian design firm
• Karo Manufacturing, Ltd., South African office chair manufacturer
• Karo Data Management, Ltd., New Zealand data management company

Other

• Karō, samurai officials and advisers of feudal Japan
• Karo-kari (honor killings against men is Karo)
• Karo (syrup), liquid sweetener made from corn
• KARO formalism, "Knowledge, Actions, Results and Opportunities"
• Karo (tree), 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 Adventure-War film

See also

• All pages beginning with "Karo"
• Garo