KIR
# 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
