title: KIR
text: # 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
  