title: Merga
text: # Merga
  
  Merga may refer to:
  
  * 38 Boötis, a star in the constellation Boötes also known as Merga
  * Prototheora merga, a species of moth of the family Prototheoridae
  * Pesh merga, term used by Kurds to refer to armed Kurdish fighters
  * Merga Bien (late 1560s – 1603), German woman convicted of witchcraft and killed
  
  ## Ethiopian name
  
  Merga (Amharic: መርጋ) is a male name of Ethiopian origin
  
  * Deriba Merga (born 1980), Ethiopian long-distance runner and 2009 Boston Marathon winner
  * Imane Merga (born 1988), Ethiopian long-distance runner and cross country world champion
  