Kirin

Look up kirin, キリン, 麒麟, or 기린 in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Kirin may refer to:

Mythology and fiction

  • Qilin or Kirin, a mythical creature known in various East Asian cultures
    • Ki-rin (Dungeons & Dragons), a type of monster in D&D
    • Kirin, a type of Elder Dragon in Monster Hunter
    • Kirin, a type of creature in the My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic series

Places

  • Jilin or Kirin, a province in northeastern China
    • Jilin City or Kirin, a city in the province of Jilin, China
  • Kirin, Croatia, a settlement in Vrginmost

Companies and products

  • Subsidiaries of Kirin Holdings:
    • Kirin, a Japanese beverages company
    • Kyowa Kirin, a Japanese pharmaceutical company
  • Brasil Kirin, a Brazilian brewery and beverage company
  • Kirin processors, a series of SoCs produced by HiSilicon

Sports

  • Kirin Cup Soccer, an association football tournament organised in Japan
  • Kirin Open, a Japanese golf tournament from 1974 to 2001
  • One of three shogi pieces in large shogi Kirin variants:

Other uses

  • Kirin (manga), a 1987 Japanese manga series
  • Kirin language or Kili, a Tungusic language of Russia and China

People with the name

  • Ivica Kirin (born 1970), former Interior Minister of Croatia
  • Kirin J. Callinan (born 1986), Australian singer and songwriter
  • Kirin Kiki (1943–2018), Japanese TV and film actress
  • Kirin Narayan (born 1959), Indian-born American anthropologist and writer
  • Kirin Kotecha, a character in Emmerdale

See also

  • Girin (disambiguation)
  • Keirin, a form of motor-paced cycle racing
  • Kirin no Tsubasa, a 2012 Japanese film
  • Kirino (disambiguation)
  • Kylin (disambiguation)
  • Qilin (disambiguation)
  • Xilin (disambiguation)
  • 麒麟 (disambiguation)
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