KIR

KIR, Kir or kir may refer to:

  • Kir (river), in northern Albania
  • KIR, ISO 3166-1 code for the Republic of Kiribati
  • Kyrgyz language
  • Al Karak, biblical town of Kir
  • Kir of Moab, biblical stronghold
  • IATA code for Kerry Airport in Ireland
  • Kir (cocktail), alcoholic beverage
  • Killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptor, a class of receptors on the surface of natural killer cells
  • Kir Bulychev, Russian science fiction writer and historian
  • Kir, a fictional character in Detective Conan
  • Kir, inwardly-rectifying potassium channels
  • See also

  • Kirs (disambiguation)
  • Kyr
  • Kir (cocktail)

    Kir is a popular French cocktail made with a measure of crème de cassis (blackcurrant liqueur) topped up with white wine.

    In France it is usually drunk as an apéritif before a meal or snack. Originally the wine used was Bourgogne Aligoté, a lesser white wine of Burgundy. Nowadays, various white wines are used throughout France, according to the region and the whim of the barkeeper. Many prefer a white Chardonnay-based Burgundy, such as Chablis.

    Originally called blanc-cassis, the drink is now named after Félix Kir (1876–1968), mayor of Dijon in Burgundy, who as a pioneer of the twinning movement in the aftermath of the Second World War popularized the drink by offering it at receptions to visiting delegations. Besides treating his international guests well, he was also promoting two economic products of the region. Kir initially allowed one of Dijon's producers of crème de cassis to use his name, but subsequently extended the right to their competitors as well. According to Rolland (2004), the reinvention of blanc-cassis (post 1945) was necessitated by the German Army's confiscation of all the local red Burgundy during the war. Faced with an excess of white wine, Kir renovated a drink that previously was made primarily with the red.

    Kir (river)

    The Kir (Albanian: Kir or Kiri) is a river in northern Albania that first flows south-southwest and then southwest out of the North Albanian Alps and enters a distributary of the Drin just below Shkodër.

    In the upper reaches the river cuts the "Canyon of the Kir" with dramatic cliffs. Just outside Shkodër, in Mes, the old stone Mes Bridge crosses the Kir.

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    External links

  • "Photo of Kirit River Valley". Panoramio.  Static image
  • "Photo of The Mes Bridge - Shkoderpublisher=Panoramio".  Static image
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