Definitions for urɜr, ʊər

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

Urɜr, ʊər(n.)

  1. an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in what is now S Iraq.

    Category: Ancient History, Geography (places), Archaeology

ur-

  1. var. of uro-1:

    uremia.

    Category: Affix

ur-*

  1. a combining form meaning “earliest, original,” used in words denoting the primal stage of a historical or cultural entity or phenomenon:

    ur-civilization; urtext.

    Category: Common Vocabulary, Affix

* (sometimes cap.).

Origin of ur-:

< G ur-, MHG, OHG

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Ur(noun)

    an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River

Wiktionary

  1. ur(Pronoun)

    your

  2. ur(Contraction)

    you're, you are

  3. ur(Interjection)

    Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.

  4. Ur(ProperNoun)

    An ancient city in Mesopotamia.

  5. Origin: From ūruz. This root survives in the modern English aurochs, hence its meaning.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Ur(noun)

    alt. of Ure


Translations for ur

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

lord(noun)

a master; a man or animal that has power over others or over an area

The lion is lord of the jungle.

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