- an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates
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Ur
(ûr, ŏŏr),USA pronunciation n.
ur-1 :
ur-2 :
ur-3 , (sometimes cap.)
- Ancient History, Archaeology, Place Namesan ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, esp. of royal tombs.
ur-1 :
- var. of uro- 1 : uranalysis.
ur-2 :
- var. of uro- 2 before a vowel:urite.
ur-3 , (sometimes cap.)
- a combining form meaning "earliest, original,'' used in words denoting the primal stage of a historical or cultural entity or phenomenon:ur-civilization; urtext.
- German ur-, Middle High German, Old High German; cognate with Old English or-
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Ur /ɜː/ n
uro-,1
uro-,2
- a combining form meaning "urine,'' used in the formation of compound words:urology.
- Greek, combining form of oûron urine
uro-,2
- a combining form meaning "tail,'' used in the formation of compound words:uropod.
- Neo-Latin ūro-, combining form representing Greek ourá
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UR abbreviation for
- you are
- your
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ur- combining form
- a variant of uro-1
'Ur' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ur-
- uro-
- Ursprache
- Urtext
- urus
- Woolley
- alure
- arise
- aurochs
- batter
- color
- debtor
- demure
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- diuron
- dysuria
- flavor
- heart urchin
- honor
- lecher
- Leonov
- liquor
- macruran
- micturate
- propoxur
- tabor
- tenor
- Tess of the D'Urbervilles
- thiram
- thurible
- thurifer
- turn
- uracil
- urate
- urban district
- urban guerrilla
- urban homesteading
- urbanistic
- urbanize
- urban legend
- urbanology
- urban planning
- urban renewal
- urban sociology
- urban sprawl
- uredo
- uremia
- urgent
- Urheimat
- uric