Ure

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "ure"

English

Etymology

From Middle English Yore, Jor, from Old English Earp, corrupted from Ear + ƿ (abbreviation for ƿæter (“water”)); first element from Brythonic Isurā with loss of intervocalic s, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *isərós (“vigorous, quick”), from *eis(ə, related to Sanskrit इषिरम् (iṣiram, “fast, quick”). Compare the Gaulish river Isara.

Proper noun

Ure

  1. A river in North Yorkshire, England, which flows through Wensleydale
  2. A surname.

References

  • Smith, A.H. (1962). The Place-names of the West Riding of Yorkshire. 7. Cambridge University Press.

Anagrams

German

Pronunciation

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Noun

Ure

  1. nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Ur
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