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Etymology 1 edit

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).

Proper noun edit

Ur

  1. An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.
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Etymology 2 edit

From German Urkontinent (original continent), taking the morpheme ur- (original).

Proper noun edit

Ur

  1. (geology) A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).

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German edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Middle High German ûr, which was inherited from Old High German ūro, from Proto-West Germanic *ūr.

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Noun edit

Ur m (strong, genitive Ures or Urs, plural Ure)

  1. aurochs
    Synonym: Auerochse

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German Low German edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Old Saxon ōra, from the voiced Verner alternant of Proto-Germanic *ausô, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ows-.

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Ur n (plural Uren)

  1. Mecklenburgisch and Western Pomeranian form of Or (ear)

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Germanic *ūraz.

Noun edit

Ur n (plural Urs)

  1. aurochs

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Ur f

  1. (historical) Ur