Sura

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sura"

English

Proper noun

Sura (plural Suras)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Sura is the 21439^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1219 individuals. Sura is most common among White (52.34%), Hispanic/Latino (28.06%), and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.97%) individuals.

Anagrams

• -saur, Ruas, URAs, USAR, USRA, saur

Latin

Etymology 1

From sūra (“calf of the leg”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsuː.ra/, [ˈs̠uːrä]

• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/, [ˈsuːrä]

Proper noun

Sūra m sg (genitive Sūrae); first declension

1. a cognomen used by the gens Licinia, Marcia, and others

   Lucius Licinius Sura

    

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sūra
Genitive	Sūrae
Dative	Sūrae
Accusative	Sūram
Ablative	Sūrā
Vocative	Sūra

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/, [ˈs̠ʊrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈsu.ra/, [ˈsuːrä]

Proper noun

Sura m sg (genitive Surae); first declension

View of the river

1. A tributary river of the Moselle, now the Sûre

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Sura
Genitive	Surae
Dative	Surae
Accusative	Suram
Ablative	Surā
Vocative	Sura

References

• “Sura3”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Sura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Sura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.

Sundanese

Etymology

From Javanese ꦱꦸꦫ (sura) from Arabic عَاشُورَاء (ʕāšūrāʔ, “tenth, tenth day, notably the tenth day of the month Muharram”).

Proper noun

Sura

1. Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)
2. Sura (the first month of the Javanese calendar)

Synonyms

• Muharom

Coordinate terms

Coordinate terms: Sura, Sapar, Mulud, Silih Mulud, Jumadilawal, Jumadilakhir, Rojab, Rewah, Puasa, Sawal, Hapit, Rayagung