Bura

See also: bura, búra, and bură

English

Etymology 1

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

Proper noun

Bura

1. A Chadic language spoken in Nigeria.

Etymology 2

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

Proper noun

Bura

1. An Austronesian language spoken in Vanuatu.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Βοῦρα (Boûra).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbuː.ra/, [ˈbuːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbu.ra/, [ˈbuːrä]

Proper noun

Būra f sg (genitive Būrae); first declension

1. a town of Achaia and member of the Achean league

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Būra
Genitive	Būrae
Dative	Būrae
Accusative	Būram
Ablative	Būrā
Vocative	Būra
Locative	Būrae

References

• “Bura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Bura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Bura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Old Norse

Proper noun

Bura

1. accusative/dative/genitive singular of Buri