Buri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "buri"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swiss German Buri.

Proper noun

Buri (plural Buris)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Buri is the 37544^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Buri is most common among White (65.77%) and Hispanic/Latino (26.64%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Buri”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 255.

Italian

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Buri m or f by sense

1. a surname

Latin

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Būrī m pl (genitive Būrōrum); second declension

1. A Germanic tribe dwelling near the territory of the Marcomanni

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Būrī
Genitive	Būrōrum
Dative	Būrīs
Accusative	Būrōs
Ablative	Būrīs
Vocative	Būrī

Derived terms

• Būricus

References

• Buri in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “Burii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burô (“bearer; one who carries or brings”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Compare Borr (literally “the one brought forth”).

Proper noun

Buri m (genitive Bura)

1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

Declension

  Declension of Buri (weak an-stem, indefinite singular only)

masculine	singular
	indefinite
nominative	Buri
accusative	Bura
dative	Bura
genitive	Bura

Portuguese

Proper noun

Buri

1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil