Uri

See also: Appendix:Variations of "uri"

English

canton of Uri

Etymology 1

From Medieval Latin Uronia, possibly from Latin ora (“edge, brim”), or from the pre-Roman substrate hydronym *wer (“water”) + the Latin suffix -n-. More at Uri.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːɹi/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -uːɹi

Proper noun

Uri

1. A canton of Switzerland.

   Synonym: canton of Uri

2. A city in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Translations

canton of Switzerland

• French: Uri (fr)
• German: Uri (de)

  Alemannic German: Üri

• Italian: Uri
• Romansch: Uri

See also

• (cantons of Switzerland) Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Vaud, Valais, Zug, Zurich ^{(Category: en:Cantons of Switzerland)}

Etymology 2

From Hebrew אוּרִי (úri, “light”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːɹi/, /ˈjuːɹi/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -uːɹi

Proper noun

Uri

1. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Anagrams

• Rui, iru

German

Kanton Uri

Alternative forms

• UR (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuːʁi]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -uːʁi
• Hyphenation: Uri

Proper noun

Uri n (proper noun, genitive Uris or (optionally with an article) Uri)

1. Uri (a canton of Switzerland)

   Synonym: Kanton Uri

Derived terms

• Urner
• Urnerin
• urnisch

 

See also

• (cantons of Switzerland) Schweizer Kantone; Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Freiburg, Genf, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Neuenburg, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Tessin, Thurgau, Uri, Waadt, Wallis, Zug, Zürich ^{(Category: de:Cantons of Switzerland)}

Further reading

• “Uri” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Uri” in Duden online
• “Uri” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Italian

Proper noun

Uri ?

1. Uri (a canton of Switzerland)