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-.[1] More at Uri.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuːɹi/
    • Audio (UK)(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

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Etymology 2

From Hebrew אוּרִי‎ (úri, “light”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈuːɹi/, /ˈjuːɹi/
    • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Rhymes: -uːɹi

Proper noun

Uri

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

References
  1. Albert Hug, Viktor Weibel: Urner Namenbuch. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des Kantons Uri, Altdorf 1990, Band 3, Seite 768 ff.

Anagrams

German
Kanton Uri

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
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Proper noun

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

  1. Uri (a canton of Switzerland)
    Synonym: Kanton Zug

Derived terms

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)
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