Ur (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
  1. variant of uro-1: uranalysis.
  1. variant of uro-2 before a vowel: urite.
(sometimes initial capital letter)
  1. a combining form meaning “earliest, original,” used in words denoting the primal stage of a historical or cultural entity or phenomenon: ur-civilization; urtext.
noun
  1. an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates
abbreviation for
  1. you are
  2. your
combining form
  1. a variant of uro- 1, uro- 2
combining form
  1. original, primitive
Ur (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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