Buri

Borrowed from Swiss German Buri.

Buri (plural Buris)

1. A surname from German.

• 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.

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

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Buri m or f by sense

1. a surname

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Būrī m pl (genitive Būrōrum); second declension

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

Second-declension noun, plural only.

• Būricus

• 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

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

Buri m (genitive Bura)

1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

Buri ?

1. a municipality of São Paulo, Brazil