Uri
See also: Appendix:Variations of "uri"
English
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 (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -uːɹi
Proper noun
Uri
- A canton of Switzerland.
- Synonym: canton of Uri
- A city in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.
Translations
canton of Switzerland
See also
cantons of Switzerlandedit
Etymology 2
From Hebrew אוּרִי (úri, “light”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːɹi/, /ˈjuːɹi/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- Rhymes: -uːɹi
Proper noun
Uri
- A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
References
- ^ Albert Hug, Viktor Weibel: Urner Namenbuch. Die Orts- und Flurnamen des Kantons Uri, Altdorf 1990, Band 3, Seite 768 ff.
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.ʁi/
Proper noun
Uri m
- Uri (a canton of Switzerland)
Derived terms
- Uranais
- uranais
- Uranaise
See also
German
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)
- Uri (a canton of Switzerland)
- Synonym: Kanton Uri
Derived terms
- Urner
- Urnerin
- urnisch
See also
Further reading
- “Uri” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Uri” in Duden online
- “Uri” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.ri/
- Rhymes: -uri
- Hyphenation: Ù‧ri
Proper noun
Uri m pl (plural only)
- Uri (a canton of Switzerland)