Uri

//ˈuːɹi// name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    plural of urus form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Initialism of uniform resource identifier. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
  3. 3
    Initialism of upper respiratory tract infection. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A canton of Switzerland.
  2. 2
    A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
  3. 3
    A city in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Synonyms

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canton of uriuniform resource identifieruniform resource identifier

Example

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"Uri Avnery founded the Gush Shalom movement in 1993."

Etymology

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.

Etymology 2

From Hebrew אוּרִי (úri, “light”).

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