Ur
//ɝ// contraction, det, intj, name, noun, slang
contraction, det, intj, name, noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Initialism of underlying representation. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Intj
- 1 Expressing hesitation or inarticulacy; er, um.
Determiner
- 1 Abbreviation of your. Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial
Contraction
- 1 Abbreviation of you're (you are). Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, colloquial, contraction
Proper Noun
- 1 An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.
- 2 A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).
Example
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Etymology
Etymology 1
Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).
Etymology 2
From German Urkontinent (“original continent”), taking the morpheme ur- (“original”).
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