Auer

//ˈaʊɚ// name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from German. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A surname from Finnish. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A municipality in the autonomous province of South Tyrol, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy. Italian spelling: Ora. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from German Auer, topographic surname from several places with the name Au, Aue, all from the noun Aue (“floodplain, stream”).

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