Buri
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Buri
< Old Norse, probably derivative of bera to bear 1
Example Sentences
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In the rice paddies of Buri Ram, Thailand, a sarus crane gently cleans its one-week-old chick before lingering in a quiet beak-to-beak moment.
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
“The Sinto Buri, eating healthy mentality is not as popular with the younger generation,” Pettid says.
From Salon • May 18, 2024
Only part of the building frame stood at the site of the devastated factory in an otherwise-empty rice field in rural Suphan Buri province the day after the blast.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 17, 2024
After the blast, the factory, in the middle of a field in Suphan Buri Province, collapsed, leaving nothing but rubble, photographs posted online by Thai media outlets showed.
From New York Times • Jan. 17, 2024
This was Buri, the ancestor of the gods.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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