Gur

American

[goor] / gʊər /

noun

a branch of the Niger-Congo subfamily of languages, including Mossi and other languages spoken in Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Mali.

Gur British

/ ɡʊə /

noun

Also called: Voltaic. a small group of languages of W Africa, spoken chiefly in Burkina Faso and Ghana, forming a branch of the Niger-Congo family

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My mother, Helen, and her family had been held in the Gurs concentration camp in Vichy-controlled France.

From The Wall Street Journal

“They had fairly clear information about what was happening, and saw the many trains, and it was obvious to them what was happening,” said Gur.

From Seattle Times

In 2013, Amazon tapped aviation buff and software engineer Gur Kimchi to run its nascent drone program, now known as Prime Air.

From Seattle Times

Gur characterized mom-shaming as "really hurtful and unfair" and said it "in some way comes out of hatred of women and lack of support for women."

From Fox News

He still wears the traditional broad black hat and knee pants of the Gur sect each Sabbath and has no television in his house.

From Washington Post

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