Nuri

/ (ˈnʊərɪ) /

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noun

Also called: Kafir plural -ris or -ri a member of an Indo-European people of Nuristan and neighbouring parts of Pakistan

Also called: Kafiri the Indo-Iranian language of this people

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Words nearby Nuri

Nuremberg egg, Nuremberg trials, Nuremberg violet, Nureyev, Nurhachi, Nuri, Nuri as-Said, Nuristan, Nuristani, Nurmi, Nürnberg

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How to use Nuri in a sentence

There was no outcry, even though Bush himself also apologized to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki.
The GOP Sounds Un-Christian in Condemning Obama’s Quran-Burning Apology|Kirsten Powers|February 28, 2012|DAILY BEAST
U.S. troops are only gone a week and already Nuri al-Maliki has pushed Iraq back into sectarian crisis.
Iraq Back on the Brink: Maliki's Sectarian Crisis of His Own Making|Kenneth M. Pollack|December 23, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, a leader of the Shiite majority, issued over the weekend an arrest warrant for Hashemi.
Fugitive Iraq Sunni V.P. Tariq al-Hashemi Criticizes U.S.|Eli Lake|December 20, 2011|DAILY BEAST
But Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki announced his determination to “put an end” to the MEK.
Iraq's Looming Massacre of Iranian MEK Refugees|Geoffrey Robertson|December 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST

The Syrian gypsies, or Nuri, who are seen with bears and monkeys in Cairo, are strangers in the land.
The Gypsies|Charles G. Leland
There was something in clairvoyance perhaps; at any rate he would hear what the Nuri woman had to say.
When It Was Dark|Guy Thorne
This particular instance of the Nuri woman is not all fiction.
When It Was Dark|Guy Thorne
Lusû-ana-Nuri, the governor of the city, with his lords and judges, stood at the landing-stage.
Istar of Babylon|Margaret Horton Potter