Ur
[ ur, oor ]
/ ɜr, ʊər /
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Definition of Ur
noun
an ancient Sumerian city on the Euphrates, in S Iraq: extensive excavations, especially of royal tombs.
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(sometimes initial capital letter)
a combining form meaning “earliest, original,” used in words denoting the primal stage of a historical or cultural entity or phenomenon: ur-civilization; urtext.
Origin of ur-
3<German ur-,Middle High German, Old High German; cognate with Old English or-
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Ur
/ (ɜː) /
noun
an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates
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Ur-
combining form
original, primitiveUrsprache
Word Origin for Ur-
German
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Variant ofuro-
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