Ural

[yoor-uhl]

noun

1. a river in the Russian Federation, flowing S from the S Ural Mountains to the Caspian Sea. 1,575 miles (2,535 km) long.

2. a former administrative division comprising a region in the Ural Mountains and its slopes.

adjective

1. of or relating to the Ural Mountains or the Ural River.

Ural

/ ˈjʊərəl, uˈral /

noun

1. a river in central Russia, rising in the S Ural Mountains and flowing south to the Caspian Sea. Length: 2534 km (1575 miles)

Other Word Forms

• trans-Ural adjective

Example Sentences

The rounded tops of the Ural Mountains came into view.

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The passenger, in a helmet and bright orange flight suit, had parachuted down near a village in the Ural Mountains.

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In a secret lab in the Ural Mountains, the Soviet physicist Andrei Sakharov and his team devised a new kind of hydrogen bomb.

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“Sanctions have upped the ante such that Ural buyers are playing high-stakes poker — a miscalculation can lead to severe consequences,” said Raj.

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Two of those shipments involved “short-wave infrared camera lens” and went to the Ural Optical & Mechanical Plant, which makes bomb-aiming equipment and is also sanctioned because of its links to the Russian military.

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