Ural

[ yoor-uhl ]

/ ˈyʊər əl /

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noun

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

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

adjective

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

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OTHER WORDS FROM Ural

trans-Ural, adjective

Words nearby Ural

u quark, Ur, uracil, uraemia, uraeus, Ural, Ural-Altaic, Uralian, Uralian emerald, Uralic, uralite

How to use Ural in a sentence

Kalyapin visited Alyokhina in her Ural prison colony last spring.
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The doctor said that children in Asbest do not have more health issues than in other regions of the Ural Mountains.
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Their father, from whom they hoped to obtain some assistance, had already left for a summer holiday in the Ural Mountains.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky|Modeste Tchaikovsky
According to his idea, a man who had once passed the Ural Mountains in charge of policemen, ought never again to cross them.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne

A vehicle carrying the mail usually runs across the Ural Mountains, but this, of course, was discontinued.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
We have now reached the highest ridge of the Ural chain, and thus have merely to descend the slopes of the mountain.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne
The ground, struck by the concussion, trembled as though the whole Ural chain was shaken to its foundations.
Michael Strogoff|Jules Verne

British Dictionary definitions for Ural

Ural

/ (ˈjʊərəl, Russian uˈral) /

noun

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

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