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Ural

American  
[yoor-uhl] / ˈjʊər əl /

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 British  
/ 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)

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In Moscow, Deforge is preparing to take on one of the biggest challenges of his career by training Karym and Ural, who have been with the circus since August last year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 14, 2026

The BBC documentary was based on footage by a primary school events co-ordinator and videographer called Pavel Talankin in the small provincial town of Karabash in the Ural mountains.

From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026

The animal came from Arkaim, a fortified settlement in the Southern Ural Mountains of present day Russia near the border with Kazakhstan.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 7, 2026

In 2020, photographer Caitlin O’Hara snapped linguist Rachid Baligh of Scottsdale, Ariz., and Marrakesh, Morocco, with his family, his 2015 Ural cT motorcycle, and his miniature schnauzer, Lola, in the Arizona desert.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025

We traveled farther south and passed through the Ural Mountains.

From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys

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