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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Ur en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

/ɝ/ (General-American)

Etymology

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).

Meanings

An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.

Deriveds

Royal Game of Ur

Ur en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

/ɝ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From German Urkontinent (“original continent”), taking the morpheme ur- (“original”).

Meanings

A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).