Ur
[ʊr]
Definition
(noun.) an ancient city of Sumer located on a former channel of the Euphrates River.
Editor: Peter--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Alt. of Ure
Typist: Stacey
Definition
interj. a meaningless utterance between the words of hesitating speakers.
Checker: Wyatt
Examples
- Et tu te portes toujours bien, bonne s?ur? Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Eridu, Lagash, Ur, Uruk, Larsa, have already an immemorial past when first they appear in history. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Radiation is a property inherent in ur anium and independent both of light and of phosphorescence. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
Typed by Ada