Etymology

Kura

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Today it means: A river in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan, flowing into the Caspian Sea. Full definition →

Russian Кура́ ← Ancient Greek Κῦρος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΚῦρος
  2. Russian · borrowed fromКура́
  3. English todayKura

From Russian Кура́ (Kurá), ultimately from Ancient Greek Κῦρος (Kûros).

Words from the same roots

Ancient GreekΚῦρος all →

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.