Etymology

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Medieval Latin Uronia ← Latin ora
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Uri · proper noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromora“edge, brim”
  2. Medieval Latin · derived fromUronia
  3. English todayUri

From Medieval Latin Uronia, possibly from Latin ora (“edge, brim”), or from the pre-Roman substrate hydronym *wer (“water”) + the Latin suffix -n-. More at Uri.

Uri · proper noun2

  1. Hebrew · derived fromאוּרִי“light”
  2. English todayUri

From Hebrew אוּרִי (úri, “light”).

Words from the same roots

Latinora all →

oreorle

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