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Ur.

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

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Meaning & usage

name/ɝ/General-American
  1. An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia, in modern Iraq; modern Tell el-Muqayyar.

Where this word comes from

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠 (Urim).

name/ɝ/General-American
  1. A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon (3.1 billion years ago).

Where this word comes from

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

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