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Uri.

A canton of Switzerland.

3 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

name/ˈuːɹi/
  1. A canton of Switzerland.

  2. A city in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Where this word comes from

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.

name/ˈuːɹi//ˈjuːɹi/
  1. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

Where this word comes from

From Hebrew אוּרִי (úri, “light”).

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