Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sauris

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sauris
IPA

6

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, one of the Germanic language islands in Italy, where Sauris Bavarian is spoken.

Example Sentences

"To the N. w. of Ampezzo, in the upper part of the Val Lumies, lie the sequestered villages of Sauris or Zahre (Sauris di Sotto, 3955'; Sauris di Sopra, 4440'), which, like Sappada (p. 421), are inhabited by Germans."
"Lest it be assumed that the use in Sauris of Friulian and Italian is of very recent date, it is interesting to note that 120 years ago Joseph Bergmann (1849) gave German no chance of surviving there: […]"
"The municipality of Sauris, or “Zahre” in the local “zahrar sproche” idiom, is located in the Province of Udine, in northeastern Italy."

Etymology

First attested 1280, the name is said to be of Illyrian origin, from *savira (“current”) (compare Sanskrit सरित् (sarit)). Known in German as Zahre.

Word Breakdown

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Questions

What does sauris mean?: A village in Udine, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, one of the Germanic language islands in Italy, where Sauris Bavarian is spoken.
Where does sauris come from?: First attested 1280, the name is said to be of Illyrian origin, from *savira (“current”) (compare Sanskrit सरित् (sarit)). Known in German as Zahre.

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