Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

uri

/ˈuːɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.26 in modern English

Syllables: uri
IPA: /ˈuːɹi/

3

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

2

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A canton of Switzerland.

name

A city in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

name

A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

noun

noun

Initialism of uniform resource identifier.

noun

Initialism of upper respiratory tract infection.

Etymology

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.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Uronia, ora, -, אוּרִי

Inflected Forms

URIs (plural)

Phrases

data URI

Frequently Paired Words

data URI

Synonyms

canton of Uri

Rhymes With

worry murray hurry surrey furry blurry flurry currie slurry surry scurry vickery

Questions

How do you pronounce uri?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈuːɹi/.
What does uri mean?: A canton of Switzerland.
Where does uri come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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