Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

urum

/uːˈɹuːm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
urum
IPA
/uːˈɹuːm/
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars

Meaning

Etymology

Derived from the endonym Rûm (Rome), the term for the Byzantine Empire in the Muslim world. See Arabic رُوم (Rūm), Persian روم (Rūm), Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos), etc.

Questions

How do you pronounce urum?
The recorded pronunciation is /uːˈɹuːm/.
What does urum mean?
A Turkic language spoken in Ukraine and by a diaspora around the world, including in Georgia.
Where does urum come from?
Derived from the endonym Rûm (Rome), the term for the Byzantine Empire in the Muslim world. See Arabic رُوم (Rūm), Persian روم (Rūm), Ancient Greek Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos), etc.

How to pronounce urum

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/uːˈɹuːm/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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