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Uri¹

  • /ˈuːɹi/

Rhymes with -uːɹi

Where it 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.

proper noun

  1. A canton of Switzerland.

    Similar: canton of Uri

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

Uri²

  • /ˈuːɹi/
  • /ˈjuːɹi/

Rhymes with -uːɹi

Where it comes from

From Hebrew אוּרִי (úri, “light”).

proper noun

  1. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.

uri³

noun

  1. plural plural of urus

URI⁴

noun URIs

  1. Internet, abbreviation, initialism Initialism of uniform resource identifier
  2. abbreviation, initialism Initialism of upper respiratory tract infection

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: yuli, ori, hour, url, open, opening, request, yuri, orie, yuriy, yury, realp, gurtnellen, altdorf, andermatt, erstfeld

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name canton of Switzerland

FrançaisUri
DeutschUri
ItalianoUri
РусскийУ́ри Úri

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MLA

"uri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/uri. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

uri. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/uri

Chicago

"uri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/uri.

BibTeX
@misc{uri_2026,
  title = {uri},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/uri},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}