Ur

Meaning

Proper Noun

An ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia (region), in modern Iraq (country) .
A hypothetical early supercontinent which may have existed on Earth during the Archaean eon.

Origin

Ultimately from Sumerian 𒋀𒀕𒆠.
From German Urkontinent ("original continent"), taking the morpheme ur-.

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