Ury

See also: URY

English

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic Uaraidh or Ùraidh.

Proper noun

Ury

  1. A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which joins the River Don at Inverurie.
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Proper noun

Ury

  1. A diminutive of the male given name Uriah.
    • 1849 May – 1850 November, Charles Dickens, The Personal History of David Copperfield, London: Bradbury & Evans, [], published 1850, →OCLC:
      ‘I’m umbly thankful to you, sir,’ said Mrs. Heep, in acknowledgement of my inquiries concerning her health, ‘but I’m only pretty well. I haven’t much to boast of. If I could see my Uriah well settled in life, I couldn’t expect much more I think. How do you think my Ury looking, sir?

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