Ury
See also: URY
English
Etymology 1
From Scottish Gaelic Uaraidh or Ùraidh.
Proper noun
Ury
- A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which joins the River Don at Inverurie.
Alternative forms
Proper noun
Ury
- 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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