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bures

bures is the plural of bure.

Meaning of bure

Noun

bure (plural bures)

  1. A traditional Fijian cottage with a steep thatched roof and wide windows.

See all 2 meanings of bure

Proper noun capitalized: Bures

Bures

  1. A village in Bures Hamlet parish, Braintree district, Essex and Bures St Mary parish, Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9034).
  2. A commune in Meurthe-et-Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
  3. A commune in Orne department, Normandy, France.
  4. A locality in the Rural Municipality of Key West No. 70, Saskatchewan, Canada, named after the English village.

Words formed from bures

Questions about bures

What does bures mean?
Bures means a village in Bures Hamlet parish, Braintree district, Essex and Bures St Mary parish, Babergh district, Suffolk, England (OS grid ref TL9034).
What is bures the plural of?
Bures is the plural of bure.
What part of speech is bures?
Bures is a proper noun.

Words near bures in the dictionary

  1. burels
  2. Buren
  3. burenorphine
  4. burerk
  5. burerks
  6. bures
  7. Bures Hamlet
  8. Bures St Mary
  9. Buresh
  10. Bureshes
  11. buret

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