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Kur

Kur proper noun: a mountain or mountains, usually identified as the Zagros mountains to the east of Sumer. Also the alternative form of the Kura.

Proper noun (1)

Kur

  1. A mountain or mountains, usually identified as the Zagros mountains to the east of Sumer.
  2. In Sumerian mythology, a dark shadowy underworld, located deep below the surface of the earth.
    Synonyms:
    Arali, Irkalla, Kigal, Kukku

Proper noun (2)

Kur

  1. An Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia.

Proper noun (3)

Kur

  1. An river in Russia.

Also used as

Kur is also the alternative form of the Kura.

Synonyms of Kur

  • Arali
  • Irkalla
  • Kigal
  • Kukku

Origin of Kur

From Sumerian 𒆳 (kur, “mountain; netherworld”).

Borrowed from Russian Кур (Kur)

Questions about Kur

What does Kur mean?
Kur means a mountain or mountains, usually identified as the Zagros mountains to the east of Sumer.
What part of speech is Kur?
Kur is a proper noun.

Words near Kur in the dictionary

  1. Kupwara District
  2. Kupyanka
  3. Kupyansk
  4. Kupʺjansʹk
  5. Kuqa
  6. Kur
  7. Kura
  8. kura clover
  9. kurabie
  10. kurabiye
  11. kurabiyes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Kur (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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