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urlar

urlar noun: the base theme of a piece of classical bagpipe music.

Noun

urlar (plural urlars)

  1. The base theme of a piece of classical bagpipe music.
    • The opening theme of a piobaireachd is called the Urlar, or ‘ground’ – the territory on which the whole composition stands.2012, Hannah Rosefield, “Piping Up”, in Literary Review, section 401

Forms of urlar

pluralurlars

Origin of urlar

Borrowed from Scottish Gaelic ùrlar (“floor”).

Questions about urlar

What does urlar mean?
Urlar means the base theme of a piece of classical bagpipe music.
What part of speech is urlar?
Urlar is a noun.
What is the plural of urlar?
The plural of urlar is urlars.

Words near urlar in the dictionary

  1. URL injection
  2. URL injections
  3. URL rot
  4. urlanguage
  5. urlanguages
  6. urlar
  7. urlars
  8. Urlați
  9. urlfest
  10. urlfests
  11. Urliup

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