UR
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Ur or ur may refer to:
In toponymy:
In typography:
Ur-, a German prefix, meaning "original, primitive", see:
In popular culture:
UR or ur is an abbreviation for:
UR is an abbreviation for several universities:
In toponymy:
- UrUrUr was an important city-state in ancient Sumer located at the site of modern Tell el-Muqayyar in Iraq's Dhi Qar Governorate...
, an ancient city in southern Mesopotamia- Royal Game of UrRoyal Game of UrThe Royal Game of Ur, also known as the Game of Twenty Squares, refers to two game boards found in the Royal Tombs of Ur in Iraq by Sir Leonard Woolley in the 1920s. The two boards date from the First Dynasty of Ur, before 2600 BC, thus making the Royal Game of Ur probably the oldest set of board...
, two game boards found in Royal Tombs of Ur and dating from the First Dynasty of Ur, before 2600 BC
- Royal Game of Ur
- Hay Ur, a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq
- Ur, Pyrénées-OrientalesUr, Pyrénées-OrientalesUr is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales department in southern France.-References:*...
, a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France - Ur, Catalonia, a town in Catalonia, Spain
- Ur (continent)Ur (continent)Ur was a supercontinent that formed in the early Archean eon; the oldest continent on Earth, half a billion years older than Arctica. Ur joined with the continents Nena and Atlantica about to form the supercontinent Rodinia...
, the name given to the first known continent in tectonics
In typography:
- ÚrÚrÚr is the Irish name of the eighteenth letter of the Ogham alphabet, , meaning "clay", "earth", "soil". In Old Irish, the letter name was also written Úir. Its phonetic value is [u] or [u:]....
, a letter of the Ogham alphabet - Ur (rune)Ur (rune)The reconstructed Proto-Germanic name of the Elder Futhark u rune is *Ūruz meaning "wild ox" or *Ûram "water". It may have been derived from the Raetic alphabet character u as it is similar in both shape and sound value...
ᚢ, a letter of the runic alphabets
Ur-, a German prefix, meaning "original, primitive", see:
- Proto-World languageProto-World languageThe Proto-Human language is the hypothetical most recent common ancestor of all the world's languages.The concept of "Proto-Human" presupposes monogenesis of all recorded spoken human languages....
- UrheimatUrheimatUrheimat is a linguistic term denoting the original homeland of the speakers of a proto-language...
- Ursprache
- UrreligionUrreligionUrreligion is a notion of an "original" or "oldest" form of religious tradition. The term contrasts with organized religion, such as the theocracies of the early urban cultures of the Ancient Near East or current world religions.The term originates in German Romanticism...
- UrmonotheismusUrmonotheismusUrmonotheismus or primitive monotheism is the hypothesis of a monotheistic Urreligion, from which non-monotheistic religions degenerated...
In popular culture:
- A location in Final Fantasy IIIFinal Fantasy IIIis a role-playing video game developed and published by Square in for the Family Computer as the third installment in the Final Fantasy series. It is the first numbered Final Fantasy game to feature the job-change system....
- UR/A Tear in the OpenUR/A Tear in the OpenUR and A Tear in the Open are two electronic music tracks which appeared on Tiësto's second studio album in 2004, entitled Just Be. Unlike Tiesto's other album from 2004, Parade of the Athletes, Just Be featured only unmixed tracks....
, a song by DJ Tiësto from his album Just Be - "UR", a song by Alanis Morissette from Supposed Former Infatuation JunkieSupposed Former Infatuation JunkieSupposed Former Infatuation Junkie is the fourth album and second internationally released album by singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released by Maverick Records in the United States on November 3, 1998...
- A codename for the Polish Karabin przeciwpancerny wzór 35 anti-tank rifle
- A race of aliens in Fading SunsFading SunsFading Suns is a science fiction space opera role-playing game published by Holistic Design. The setting was also used for a PC game , a live action role-playing game , and for a space combat miniature game .- Game setting :The action is set in a future medieval-analogue empire built on the remains...
, a role-playing game - Ur (novella)Ur (novella)Ur is a novella by Stephen King. It was written exclusively for the platform Amazon Kindle, and became available for download on February 12, 2009. It was later released on audiobook.-Release:King said, speaking about Ur:...
written by Stephen King, originally exclusively released for the Amazon Kindle
UR or ur is an abbreviation for:
- Canton of UriCanton of UriUri is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss River between Lake Lucerne and the St. Gotthard Pass. German is the primary language spoken in Uri...
, Switzerland - UL Recognized, a certification mark of Underwriters LaboratoriesUnderwriters LaboratoriesUnderwriters Laboratories Inc. is an independent product safety certification organization. Established in 1894, the company has its headquarters in Northbrook, Illinois. UL develops standards and test procedures for products, materials, components, assemblies, tools and equipment, chiefly dealing...
- Underground ResistanceUnderground ResistanceUnderground Resistance is a musical collective from Detroit, Michigan, in the United States of America. They are the most militantly political example of modern Detroit Techno, with a grungy, four-track musical aesthetic and a strictly anti-mainstream business strategy...
, a US techno music label - Underlying representationUnderlying representationIn some models of phonology as well as morphophonology, the underlying representation or underlying form of a word or morpheme is the abstract form the word or morpheme is postulated to have before any phonological rules have applied to it. If more rules apply to the same form, they can apply...
in phonology - Universal Records (Philippines)Universal Records (Philippines)Universal Records Philippines Inc. is a Filipino record label founded in 1977 as a part of Warner Music Group. Since 1992, it became independent.-History:URPI was founded in 1977 as WEA Records Philippines Inc...
, a Philippine record label - Urdu language (ISO 639 alpha-2, ur)
- Sveriges UtbildningsradioSveriges UtbildningsradioSveriges Utbildningsradio — the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Company — is a public-service corporation dedicated to serving the needs of the Swedish general public by providing educational programming on radio and television.-External links:**...
, the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Corporation - The first person shooter PC game UnrealUnrealUnreal is a first-person shooter video game developed by Epic MegaGames and Digital Extremes and published by GT Interactive in May 1998...
or the series of games - "Your" or "you're", especially in SMS languageSMS languageSMS language or textese is a term for the abbreviations and slang most commonly used due to the necessary brevity of mobile phone text messaging, in particular the widespread SMS SMS language or textese (also known as txt-speak, txtese, chatspeak, txt, txtspk, txtk, txto, texting language, txt...
- "Ur-SAAB", meaning the original SAABSaabSaab AB is a Swedish aerospace and defence company, founded in 1937. From 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer Saab Automobile, and between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania, known as Saab-Scania.-History:"Svenska...
automobile - "Ur-Quattro", meaning the original Audi QuattroAudi QuattroThe Audi Quattro is a road and rally car, produced by the German automobile manufacturer Audi, now part of the Volkswagen Group. It was first shown at the 1980 Geneva Motor Show on 3 March.The word quattro is derived from the Italian word for "four"...
, 1980-1991 - "Ur-S4/Ur-S6", meaning the original Audi S4Audi S4The Audi S4 is the high performance variant of Audi's compact executive car A4. The original Audi S4, built from 1991 until 1994, was a performance-oriented version of Audi's 100 saloon/sedan...
, 1992-1994 or Audi S6Audi S6The Audi S6 is a high-performance version of the Audi A6, an executive car produced by German automaker Audi. It went on sale in 1994, shortly after the "A6" designation was introduced, replacing the "100" nameplate...
, 1995-1997 - Universal RocketUniversal RocketThe Universal Rocket or UR family of missiles and carrier rockets is a Russian, previously Soviet rocket family. Intended to allow the same technology to be used in all Soviet rockets, the UR is produced by the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Centre. Several variants were originally...
, a Russian rocket developed by Khrunichev
UR is an abbreviation for several universities:
- Universität Regensburg, in Germany
- University of ReginaUniversity of ReginaThe University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...
, in Canada - Universidad RegiomontanaUniversidad RegiomontanaThe Universidad Regiomontana is a institution of higher education in Monterrey, México. This university has origin in the Instituto Modelo de Educación, this was converted in the UR by the Eduardo Elizondo . In 1974 a group of entrepreneurs bought the university...
, Monterrey, in Mexico - University of Rhode IslandUniversity of Rhode IslandThe University of Rhode Island is the principal public research university in the U.S. state of Rhode Island. Its main campus is located in Kingston. Additional campuses include the Feinstein Campus in Providence, the Narragansett Bay Campus in Narragansett, and the W. Alton Jones Campus in West...
, in the United States - University of RichmondUniversity of RichmondThe University of Richmond is a selective, private, nonsectarian, liberal arts university located on the border of the city of Richmond and Henrico County, Virginia. The University of Richmond is a primarily undergraduate, residential university with approximately 4,000 undergraduate and graduate...
, in the United States - University of RochesterUniversity of RochesterThe University of Rochester is a private, nonsectarian, research university in Rochester, New York, United States. The university grants undergraduate and graduate degrees, including doctoral and professional degrees. The university has six schools and various interdisciplinary programs.The...
, in the United States - University of RedlandsUniversity of RedlandsThe University of Redlands is a private liberal arts and sciences university located in Redlands, California. The university's campus sits on near downtown Redlands. The university was founded in 1907 and was associated with the American Baptist Church. The land for the university was donated by...
, in the United States