Ury

See also: URY

English

Etymology 1

From Scottish Gaelic Uaraidh or Ùraidh.

Proper noun

Ury

1. A river in Aberdeenshire council area, Scotland, which joins the River Don at Inverurie.

Alternative forms

• Urie

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Ury

1. 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?’

Anagrams

• Ryu, yur