Origin:
Ger: akin to Goth us, ON ōr, out of, from, OE or-, early
uro-: used before a vowel
uro-: used before a vowel
See Ur in American Heritage Dictionary 4
A city of ancient Sumer in southern Mesopotamia on a site in present-day southeast Iraq. One of the oldest cities in Mesopotamia, it was an important center of Sumerian culture after c. 3000 B.C. and the birthplace of Abraham. The city declined after the sixth century B.C.