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UR, Ur or ur may refer to:
Computing
- Ur, also called Ur/Web a programming language.
Geography
- Ur, an ancient city-state in southern Mesopotamia, modern day Iraq
- Royal Game of Ur, two ancient game boards found in the Royal Tombs of Ur
- Ur of the Chaldees ((Ur Kaśdim)), mentioned in the Book of Genesis as the birthplace of Abraham
- Ur, Pyrénées-Orientales, a commune of the Pyrénées-Orientales Département, France
- Ur (continent), name of the first known continent in the field of tectonics
- Ur, Iran, a village in Ardabil Province, Iran
- Canton of Uri, Switzerland
- Hay Ur, a neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq
Mathematics
- Unitary representation in group theory
Language and linguistics
- ur, ISO 639 alpha-2 code for the Urdu language
- ur, acronym for "your" or "you're" in text messaging
- Úr (ᚒ), a letter of the Ogham alphabet
- ur (digraph), a digraph in Central Alaskan Yup'ik for /ʁʷ/, and in Pinyin for the trilled vowel /ʙ̝/
- Ur (root), a common root word in the Basque language
- Ur (rune) (ᚢ), a letter of the runic alphabets
- Ur-, a German prefix meaning "original or primitive" in linguistics, see:
- UR, acronym for Underlying representation in phonology
Media and entertainment
- Ur, a novella by Stephen King
- "UR", pronounced "you are," a song from the album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie by Alanis Morissette
- UR/A Tear in the Open, a song from the album Just Be by DJ Tiësto
- UR (band), a satellite band of Secret Chiefs 3 from San Francisco, California
- UR (Unrated), used for a film not submitted for rating or is an uncut version of a film
- A location in Final Fantasy III
- A race of aliens in Fading Suns, a role-playing game
- Ur, acronym for Sveriges Utbildningsradio, the Swedish Educational Broadcasting Corporation
- Underground Resistance (band), a US techno music label
- Universal Records (Philippines), a Philippine record label
- UR, the eighth studio album by American singer Usher.
Organizations and institutions
- University of La Rioja, Spain
- Universität Regensburg, Germany
- University of Regina, Canada
- Universidad Regiomontana, Monterrey, Mexico
- University of Richmond, Virginia, United States
- University of Rochester, New York, United States
- University of Redlands, United States
- University of Rwanda
- University of La Réunion
Other uses
- Ur, codename for the Polish Karabin przeciwpancerny wzór 35 anti-tank rifle
- UR Mark, abbreviation for UL Recognized Mark, a certification mark of Underwriters Laboratories
- Ursaab, prefix of the original Saab automobile, 1949
- UrQuattro, prefix of the original Audi Quattro automobile, 1980-1991
- Audi Ur-S4 / Ur-S6, prefix the original Audi S4 or Audi S6 automobiles, 1992-1997
- Universal Rocket, a family of Russian rockets developed by Khrunichev
See also
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