Buri

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "buri"

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Swiss German Buri.

Proper noun

Buri (plural Buris)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Buri is the 37544th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 593 individuals. Buri is most common among White (65.77%) and Hispanic/Latino (26.64%) individuals.

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Buri m or f by sense

  1. a surname

Latin

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Būrī m pl (genitive Būrōrum); second declension

  1. A Germanic tribe dwelling near the territory of the Marcomanni

Declension

Second-declension noun, plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative Būrī
Genitive Būrōrum
Dative Būrīs
Accusative Būrōs
Ablative Būrīs
Vocative Būrī

Derived terms

References

  • Buri in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Burii”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *burô (“bearer; one who carries or brings”), Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Compare Borr (literally “the one brought forth”).

Proper noun

Buri m (genitive Bura)

  1. (Norse mythology) name of a dwarf

Declension

  Declension of Buri (weak an-stem, indefinite singular only)
masculine singular
indefinite
nominative Buri
accusative Bura
dative Bura
genitive Bura

Portuguese

Proper noun

Buri

  1. A municipality of São Paulo, Brazil
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