Sura

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See also: Appendix:Variations of "sura"

English

Proper noun

Sura (plural Suras)

  1. A surname.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Sura is the 21439th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1219 individuals. Sura is most common among White (52.34%), Hispanic/Latino (28.06%), and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.97%) individuals.

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

From sūra (“calf of the leg”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsuː.ra/,

Proper noun

Sūra m sg (genitive Sūrae); first declension

  1. a cognomen used by the gens Licinia, Marcia, and others
    Lucius Licinius Sura
     
Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sūra
Genitive Sūrae
Dative Sūrae
Accusative Sūram
Ablative Sūrā
Vocative Sūra

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sura m sg (genitive Surae); first declension

View of the river
  1. A tributary river of the Moselle, now the Sûre
Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Sura
Genitive Surae
Dative Surae
Accusative Suram
Ablative Surā
Vocative Sura

References

  • “Sura3”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Sura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “Sura”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • George Davis Chase, "Origin of Roman Praenomina", Harvard Studies in Classical Philology, Vol. 8, 1897, p. 109.
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