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

Javanese

Romanization

Sura

  1. Romanization of ꦱꦸꦫ

Latin

Etymology 1

From sūra (“calf of the leg”).

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) 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.

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.

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.

Slovak

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Sura m pers (female equivalent Surová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Sura (pattern hrdina)
singularplural 1plural 2
nominativeSuraSuroviaSurovci
genitiveSuruSurovSurovcov
dativeSuroviSuromSurovcom
accusativeSuruSurovSurovcov
locativeSuroviSurochSurovcoch
instrumentalSuromSuramiSurovcami

Further reading

  • “Sura”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Sundanese

Etymology

From Javanese ꦱꦸꦫ (Sura, “Muharram, Sura”) from Arabic عَاشُورَاء (ʕāšūrāʔ, “tenth, tenth day, notably the tenth day of the month Muharram”).

Proper noun

Sura

  1. Muharram (the first month of the Islamic calendar)
  2. Sura (the first month of the Javanese calendar)

Synonyms

Coordinate terms

Coordinate terms: Sura, Sapar, Mulud, Silih Mulud, Jumadilawal, Jumadilakhir, Rojab, Rewah, Puasa, Sawal, Hapit, Rayagung

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