Standard Lemma guide

Ural

adj · name · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈjʊəɹəl/
  • /ˈʊəɹɑːl/ non-anglicized
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ʊəɹəl
  • CMU ARPABET: Y UH1 R AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Relating to the Ural Mountains.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A river that rises in the Urals and flows through Russia and Kazakhstan

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Russian Ура́л (Urál), most likely from either Bashkir үр (ür, “elevation; upland”) or Mansi (Northern Mansi ур ала (ur ala, “mountain peak”)).

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Southern Altai: Јайык (J̌ayïk) — river
  • Armenian: Ուրալ (Ural) — river
  • Bashkir: Яйыҡ (Yayıq) — river
  • Catalan: Ural — river
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏拉爾河 /乌拉尔河 — river
  • Dutch: Oeral — river
  • Dutch: Oeralrivier — river
  • Finnish: Ural — river
  • French: Oural — river
  • Greek: Ουράλης (Ourális) — river
  • Hindi: यूराल (yūrāl) — river
  • Hungarian: Urál — river
  • Ingrian: Ural — river
  • Ingrian: Uralan joki — river
  • Italian: Ural — river
  • Kalmyk: Зә һол (Zä ğol) — river
  • Kalmyk: Зә мөрн (Zä mörn) — river
  • Kazakh: Жайық (Jaiyq) — river
  • Kyrgyz: Орол (Orol) — river
  • Kyrgyz: Жайык (Jayık) — river
  • Macedonian: Урал (Ural) — river
  • Nogai: Яйык (Yayık) — river
  • Persian: اورال — river
  • Persian: دایکوس — river
  • Polish: Ural — river
  • Russian: Ура́л (Urál) — river
  • Swedish: Ural — river
  • Tatar: Җаек (Cayıq) — river