# Uri

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈuːɹi/ · frequency rank #20,808

## Definitions
1. A canton of Switzerland.
2. A city in Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir.

## Etymology
From Medieval Latin Uronia, possibly from Latin ora (“edge, brim”), or from the pre-Roman substrate hydronym *wer (“water”) + the Latin suffix -n-. More at Uri.

## Easily confused with
- **us** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-us)
- **UT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-ut)
- **UV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-uv)
- **UW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-uw)
- **UU** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-uu)
- **use** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-use)
- **USA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-usa)
- **USB** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-usb)
- **USD** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-usd)
- **URL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-url)
- **USC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-usc)
- **UTC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-utc)
- **USS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-uss)
- **urn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-urn)
- **UST** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-ust)
- **UVA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-uva)
- **ute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-ute)
- **utd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-utd)
- **uzi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-uzi)
- **USP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/uri-vs-usp)

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/uri