Definition of "uru" [uru]

• An abbreviation of Uruguay. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "We had two students, one from Hong Kong and one from Japan, one playing a violin and the other playing an uru, which is a two-string instrument that will do anything a violin will do, and the amazing thing is the two strings are tied together at the end."
• "Te Ururoa Flavell: He aha ngā whakaaro o te Minita mō te whakapaunga o te tekau mā rima mano taara ki te tuku i te tauira kotahi ki te kura whai rawa ahakoa tokorua ngā tauira ka uru ki ngā kura nōhanga Māori mō taua tekau mā rima mano taara?"
• ""Urushalim", in fact is a word of Canaanite-Amorite derivation; the prefix uru, meaning "founded by", and the suffix "salem" or "shalem" being the name of a Canaanite-Amorite deity."