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==Etymology== |
==Etymology== |
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The modern name "Jùr" comes from the [[Sinkayyi language|sinkajjì]] term of the same name, itself a corruption of the old sinkajjì ''Xhura/Xhyura'', which descends from even older ''Kxwuʼrayh'', thought to come from ''Akxwoʼnʼrayis'' roughly translated as "master waters" or "chief waters". |
The modern name "Jùr" comes from the [[Sinkayyi language|sinkajjì]] term of the same name, itself a corruption of the old sinkajjì ''Xhura/Xhyura'', which descends from even older ''Kxwuʼrayh'', thought to come from ''Akxwoʼnʼrayis'' roughly translated as "master waters" or "chief waters". |
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The [[Atlantia|Thalatene]] name for the river, ''Kwora'', comes from the same root. |
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