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English

suffix
Definitions
  • (in place names) habitation

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse býr (settlement, lot, and later settlement, land, town, farm, property, place).

Origin

Old Norse

býr

Gloss

settlement, lot, and later settlement, land, town, farm, property, place

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

陸

Emoji

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