KURA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Kura mean? 

• KURA (noun)
  The noun KURA has 1 sense:

1. a river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea

  Familiarity information: KURA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• KURA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Synonyms:

Kura; Kura River

Instance hypernyms:

river (a large natural stream of water (larger than a creek))

Holonyms ("Kura" is a part of...):

Asia (the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations)

 Context examples 

An’ wasn’t there the Governor of Kura Island, an’ the Chief iv Police, Japanese gentlemen, sir, an’ didn’t they come aboard the Ghost as his guests, a-bringin’ their wives along—wee an’ pretty little bits of things like you see ’em painted on fans.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)