Kur (Kursk Oblast)

For other uses, see Kur River (disambiguation).
Kur
The mouth of Kur
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Native nameКур (Russian)
Location
CountryRussia
Physical characteristics
MouthTuskar
 • location
Kursk
 • coordinates
51°43′22″N 36°11′29″E / 51.72278°N 36.19139°E / 51.72278; 36.19139
Basin features
ProgressionTuskar→ Seym→ Desna→ Dnieper→ Dnieper–Bug estuary→ Black Sea
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The Kur (Russian: Кур) is a river in central Russia. It flows through the city of Kursk, where it falls into the Tuskar, which then falls into the Seym. The name relates to a dialect word kur'ya ("long and narrow river bay"),[1] which itself may represent a borrowing from Komi kurya 'bay' (although it has been suggested that the latter is borrowed from Russian).[2]

References

  1. ^ E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 232.
  2. ^ Max Vasmer, Etimologicheskii slovar' russkogo yazyka, vol. 2 (Moscow, 1967), p. 431.



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