- transliteration of the Arabic name for Tyre
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sur-,1 prefix.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026- sur- comes from French, where it has the meaning "over, above, in addition'':surcharge;surname;surrender.
sur (sûr),USA pronunciation prep. [Law.]
Sur (sŏŏr),USA pronunciation n.
sur-1 ,
sur-2 ,
- Lawupon;
on the basis of:sur mortgage.
- Latin super super-
- French
Sur (sŏŏr),USA pronunciation n.
- Place Namesa town in S Lebanon, on the Mediterranean Sea: site of ancient port of Tyre.
sur-1 ,
- a prefix meaning "over, above,'' "in addition,'' occurring mainly in loanwords from French and partial calques of French words:surcharge; surrender;survive.Cf. super-.
- Latin super- super-
- Old French
- Middle English
sur-2 ,
- var. of sub- before r: surrogate.
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'Sur' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Asnières-sur-Seine
- Attila
- Baja California Sur
- Boulogne
- Boulogne Billancourt
- Boulogne-Billancourt
- Carnot
- Chalon-sur-Saône
- Champigny-sur-Marne
- Chilpancingo
- Châlons
- Costanoan
- Fontenelle
- Geological Survey
- Lower California
- Marne
- Neuilly
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Pouilly
- Riemann surface
- Sierra Madre
- Sour
- Trouville
- Tyre
- Vendée
- Women at Point Sur, The
- aerial survey
- bellybutton surgery
- capital surplus
- caustic surface
- chirurgeon
- control surface
- control survey
- cosmetic surgery
- crown antler
- developable surface
- earned surplus
- erosion surface
- father substitute
- flight surgeon
- geodetic survey
- house surgeon
- in utero surgery
- laser surgery
- light and shade surface
- open-heart surgery
- oral surgery
- orthognathic surgery
- paid-in surplus
- pitch surface