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Uri Bleier
Uri may refer to: Places * Canton of Uri, a canton in Switzerland * Úri, a village and commune in Hungary * Uri, Iran, a village in East Azerbaijan Province * Uri, Jammu and Kashmir, a town in India * Uri (island), an island off Malakula Island in Vanuatu, South Pacific * Uri, Sardinia, a commune in Italy * Uri, Darfur, capital of the Tunjur kingdom People * Uri (name), a given name * Uri (Bible), two people in the Bible * Aviva Uri (1922–1989), Israeli painter * Eelco Uri (born 1973), Dutch water polo player * Helene Uri (born 1964), Norwegian linguist, novelist and children's writer * Jaan Uri (1875–1942), Estonian politician * Joannes Uri (1724–1796), Hungarian orientalist * Vanessa Uri (1981–2004), Filipina actress known as Halina Perez * Ya'akov Uri (1888–1970), Israeli politician Abbreviations * Ultrasound research interface, software * Uniform Resource Identifier, a string of characters used to identify a name or a resource * United Religions Initiative, an int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canton Of Uri
The canton of Uri (german: Kanton Uri rm, Chantun Uri; french: Canton d'Uri; it, Canton Uri) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland and a founding member of the Swiss Confederation. It is located in Central Switzerland. The canton's territory covers the valley of the Reuss between the St. Gotthard Pass and Lake Lucerne. The official language of Uri is (the Swiss variety of Standard) German, but the main spoken dialect is the Alemannic Swiss German called . Uri was once the only canton whose children in school had to learn Italian as their first foreign language, but in the school year of 2005/2006, that was changed to English, as in other Central and Northeastern Swiss cantons. The canton's population is about 35,000, of which 3,046 (or 8.7%) are foreigners. The legendary William Tell is said to have hailed from Uri. The historical landmark Rütli lies within the canton of Uri. Name The name of the valley is first mentioned in the 8th or 9th century, in the Latinized f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
