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murus

Pronunciation: [ˈmuː.rʊs]

“murus” is a Latin word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. wall, city wall(s), (usually of a city, as opposed to pariēs)
  2. mounds made without ditches

In Latin

  1. Lapideus ambitus circa urbem, munimenti causa.

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to fix, to build fortifications or fences”), see also Latin mūnīre (“to protect”), Old Norse -mæri (“border-land, boundary”), Old English mære (“landmark, border, boundary”). See also Sanskrit मुर् (múr, “wall”), Sanskrit मुर (mura, “surrounding, encircling, enclosing”).

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