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bur

Pronunciation: /bʉːr/

“bur” is a Swedish word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. a cage
  2. a prison, a jail, an arrest

Etymology

From Old Swedish būr, from Old Norse búr, from Proto-Germanic *būrą.

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