SUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sur mean? 

• SUR (noun)
  The noun SUR has 1 sense:

1. a port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

  Familiarity information: SUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A port in southern Lebanon on the Mediterranean Sea; formerly a major Phoenician seaport famous for silks

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

Sur; Tyre

Instance hypernyms:

city; metropolis; urban center (a large and densely populated urban area; may include several independent administrative districts)

port (a place (seaport or airport) where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country)

Holonyms ("Sur" is a part of...):

Lebanese Republic; Lebanon (an Asian republic at east end of Mediterranean)

 Context examples 

Over 2,000 residents near Mount Apo in Kidapawan City have been relocated to other villages in the city since Wednesday. 76 villages were affected according to NDRRMC report on Saturday, which figured 21 injured individuals in Davao del Sur, 36 in North

(Aftershocks increase death toll of magnitude 6.3 earthquake in southern Philippines, Wikinews)

Such sayings exist in numerous languages: other examples in English include "Grape or grain, but never the twain”, while Germans claim “Wein auf Bier, das rat’ ich Dir—Bier auf Wein, das lass’ sein” and the French say “Bière sur vin est venin, vin sur bière est belle manière”.###!!!###

(Wine before beer, or beer before wine? Either way, you’ll be hungover, University of Cambridge)