A hard knot in wood; a knur or knurl. / (obsolete) A hard knob of wood used in playing hockey.

A township in Qira, Hotan prefecture, Xinjiang, China.

plural of nur

Former name of Astana (the capital city of Kazakhstan), used from 2019–2022.

A former salt lake, now largely dried up, located in southeastern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.

A lake in Ejin, Alxa, Inner Mongolia, in northern China.

(archaic) A wet nurse. / A person (usually a woman) who takes care of other people’s young. / A person trained to provide care for the sick.

(transitive) To breastfeed: to feed (a baby) at the breast; to suckle. / (intransitive) To breastfeed: to be fed at the breast. / (transitive) To care for (someone), especially in sickness; to tend to.

A nurse shark or dogfish.

(by extension) Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children.