Definition of "Kur"

Kur¹

proper noun
1. A mountain or mountains, usually identified as the Zagros mountains to the east of Sumer.
2. In Sumerian mythology, a dark shadowy underworld, located deep below the surface of the earth.

Kur²

proper noun
1. Alternative form of Kura (“a river in Turkey, Georgia and Azerbaijan”).
  Quotations
  In the mountains near Suram is a watering-place called Burjan, to which the Imperial Lieutenant of the Caucasus retires in summer. The river Kur, the ancient Cyrus, takes its rise in that district.
  1868, “Route 20: London to Tiflis […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 321