The Kur () is a river in central Russia. It flows through the city of Kursk, where it falls into the Tuskar, which then falls into the Seym. The name relates to a dialect word kur'ya ("long and narrow river bay"),E.M. Pospelov, Geograficheskie nazvaniya mira (Moscow, 1998), p. 232. which itself may represent a borrowing from Komi kurya 'bay' (although it has been suggested that the latter is borrowed from Russian).Max Vasmer, Etimologicheskii slovar' russkogo yazyka, vol. 2 (Moscow, 1967), p. 431.
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External links Kommersant.com description of Kursk Oblast Tuskar River on Kursk Encyclopedia