sur : Idioms & Phrases

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big sur

  • noun a picturesque coastal region of California to the south of San Francisco
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chalons-sur-marne

  • noun the battle in which Attila the Hun was defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451
    Chalons.
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sur-

Sur-
Etymology
F. sur over, above, contr. fr. L. super, supra. See Super-.
Definitions
  1. A prefix signifying over, above, beyond, upon.
Webster 1913