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Ship Name Histories - Database of
histories of ship names beginning with letter U. |
Udzura
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| Name Origin: The quail. |
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Uhu 
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Name Origin: Horned owl |
Uji
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| Name Origin: A village in the province of Yamashiro, near
Kioto, celebrated for its excellent tea plantations. |
Ukraina
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Name Origin: Southwest Russia. |
Ulan
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| Name Origin: Lancer. |
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Ulan
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Name Origin: Lancer |
Ulf
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| Name Origin: Wolf. |
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Ulfr 
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Name Origin: A personage in Norse mythology; the name means
“wolf”. |
Uller
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| Name Origin: In Norse mythology the god who ruled the sky in
winter. The rays of the
Aurora Borealis are the darts shot from his bow. |
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Umbria 
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Name Origin: Central province of Italy, sometimes called
Perugia. The Umbrians, a
distinct people in ancient Italy, were conquered by Rome in 295 B.C. |
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Undaunted  |
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Undine  |
| Name
Origin: Legendary water-maidens, who, if they could win the love of a
mortal man and bear him a child, received an immortal soul. |
| Undine
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| Name Origin: Legendary water maidens, who if they could win
the love of a mortal man and bear him a child, received an immortal
soul. |
Uralets
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Name Origin: Cossack of the Ural. |
| Urd
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| Name Origin: In Norse mythology one of the three “Nornas,”
goddesses of fate. She
presided over the future. |
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Ure |
| Name
Origin: A river in Yorkshire which, together with the Swale, forms the
Ouse. There is also a small river of this name in Argyllshire. |
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Uruguay  |
Name Origin : Name of an important
South American river.
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Ushio
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| Name Origin: The tide. |
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Usk |
| Name
Origin: A river in Monmouthshire which flows into the Bristol Channel. |
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Uskoke
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Name Origin: A term applied in ancient times to the outlaws
and pirates which then infested the coast of Dalmatia and the adjacent
islands. |
Ussuriets
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Name Origin: Inhabitants of the lands along the banks of the
river Ussuri, an affluent of the Amur. |
Usugumo
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| Name Origin: Fleecy clouds. |
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Utrecht
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Name Origin: Provincial capital and name of one of the seven
United Provinces, the deputies of which met at Utrecht on January 23rd
1579, and signed a treaty for mutual defence.
On April 11th 1713, the Treaty of Utrecht was signed,
which terminated the wars of Queen Anne, secured the Protestant
succession in England, the separation of the French and Spanish crowns,
and the enlargement of the British colonies in America. |
Utsuki
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| Name Origin: A poetical name for the month of april. |
