Ural: The mountain chain dividing Europe from Asia, means the "girdle" or "belt," ural-tau, being a Turkic word meaning a "Mountain chain," while urr means a "chain" in Ostiah. The Russians call the Ural Mountains by the translated name Poyas, the "girdle." The mountains have given their name to the River Ural, which flows from them into the Caspian.

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