The Kur (Russian: Кур) is a river in central Russia. It flows through the city of Kursk, where it falls into the Tuskar River (Russian: Тускарь), which then falls into the Seym. The name is related to a dialect word kur'ya 'long and narrow river bay,' which itself may be a borrowing from Komi kurya 'bay' (although it has been suggested that the latter is borrowed from Russian).
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“In order to get to East Russet you take the Vermont Central as far as Twitchell’s Falls and change there for Torpid River Junction, where a spur line takes you right into Gormley. At Gormley you are met by a buckboard which takes you back to Torpid River Junction again.”
—Robert Benchley (1889–1945)