15,000 words and phrases from more than 50 languages and their

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ua mau ke ea o ka aína i ka pono [Hawa], the life of the land is
established in righteousness: motto of Hawaii.
über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh [Ger], over all the heights is rest: Goethe.
Übergang [Ger], a crossing; passage; music, transition; modulation from
one key to another.
Überleitung [Ger], a transitional passage in a composition: music.
übermässig [Ger], excessive; superfluous; music, augmented.
Übermensch [Ger; pi. Übermenschen], superhuman being; superman.
uberrima fides [L], superabounding faith; implicit trust (or reliance).
Überschlagen [Ger], the crossing of the hands on the keyboard: music.
ubi amici, ibi opes [L], where there are friends, there is wealth.
ubi bene, ibi patria [L], where it is well with me, there is my country.
ubi homines sunt, modi sunt [L], where there are men, there are
manners.
ubi ius incertum, ibi ius nullum [L], where the law is uncertain, there
is no law; uncertainty destroys law.
ubi lapsus? quid feci? [L], where have I fallen (or where have I made
a slip)? what have I done?
ubi libertas, ibi patria [L], where there is liberty, there is my country.
ubi mei, ibi apes [L], where honey is, there are the bees.
ubique [L], everywhere. —ubique patriam reminisci, everywhere to
remember our country.
ubi sunt [L], short for ubi sunt qui ante nos fuerunt? (where are those
who lived before us?).
ubi supra [L], lit., where above; in the place (in book, etc.) abovementioned.
Übung [Ger; pi. Übungen], practice; exercise; study (as in music).
—Übung macht den Meister, practice makes the master; practice
makes perfect.
Uhr [Ger; pi. Uhren], clock; time of day; hour; o'clock: abbr. U.
—wieviel Uhr ist's?, what time is it?
uhuru [Swa], freedom.
uitlander [Du], outlander; foreigner; esp., any European other than a
Boer: South Africa.
ukehé [Nav], thank you.
Ulk [Ger; pi. Ulke], fun; frolic; trick; hoax.
ultima ratio [L], final argument; force. —ultima ratio regum, last
argument of kings; resort to arms; war.
ultima Thule [L], farthest Thule; utmost limit: Virgil. Also any unknown
land or region.
ultimo [L], in the month preceding the present one: abbr. ult.
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