Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-24640703-20140714030711/@comment-50.242.81.91-20141229031326

Ur is also a city-state from the Earth's first civilization, Mesopotamia.

I have no idea what it means from the original language, but I noticed Asian-ish (perhaps 'mongoloid') inspired themes with Morrowind. The ancestor worship of the elves is reminiscent of that of the Ancient Indians, Chinese and Mongolians (obviously more though), and Vivec has quite a few resemblences to Krishna, and the Dwemer not only look like the Sumerians (with their robes, beards, spears and shields) but are heavily technologically advanced, which was the Sumerians/Mesopotamians 'downfall' as well.

I suspect it has something to do with Mesopotamia, and wouldn't be surprised if it means first in their language as well. First civilization, new world, or something along those lines... Oh lyres of Ur