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Oral

Oral (Russian: Уральск, Uralsk, also spelled Ural'sk) is a city in western Kazakhstan, along the Ural (Zhayyq) River. It is the capital of the Batys Qazaqstan .


The Kingdom of Oral (French: Royaume d'Oral) was an old name for the Principality of Bethio on the Senegal River in West Africa, used in the 18th Century.


Oral, used as an adjective, means having to do with, or of, the mouth, such as in oral sex and oral hygiene. It may also be used in contrast to written history, tradition, or learning, as in oral history.

Last updated: 05-17-2005 03:28:44