Jura
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊɹə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
Etymology 1

Location of Jura (département) in France (sense 2)

Location of Jura (canton) in Switzerland (sense 3)
Proper noun
Jura
- The Jura Mountains, a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany.
- Template:RQ: Dickens Dombey and Son
- 1862, Author not identified, The Fir-Tree of the Jura, The Fir-Tree of the Jura and Other Stories, Oliphants Juvenile Series, page 7,
- On one of the western slopes of the Jura, looking towards France, stood the feudal mansion of Grammont.
- A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier. [Created 1790.]
- A canton of Switzerland. [Created 1979.]
- Synonym: canton of Jura
- 2004, Jan Oskar Engene, Terrorism in Western Europe: Explaining the Trends Since 1950, page 158:
- This parallel is the Jura conflict. While the cantonal structure in Switzerland largely follows linguistic lines, the predominantly French-speaking Jura had for a long time until recently been a part of the German-speaking canton of Bern.
Derived terms
Derived terms
- Bernese Jura
- Franconian Jura
- Montes Jura
- Paps of Jura
- Polish Jura
Related terms
Translations
department in France
canton in Switzerland
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See also
Jura (departement) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Canton of Jura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2

Jura (island) in Scotland from the air
From Scottish Gaelic Diùra, from Old Norse Dýrey (literally “animal island”).
Proper noun
Jura
- An island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland.
- 1839, Jura, entry in Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia, page 275,
- Between the north end of Jura and the small isle of Skarba there is a famous whirlpool, called Cory-vrekan, from Brecan, son of a king of Denmark, who perished in this gulph.
- 1839, Jura, entry in Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia, page 275,
Translations
See also
Jura, Scotland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Catalan
Proper noun
Jura m
- Jura (a canton of Switzerland; capital: Delémont)
- Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; capital: Lons-le-Saunier)
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈjura]
Declension
This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *iuris, a Latinized form of Gaulish *iuris (“wooded mountain”), commonly derived from Proto-Celtic *yor- (“forest”), but this remains speculative, as cognates of this Celtic root remain lacking.[1] More at Jura.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʒy.ʁa/
Audio (Paris) (file) Audio (file)
Proper noun
Jura m
- Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)
- Jura (a canton of Switzerland)
- Jura (an island in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland)
- Jura (a mountain range in France and Switzerland)
References
- Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
German

Kanton Jura (sense 3)
Alternative forms
- JU (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)
Pronunciation
- (Germany) IPA(key): [ˈjuːʀaː]
Audio (file)
- (Switzerland) IPA(key): [ˈjuːrɑː]
Audio (Switzerland) (file)
Proper noun
der Jura m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Juras)
- Jura Mountains (a mountain range on the border of France, Switzerland and Germany)
- the Jurassic
- Jura (a canton of Switzerland)
- Jura (a region of France)
- Synonym: Kanton Jura
- Jura (an island of the Inner Hebrides, Scotland, United Kingdom)
Declension
See also
Usage notes
- Used generally without article and without attributive adjectives, so no gender or number applies except from an etymological view.
- Often used in Jura studieren.
Declension
Synonyms
- (law): Jurisprudenz, Jus (Switzerland, Austria), Rechtswissenschaft, Recht, Rechte, Juristerei (humorous)
Related terms
- Jurastudent
- Jurastudium, Jura-Studium
Romanian
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Serbo-Croatian variant of George
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