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Jura en · PROPN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒʊɹə/ (General-American)
• /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From French Jura, perhaps of Celtic origin.

Meanings

1. A mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains.
   • 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.
   • Occasionally, a sigh of mountain air came from the distant Jura, fading along the plain. 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
2. A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier.
3. A canton of Switzerland. Capital: Delémont.
   • 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. 2004, Jan Oskar Engene, Terrorism in Western Europe: Explaining the Trends Since 1950, page 158:

Deriveds

Franconian Jura · Montes Jura · Bernese Jura · Jura-Trias · Paps of Jura · Polish Jura

Relateds

Jurassic

Synonyms

canton of Jura

Translations (33)

uk Юра́ (canton in Switzerland) · eo Ĵuraso (canton in Switzerland) · nl Jura (department in France) · cmn 汝拉省 (department in France) · scn Giura (canton in Switzerland) · ru Юра́ (canton in Switzerland) · mr जुरा (canton in Switzerland) · frp Jura (department in France) · fi Jura (canton in Switzerland) · it Giura (canton in Switzerland) · cmn 汝拉 (canton in Switzerland) · eo Ĵuraso (department in France) · fi Jura (department in France) · ar جُورَا (canton in Switzerland) · de Jura (department in France) · cmn 汝拉州 (canton in Switzerland) · co Ghjura (canton in Switzerland) · pl Jura (canton in Switzerland) · nl Jura (canton in Switzerland) · co Giura (canton in Switzerland) · ka იურა (canton in Switzerland) · cmn 汝拉 (department in France) · mr जुरा (department in France) · oc Jura (department in France) · mk Јура (canton in Switzerland) · fr Jura (department in France) · ka იურა (department in France) · eo Ĵuraso (mountain range) · fr Jura (canton in Switzerland) · it Giura (department in France) · scn Giura (department in France) · de Jura (canton in Switzerland) · ar جُورَا (department in France)

Jura en · PROPN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈd͡ʒʊɹə/ (General-American)
• /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic Diùra, from Old Norse Dýrey (literally “animal island”).

Meanings

1. 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.

Translations (5)

mr जुरा (island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland) · sco Jura (island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland) · de Jura (island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland) · nl Jura (island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland) · gd Diùra (island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland)