Jura
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊɹə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ʊəɹə
Etymology 1
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From French Jura, perhaps of Celtic origin.
Proper noun
[edit]Jura
- The Jura Mountains, a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany.
- 1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC:
- Occasionally, a sigh of mountain air came from the distant Jura, fading along the plain.
- 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
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[edit]Translations
[edit]department in France
canton in Switzerland
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See also
[edit]Jura (departement) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Canton of Jura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- (cantons of Switzerland) Appenzell Inner Rhodes, Appenzell Outer Rhodes, Aargau, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva, Glarus, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Thurgau, Ticino, Uri, Vaud, Valais, Zug, Zurich (Category: en:Cantons of Switzerland)
Etymology 2
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From Scottish Gaelic Diùra, from Old Norse Dýrey (literally “animal island”).
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland
See also
[edit]Jura, Scotland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
[edit]Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Jura m
- Jura (a canton of Switzerland; capital: Delémont)
- Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France; capital: Lons-le-Saunier)
Czech
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Jura m anim
- (dialectal) a diminutive of the male given name Jiří
Declension
[edit]This proper noun needs an inflection-table template.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]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
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]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)
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- (cantons of Switzerland) Cantons suisses; Appenzell Rhodes-Extérieures, Appenzell Rhodes-Intérieures, Argovie, Bâle-Campagne, Bâle-Ville, Berne, Fribourg, Genève, Glaris, Grisons, Jura, Lucerne, Neuchâtel, Nidwald, Obwald, Saint-Gall, Schaffhouse, Schwytz, Soleure, Tessin, Thurgovie, Uri, Valais, Vaud, Zug, Zurich (Category: fr:Cantons of Switzerland)
References
[edit]- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
German
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Alternative forms
[edit]- JU (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH)
Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Germany) IPA(key): [ˈjuːʀaː]
Audio: (file)
- (Switzerland) IPA(key): [ˈjuːrɑː]
Audio (Switzerland): (file)
Proper noun
[edit]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
[edit]Declension of Jura [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]- Trias
- Kreide
- Mesozoikum
- (cantons of Switzerland) Schweizer Kantone; Aargau, Appenzell Ausserrhoden, Appenzell Innerrhoden, Basel-Landschaft, Basel-Stadt, Bern, Freiburg, Genf, Glarus, Graubünden, Jura, Luzern, Neuenburg, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Schaffhausen, Schwyz, Solothurn, St. Gallen, Tessin, Thurgau, Uri, Waadt, Wallis, Zug, Zürich (Category: de:Cantons of Switzerland)
Etymology 2
[edit]Borrowed from Latin iūra, nominative plural of iūs (“law, right”).
Noun
[edit]Jura n pl (plural only)
- law (study)
- Ich habe Jura studiert. ― I studied law.
Usage notes
[edit]- 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
[edit]Declension of Jura [pl-only, neuter]
Synonyms
[edit]- (law): Jurisprudenz, Jus (Switzerland, Austria), Rechtswissenschaft, Recht, Rechte, Juristerei (humorous)
Related terms
[edit]Polish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Jura f
- 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)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Jura
Derived terms
[edit]noun
Related terms
[edit]adjective
Further reading
[edit]- Jura in Polish dictionaries at PWN
- Jura in PWN's encyclopedia
- “Jura”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Jora. Compare Ukrainian Жура (Žura), Russian Жура (Žura), Polish Żura.
Proper noun
[edit]Jura f
- A village in Jura, Transnistria, Moldova
- A commune of Transnistria, Moldova
Serbo-Croatian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Serbo-Croatian variant of George
Proper noun
[edit]Jȕra m
- a male given name
Proper noun
[edit]Júra f
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