Chur

American  

[koor] / kʊər /

noun

1. a town in and the capital of Grisons, in E Switzerland.

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Chur ¹ British  

/ kuːr /

noun

1. French name: Coire.  Ancient name: Curia Rhaetorum.  a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)

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chur ² British  

/ tʃɜː /

1. an informal expression of agreement

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Example Sentences

But I noticed a number of new buildings as our train slipped out of the city, sliding under the sunrise alongside Lake Zurich toward Chur, where my next connection waited.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

Polished and engraved in Munich, using the Nazis favourite Fraktur font, it was delivered to Chur on the eve of World War Two.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2023

And he sometimes bristles with righteous Roarkian anger, as when talk turns to a new facade he designed for the Grisons parliament building in Chur, Switzerland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 1, 2016

Museum director Stephan Kunz and his predecessor, Beat Stutzer, who organised the original deal with Stoffel that brought the collection to Chur, also declined comment, citing the legal proceedings.

From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2016

Comander, pastor in Chur, told him of letters received there, and of the alarm of all the friends of reform.

From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob