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

After disembarking in St. Moritz, visiting the museum dedicated to the painter Giovanni Segantini and sightseeing for a few hours, I boarded a different Gourmino train back to Chur.

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

I was lately with the Bishop of Chur and informed myself on the subject.

From The Hour Will Come: Volumes I and II A Tale of an Alpine Cloister by Hillern, Wilhelmine von