jura

¹

[ joor-uh; Latin yoo-rah ]

noun

1. plural of jus.

Jura

²

[ joor-uh; French zhy-ra ]

noun

1. a department in E France. 1,952 sq. mi. (5,055 sq. km). : Lons-le-Saunier.
2. Jura Mountains.

Jura

¹

/ ˈdʒʊərə /

noun

1. a department of E France, in Franche-Comté region. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier. Pop: 253 309 (2003 est)). Area: 5055 sq km (1971 sq miles)
2. a canton of Switzerland, bordering the French frontier: formed in 1979 from part of Bern. Capital: Delémont. Pop: 69 200 (2002 est). Area: 838 sq km (323 sq miles)
3. an island off the W coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides, separated from the mainland by the Sound of Jura . Pop: 200 (2004 est). Area: 381 sq km (147 sq miles)
4. a mountain range in W central Europe, between the Rivers Rhine and Rhône: mostly in E France, extending into W Switzerland
5. a range of mountains in the NE quadrant of the moon lying on the N border of the Mare Imbrium

jura

²

/ ˈdʒʊərə /

noun

1. See jus
   the plural of jus 1

Example Sentences

Growers such as Pierre Overnoy and Jean-François Ganevat, in the Jura, are global benchmarks.

From The Daily Beast

Jura was stolen, and kept in prison somewhere for more than a week, as I remember.

From Project Gutenberg

My father was the natural god of all the dogs in our house, and poor Jura took to him of course.

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This town is built at the foot of Jura, which rises abruptly from a plain of vast extent.

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The town is beautifully situated 2000 ft. above sea-level at the base of the most easterly and highest chain of the Jura.

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Mammals in the Jura, mammals in Purbeck chalk, which some reckon as the lowest chalk formation; good-by, kingdom of reptiles!

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