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Jura

Ju′ra

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rop.
Noun.
[F. & L.]
1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
2.
(Geol.)
The Jurassic period. See
Jurassic
.

Definition 2024

Jura

Jura

See also: jura, jurá, jūra, jūrā, and jūrą

English

Location of Jura (département) in France
Location of Jura (canton) in Switzerland

Proper noun

Jura

  1. The Jura Mountains, a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany.
    • 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.
  2. A département of France. [Created 1790.]
  3. A canton of Switzerland. [Created 1979.]
    • 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.
  4. An island in the inner Hebrides of 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.

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Czech

Proper noun

Jura m

  1. (dialectal) A diminutive of the male given name Jiří

French

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Jura

  1. Jura (département)
  2. Jura (Canton)
  3. Jura (island)

German

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Germany) IPA(key): [ˈjuːʀaː]
  • (Switzerland) IPA(key): [ˈjuːrɑː]

Proper noun

Jura m ‎(genitive Juras)

  1. Jura Mountains
  2. Jura (region in France)
  3. Jura (canton of Switzerland)
  4. Jura (island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland)
  5. the Jurassic

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Etymology 2

From Latin iūra, nominative plural of iūs ‎(“law, right”).

Noun

Jura m ‎(genitive Juras, no plural)

  1. law (study)
    Ich habe Jura studiert.‎ ― I studied law.
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Normally used without article.

Serbo-Croatian

Proper noun

Jȕra m

  1. A male given name

Proper noun

Júra f

  1. (geology) Jurassic, the time period from 200 to 145 million years ago

jura

jura

See also: Jura, jurá, jūra, jūrā, and jūrą

Danish

Noun

jura c (singular definite juraen, not used in plural form)

  1. the practice and profession of law
    Hun læser jura.
    She studies law.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒy.ʁa/

Verb

jura

  1. third-person singular past historic of jurer

Latin

Noun

jūra

  1. nominative plural of jūs
  2. accusative plural of jūs
  3. vocative plural of jūs

References

  • jura in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
  • jura in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Latvian

Noun

jura f (4th declension)

  1. Jurassic

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Polish

Noun

jura f

  1. Jurassic

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Portuguese

Verb

jura

  1. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of jurar
  2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of jurar

Romanian

Etymology

From Latin jūrāre, iūrāre, present active infinitive of iūrō ‎(“swear or take an oath”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʒuˈra/

Verb

a jura ‎(third-person singular present jură, past participle jurat) 1st conj.

  1. (transitive, reflexive) to swear; to vow

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈxu.ɾa/

Etymology 1

Verb

jura

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of jurar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of jurar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of jurar.

Etymology 2

Noun

jura f ‎(uncountable)

  1. (dated, slang, El Salvador) the police institution, especially the military police before the 1992 Peace Accords
Synonyms
  • (police): chota (El Salvador, N Mexico)

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