Jura

== English == === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊɹə/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/ Rhymes: -ʊəɹə === Etymology 1 === From French Jura, perhaps of Celtic origin. ==== Proper noun ==== Jura A mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains. 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. Capital: Delémont. [Created 1979.] Synonym: canton of Jura ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== Jurassic ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Jura (department) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Canton of Jura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Etymology 2 === From Scottish Gaelic Diùra, from Old Norse Dýrey (literally “animal island”). ==== Proper noun ==== 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. ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== Jura, Scotland on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Raju == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Jura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈʒu.ɾə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈd͡ʒu.ɾa] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈʒu.ɾa] === Proper noun === Jura m Jura (a canton of Switzerland) Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France) == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈjura] === Proper noun === Jura m anim (dialectal) a diminutive of the male given name Jiří ==== Declension ==== This proper noun needs an inflection-table template. == French == === Etymology === 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. More at Jura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒy.ʁa/ === Proper noun === Jura m Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France) Jura (a canton of Switzerland) Jura (a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains) Jura (an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland) ==== Derived terms ==== Jurassien jurassien === See also === === References === == German == === Alternative forms === JU (canton; ISO 3166-2:CH) === Etymology 1 === From French Jura ==== Pronunciation ==== (Germany) IPA(key): [ˈjuːʀaː] (Switzerland) IPA(key): [ˈjuːrɑː] ==== Proper noun ==== der Jura m (proper noun, strong, usually definite, definite genitive des Juras) Jura (a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains) the Jurassic Jura (a canton of Switzerland) Synonym: Kanton Jura Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France) Jura (an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== See also ==== Trias Kreide Mesozoikum === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin iūra, nominative plural of iūs (“law, right”). ==== Noun ==== Jura n pl (plural only) law (study) Ich habe Jura studiert. ― I studied law. ===== Usage notes ===== 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 ===== ===== Synonyms ===== (law): Jurisprudenz, Jus (Switzerland, Austria), Rechtswissenschaft, Recht, Rechte, Juristerei (humorous) ===== Related terms ===== Jurastudent Jurastudium, Jura-Studium == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French Jura. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈju.ra/ Rhymes: -ura Syllabification: Ju‧ra Homophone: jura === Proper noun === Jura f Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France) Jura (a canton of Switzerland) Jura (a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains) Jura (an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Jura”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[1] (in Polish) Jura in PWN's encyclopedia “Jura”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2025–2030 == Romanian == === Etymology === From Jora. Compare Ukrainian Жура (Žura), Russian Жура (Žura), Polish Żura. === Proper noun === Jura f a village in Jura, Transnistria, Moldova a commune of Transnistria, Moldova == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology 1 === A hypocoristic form of Juraj. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /jûra/ ==== Proper noun ==== Jȕra m anim (Cyrillic spelling Ју̏ра) a male given name, equivalent to English George === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /jǔːra/ ==== Proper noun ==== Júra f (Cyrillic spelling Ју́ра) (geology) Jurassic, the time period from 200 to 145 million years ago === Further reading === “Jura”, in Portal suvremenih hrvatskih osobnih imena [Portal of contemporary Croatian personal names] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2018–2026