Jura

Location of Jura (département) in France (sense 2)

Meaning

Proper Noun

The Jura Mountains, a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany.
department Bourgogne-Franche-Comté (region) France (country) .
canton Switzerland (country).
An island of the Inner (island) Hebrides in Scotland (constituent country).

Origin

From French, from Latin *iuris, a Latinized form of Gaulish *iuris, from Proto-Celtic *jor.

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