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Jura.

Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

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name/ʒy.ʁa/
  1. Jura (a department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France)

    masculine
  2. Jura (a canton of Switzerland)

    masculine
  3. Jura (a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains)

    masculine
  4. Jura (an island of the Inner Hebrides in Argyll and Bute council area, Scotland)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

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.

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