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Jura definition

jyo͝orə, yyo͝orə, yo͝orä
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The Jurassic Period or its rocks.
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(place) Canton in W Switzerland: 323 sq mi (837 sq km)
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(place) Mountain range along the Swiss-French border: highest peak, 5,652 ft (1,723 m)
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A département of France.
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An island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland.
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Jura Sentence Examples

  • There may also be mentioned the lakes of Bourget and Annecy (both in Savoy), St Point (Jura), Paladru (Isre) and Nantua (Am).

  • The poorer grazing lands on the upper levels of the Alps, Pyrenees, Jura and Vosges, the Landes, the more outlying regions of the central plateau, southern Brittany, Sologne, Berry, ChampagnePouilleuse, the Crau and the Carnargue, these districts being given over for the most part to sheep-raising.

  • Included therein are the dairying and horse-raising district of northern Brittany and the dairying regions of Jura and Savoy.

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