jura

name

1. A mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany; in full, Jura Mountains.

   “Occasionally, a sigh of mountain air came from the distant Jura, fading along the plain.”

   “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 department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier.
3. A canton of Switzerland. Capital: Delémont.

   “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 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.”