Jura
专有名词
英 /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/
美 /ˈd͡ʒʊɹə/
英文释义
专有名词
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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.
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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.
- A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier.
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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.
词源
词源 1
From French Jura, perhaps of Celtic origin.
词源 2
From Scottish Gaelic Diùra, from Old Norse Dýrey (literally “animal island”).
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