Jura

专有名词
/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹə/    /ˈd͡ʒʊɹə/

英文释义

专有名词
  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.
  2. 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.
  3. A department of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier.
  4. 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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