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• Chur
  Chur

  noun

  a town in and the capital of Grisons, in E Switzerland.
• chur
  chur

  an informal expression of agreement

Chur

American  

[koor] / kʊər /

noun

1. a town in and the capital of Grisons, in E Switzerland.

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Chur ¹ British  

/ kuːr /

noun

1. French name: Coire.  Ancient name: Curia Rhaetorum.  a city in E Switzerland, capital of Graubünden canton. Pop: 32 989 (2000)

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chur ² British  

/ tʃɜː /

1. an informal expression of agreement

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Example Sentences

She has made the World Cup podium on two other occasions - winning slopestyle silver in Laax in January and big air bronze in Chur in October.

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2023

But I noticed a number of new buildings as our train slipped out of the city, sliding under the sunrise alongside Lake Zurich toward Chur, where my next connection waited.

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023

And he sometimes bristles with righteous Roarkian anger, as when talk turns to a new facade he designed for the Grisons parliament building in Chur, Switzerland.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 1, 2016

Museum director Stephan Kunz and his predecessor, Beat Stutzer, who organised the original deal with Stoffel that brought the collection to Chur, also declined comment, citing the legal proceedings.

From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2016

Lucius is supposed to have left Britain, preached among the Rh�tian Alps, and died at Chur or Coire, where he is still venerated as a saint.

From John Patrick, Third Marquess of Bute, K.T. A Memoir by Blair, David Hunter