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

After learning of the collection in 2009, the Grisons Art Museum in Chur enlisted Remo Stoffel, a local real estate tycoon and patron, to buy it for more than $1 million.

From Reuters • Jul. 4, 2016

This tourist had set out from Chur in the diligence.

From Samuel Brohl and Company by Cherbuliez, Victor