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    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.


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)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

chur 2 British  
/ tʃɜː /
  1. an informal expression of agreement

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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He was resuscitated at the scene before being airlifted to hospital in Chur, but passed away on Friday morning.

From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023

After disembarking in St. Moritz, visiting the museum dedicated to the painter Giovanni Segantini and sightseeing for a few hours, I boarded a different Gourmino train back to Chur.

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

Yet, even this is not strange; I was born three months and a half ago; I commenced to live July 5th of this year; at four o'clock in the afternoon, in the cathedral at Chur.

From Samuel Brohl and Company by Cherbuliez, Victor

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