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  plural of jus.
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  a department in E France. 1,952 sq. mi. (5,055 sq. km). Lons-le-Saunier.

jura

¹ American  

[joor-uh, yoo-rah] / ˈdʒʊər ə, ˈju rɑ /

noun

1. plural of jus.

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Jura ² American  

[joor-uh, zhy-ra] / ˈdʒʊər ə, ʒüˈra /

noun

1. a department in E France. 1,952 sq. mi. (5,055 sq. km). Lons-le-Saunier.

2. Jura Mountains.

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Jura ¹ British  

/ ˈdʒʊərə /

noun

1. a department of E France, in Franche-Comté region. Capital: Lons-le-Saunier. Pop: 253 309 (2003 est)). Area: 5055 sq km (1971 sq miles)

2. a canton of Switzerland, bordering the French frontier: formed in 1979 from part of Bern. Capital: Delémont. Pop: 69 200 (2002 est). Area: 838 sq km (323 sq miles)

3. an island off the W coast of Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides, separated from the mainland by the Sound of Jura . Pop: 200 (2004 est). Area: 381 sq km (147 sq miles)

4. a mountain range in W central Europe, between the Rivers Rhine and Rhône: mostly in E France, extending into W Switzerland

5. a range of mountains in the NE quadrant of the moon lying on the N border of the Mare Imbrium

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jura ² British  

/ ˈdʒʊərə /

noun

1. the plural of jus 1

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The principal natives are sometimes called sacchus and sometimes jura.

From De Orbe Novo, Volume 1 (of 2) The Eight Decades of Peter Martyr D'Anghera by Francis Augustus MacNutt

"Arma in armatos sumere jura sinunt—the possessor may use violence to maintain his possession, but not to recover that of which he has been deprived."

From Doom Castle by Neil Munro

The southern coast, as we have already said, consists of a long narrow strip of argillaceous schist and detritus, with a very steep inclination, and overtopped throughout its length by high cliffs of jura limestone.

From Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. by Xavier Hommaire de Hell

Mr. Richardson seemed to feel much better, and drank milk and a little jura, besides rice.

From Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1 Under the Orders and at the Expense of Her Majesty's Government by James Richardson

Society implies government, and whatever its origins or its forms there "must be in all of them a supreme, irresistible, absolute, uncontrolled authority, in which the jura summa imperii, or rights of sovereignty reside."

From Political Thought in England from Locke to Bentham by Harold Joseph Laski

In August 2017, £660.80 was spent on a Jura glass coffee cup warmer, six Jura espresso cups and a stainless steel milk pipe, which attaches to a coffee machine.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

And on 10 October 2018 he invested in a Jura Z8 fully automatic bean to cup coffee machine, which cost £2,595.

From BBC ● May 25, 2026

According to Dutkiewicz, the Swabian Jura is just one of several key areas where such symbols appear.

From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026

Yet Julien Forestier, head of the eyewear makers' union in Jura, said the buzz will "bring nothing" to the local industry.

From Barron's ● Jan. 30, 2026

Another storm enlightened Jura with faint flashes; and another darkened and sometimes disclosed the Môle, a peaked mountain to the east of the lake.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley