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  jura

  noun

  plural of jus.
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  Jura

  noun

  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, ˈyu 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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Example Sentences

Rostra vacant, edicta silent, sua praemia desunt Emeritis, populo jura, colonus agris.

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, November 1864 by

Quid igitur proderit, novam nunc quemadmodum petitis, edi ab hac Apostolica Sede declarationem, ut sua jura tueatur, explicet, atque a criminationibus vindicet?

From The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, March 1865 by Various

Hanc etiam, ut perhibent, sese formabat ad artem, Cùm domito Fabius Dictator ab hoste redibat: Non veritus, medio dederat qui jura Senatu, Ferre idem arboribusque suis, terræque colendæ, Victricesque manus ruri præstare serendo.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John

Insula splendidior vestit mea, tempora latum Possideo imperium, multi mea jura tremiscunt.

From The Dance of Death Exhibited in Elegant Engravings on Wood with a Dissertation on the Several Representations of that Subject but More Particularly on Those Ascribed to Macaber and Hans Holbein by Douce, Francis

The corn was ripe when Sapor invaded Mesopotamia, 'cum jura stipulâ flavente turgerent'—a circumstance which, in the latitude of Aleppo, would naturally refer us to the month of April or May.

From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Yonge, Charles Duke