1. jura - Noun
2. Jura - Proper noun
1. A range of mountains between France and Switzerland.
The Jurassic period. See Jurassic.
Source: Webster's dictionaryApart from a visit to Jura in the new year he stayed in London for one of the coldest British winters on record and with such a national shortage of fuel that he burnt his furniture and his child's toys. Source: Internet
All natural reserves of the Polish Jura Chain are part of the CORINE biotopes programme due to their unique flora, fauna, geomorphology and landscape. Source: Internet
At the time when the limestones and dolomites of the White Jura were being deposited, this sea was divided into sponge reefs and intervening lagoons. Source: Internet
After this, he boarded a boat, and headed to England. citation After a short stay there, he moved to Switzerland where he joined the Jura Federation. Source: Internet
Between the Vosges range of mountains to the north and the Jura range to the south, the landscape consists of rolling cultivated fields, dense pine forest, and rampart-like mountains. Source: Internet
Evidence of modern humans, similarly dated, has been found in caves in the Swabian Jura near Ulm. Source: Internet