Jura
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Jura may mean:
[edit] Law
- Jura or iura, plural of jus (or ius)
[edit] Places
[edit] Mountains
- Jura mountains, on the French-Swiss-German border, the namesake of the Jurassic period of geology
- Franconian Jura, a mountain range in southeastern Germany
- Bernese Jura, a region in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland
- Polish Jura, a highland region in southern Poland, hilly landscape with Jurassic limestone rocks
- Montes Jura, a mountain range on the Moon
[edit] Islands
- Jura, Scotland, Scottish island, in the Inner Hebrides where Isle of Jura Single Malt Whisky is distilled
[edit] Rivers
- Jūra, river in Lithuania
- Jura River (Papua New Guinea), river near Agaun
- Jura River (California), now dry river, formerly contained gold
- Jura River (Paris), mythological river
[edit] Political subdivisions
- Jura (department), a department in France
- Canton of Jura, Switzerland
- Jura, Afghanistan
- Jura, a commune in Transnistria, Moldova
- Al-Jura, a village in the Gaza district of Palestine, depopulated in 1948
- Al-Jura, a village in the Jerusalem district of Palestine, depopulated in 1948
[edit] Companies and organisations
- Jura Books, anarchist bookshop in Sydney, Australia
- Jura Elektroapparate, Swiss developer and distributor of automatic espresso machines, named after the Jura mountains
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