Jura
Jura may refer to:
Places
[edit]- Jura, Scotland, island of the Inner Hebrides off Great Britain
- Jūra, river in Lithuania
Mountain ranges
[edit]- Jura Mountains, on the French–Swiss–German border
- Franconian Jura, south-central Germany
- Swabian Jura, south-western Germany
- Montes Jura, on the Moon near Mare Imbrium
Regions
[edit]- Jura (department), France
- Canton of Jura, Switzerland
- Bernese Jura, part of the Swiss canton of Bern
- Polish Jura, an upland of southern Poland
Villages
[edit]- Jura, Ontario, Canada
- Jura, Transnistria, Moldova
- Al-Jura, Mandatory Palestine
- Al-Jura, Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Companies and organisations
[edit]- Jura Books, anarchist bookshop in Sydney, Australia
- Jura distillery, Scotch whisky distillery on the island of Jura
- Jura Elektroapparate, Swiss developer and distributor of home appliances
- Jura Federation, the anarchist, Bakuninist faction of the 19th century First International
People
[edit]- Jura (given name), Slavic masculine name
- Jura (Brazilian footballer) (born 1971 as Jurandir Fatori), Brazilian football player
- Chuck Jura (born 1950), American basketball player
- Hubert Jura (born 1916), Polish soldier
Ships
[edit]- Jura (ship, 1854), steamship on Lake Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and Lake Constance
- Jura (ship, 2006), vessel of the Scottish Fisheries Protection Agency
Other uses
[edit]- Jurassic, a geological period
- Jura, or iura, plural of jus (or ius), in Roman law
- Jura wine, a French wine region
- Jūra (The Sea), name of a symphonic poem for orchestra by Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
- Jura, or the Great Forest of Jura, the fictional setting for the light novel, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
See also
[edit]- Jurassien dialect, a dialect of Franco-Provençal
- Gyula (disambiguation)