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2004, Jan Oskar Engene, Terrorism in Western Europe: Explaining the Trends Since 1950, page 158:
This parallel is the Jura conflict. While the cantonal structure in Switzerland largely follows linguistic lines, the predominantly French-speaking Jura had for a long time until recently been a part of the German-speaking canton of Bern.
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1839, Jura, entry in Thomas Curtis (editor), The London Encyclopaedia, page 275,
Between the north end of Jura and the small isle of Skarba there is a famous whirlpool, called Cory-vrekan, from Brecan, son of a king of Denmark, who perished in this gulph.
From Vulgar Latin*iuris, a Latinized form of Gaulish*iuris(“wooded mountain”), commonly derived from Proto-Celtic*yor-(“forest”), but this remains speculative, as cognates of this Celtic root remain lacking.[1] More at Jura.