Chur
See also: chur
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kuːɹ/
Proper noun
Chur
- A town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland.
Translations
Anagrams
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- Khur, Khûr
Etymology
From Romansch Cuira, Cuoira, Cuera, Coira, Cuoira, from a Celtic language cŭria ("tribe, kin"), from earlier *korjā, *korā, which is attested in many place names. The often cited derivation from Latin cūria (“senate”) is widely discredited as the first vowel in the Romansh name cannot be inherited from the long Latin ū.[1]
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Chur n
- Chur (a town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland)
Descendants
References
German
Pronunciation
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Etymology 1
Borrowed from Alemannic German Chur.
Proper noun
Chur n (proper noun, genitive Churs or (optionally with an article) Chur)
- Chur (a town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland)
Etymology 2
Noun
Chur f (genitive Chur, plural Churen)
- archaic spelling of Kur