Chur

Chur

See also: chur

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /kuːɹ/

Proper noun

Chur

  1. A town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland.

Translations

Anagrams

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

  • Khur, Khûr

Etymology

From Romansh 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

  • IPA(key): [ˈkʰuːr] (Chur)
  • IPA(key): [ˈxuːr] (most of Switzerland)

Proper noun

Chur n

  1. Chur (a town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland)

Descendants

  • German: Chur
  • English: Chur

References

  1. ^ CUOIRA”, in Dicziunari Rumantsch Grischun (in German)

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Etymology 1

    Borrowed from Alemannic German Chur.

    Proper noun

    Chur n (proper noun, genitive Churs or (optionally with an article) Chur)

    1. Chur (a town, the capital of Graubünden canton, Switzerland)

    Etymology 2

    Noun

    Chur f (genitive Chur, plural Churen)

    1. archaic spelling of Kur
    Declension