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Jura
properNoun
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The Jura Mountains, a mountain range on the border of France and Switzerland, extending into Germany.
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A département of France. [Created 1790.]
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A canton of Switzerland. [Created 1979.]
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island in the inner Hebrides of Scotland
nostrum
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noun
patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable
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noun
(= panacea)
hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists