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The word Jurassic is named for the Jura moutains which are on the border of France and Switzerland.
I have absolutely no clue what "jura" means!?
Does anyon know? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 96.225.172.244 (talk) 21:54, 26 January 2008 (UTC)
I do not speak French but if one looks at the French article, it seems to being saying Jura is of Celtic language origin. As to what it means exactly, someone will need to translate the French article. RedWolf (talk) 04:56, 8 January 2009 (UTC)
It apparently comes from either 'jor' or 'juria', which mean 'forest' in the gaulish language, according to our Franche-Comté article and these sources [1] and [2]. That will pay me not to read the article first - it's already in there, after all it was a four year old question.Mikenorton (talk) 23:36, 2 January 2012 (UTC)
