Chur

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Chur (pronounced [ˈkuːr] (in Graubünden), [ˈxuːʁ] (elsewhere); Alemannic German: Khûr; Romansh: Cuira [ˈkwera] or [ˈkwojra]; Italian: Coira [ˈkɔjra]); French: Coire; Laitin: Curia, Curia Rhaetorum an Curia Raetorum) is the caipital o the Swiss canton o Graubünden an lies in the northren pairt o the canton.

History[eedit | eedit soorce]

Chur in 1642, bi Matthäus Merian.

The name "chur" derives aiblins frae the Celtic kora or koria, meanin "tribe", or frae the Laitin curia.


Coordinates: 46°51′08″N 9°31′47″E / 46.85212°N 9.52965°E / 46.85212; 9.52965