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Deira

American  
[dey-ruh] / ˈdeɪ rə /

noun

  1. kingdom in present-day NE England in the 6th century a.d., merged with Bernicia to form the kingdom of Northumbria.


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Tracking data suggests Flight No. EK231 was just 200 feet off the ground at points as it flew over Dubai’s Deira neighborhood before reaching the Persian Gulf.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 16, 2022

I think the most notable would be police Chief Deira Arradondo, who from the start dismissed what Chauvin did and called it “murder.”

From Slate • Apr. 12, 2021

Meanwhile, Palm Deira got as far as the base of the trunk before the rest of the tree was cancelled, its sorry stump since rebranded “Deira Islands”.

From The Guardian • Feb. 13, 2018

In “The Damned,” created by the Dutch choreographer Naomi Deira, dancers re-enact what it means to be displaced from one’s home.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2014

For some time he stuck to poetry, publishing City Poems in 1857 and Edwin of Deira in 1861.

From A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) by Saintsbury, George