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Deira

American  
[day-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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His father built a hotel in Gaza, Al Deira, which Abdelhamid wants to buy and give new life.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2023

“His family’s only source of happiness, gone,” said a fellow courier in the working-class district of Deira, who declined to give his name for fear of reprisals.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2021

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

Oswald is succeeded by Oswy in Bernicia and in Deira by Oswin.

From Bede's Ecclesiastical History of England by Cuthbert Bede

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