doura

American  

[door-uh] / ˈdʊər ə /

Or dourah

noun

1. a variant of durra.

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doura British  

/ ˈdʊərə /

noun

1. a variant of durra

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Example Sentences

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doura

The peasants in their gay-coloured clothing are ploughing the rich, red-brown soil for the late crop of doura.

From Out-of-Doors in the Holy Land Impressions of Travel in Body and Spirit by Henry Van Dyke

Close to the right of the front of Medinet-Abu there are trees covered with yellow flowers; beyond are fields of doura.

From The Spell of Egypt by Robert Smythe Hichens

He knew that Carefinotu said "birsi" for fire, "aradore" for the sky, "mervira" for the sea, "doura" for a tree, &c.

From Godfrey Morgan A Californian Mystery by Jules Verne

By help of the irrigation thus contrived, the great plateau of Iran will produce good crops of grain, rice, wheat, barley, Indian corn, doura, millet, and sesame.

From The Seven Great Monarchies Of The Ancient Eastern World, Vol 3. (of 7): Media The History, Geography, And Antiquities Of Chaldaea, Assyria, Babylon, Media, Persia, Parthia, And Sassanian or New Persian Empire; With Maps and Illustrations. by George Rawlinson

Thus while the world regarded Egypt as a vast granary, her soldiers were obliged to purchase 4,000 tons of doura and 1,000 tons of barley from India and Russia on which to begin the campaign.

From The River War An Account of the Reconquest of the Sudan by Winston Churchill