Dera

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Dera, Dero, Daro, Dhoro, Dahar or Dehra is a word in several languages of South Asia, whose meaning is 'camp', 'mound' or 'settlement'. It appears in the names of a number of places.

Geography[]

India[]

• Dera, Himachal Pradesh
• Dera Bassi, Mohali district, Punjab
• Dera Baba Nanak, Gurdaspur district, Punjab
• Dera Baba Jaimal Singh, Amritsar district, Punjab
• Dera Baba Murad Shah, Nakodar, Punjab
• Dera Baba Vadbhag Singh, Una district, Himachal Pradesh
• Dera Doon, capital of Uttarakhand
• Dera Sach Khand, Jalandhar district, Punjab
• Dera Sacha Sauda, Sirsa district, Haryana
• Dera Sar, Jain temples in Gujarat and Rajasthan
• Dera Kanjli, Kapurthala district, Punjab
• Dera Gopipur, Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh
• Gola Dhoro, Kutch district, Gujarat
• Kerala-no-dhoro, Saurashtra, Gujarat
• Damajino Dero, Vadodara district, Gujarat

Iran[]

• Dera, Iran, a village in Kerman Province, Iran
• Dera, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, a village in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran
• Dehra, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran

Pakistan[]

• Dera Allah Yar, Jaffarabad District, Balochistan
• Dera Bugti, Dera Bugti District, Balochistan
• Dera Dildar, Bahawalpur, Punjab
• Dera Ghazi Khan, Dera Ghazi Khan District, Punjab
• Dera Ismail Khan, Dera Ismail Khan District, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
• Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan (FR DI Khan), Federally Administered Tribal Areas
• Dera Murad Jamali, Nasirabad District, Balochistan
• Saddar Dera Bugti, Dera Bugti District, Balochistan
• Ratodero, Larkana District, Sindh
• Chanhudaro, Nawabshah District, Sindh
• Lakhueen-jo-daro, Sukkur District, Sindh
• Mohenjo-daro, Larkana District, Sindh
• Dhoro Naro, Sindh
• Sobho Dero, Khairpur District, Sindh
• Mohabat Dero Jatoi, Naushahro Feroze District, Sindh
• Naudero, Larkana District, Sindh
• Dera Alampur Gondlan, Gujrat District, Punjab

See also[]

• -abad
• -stan
• -land
• Khurd and Kalan
• Pur and Pura
• Deira, a suburb of Dubai
• Deera Square, a place in Duadi Arabia

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