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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dura \Du"ra\, noun Short form for {Dura mater}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
dura
noun: the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges [syn: {dura mater}]
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Dura the circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, mentioned in Dan. 3:1. The place still retains its ancient name. On one of its many mounds the pedestal of what must have been a colossal statue has been found. It has been supposed to be that of the golden image.
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:
Dura, same as Dor
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