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dūrāʾ דּוּרָא ‘Dura’ (Aramaic)

Etymology?: probably from dūr דּוּר ‘to dwell’
Roots: דור

dūrāʾ pr n loc
Dura = "dwelling"
1) a place in Babylonia where Nebuchadnezzar set up the golden image, site uncertain

Mentioned in Daniel 3:1

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