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dou·ra

 (do͝or′ə)
n.
Variant of durra.
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doura

(ˈdʊərə)
n
(Plants) a variant of durra
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Noun1.doura - sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africadoura - sorghums of dry regions of Asia and North Africa
grain sorghum - any of several sorghums cultivated primarily for grain
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The mountains drew farther apart, revealing in their place numerous villages, and fields of white Indian corn, doura, and sugar-cane.
He is a home-bred son of Doura Aird Ambition, out of Kilbuick Midnight Lexi.
An unnamed source from Iraq's Interior Ministry stated that an ammunition warehouse exploded inside a federal police military base, named Falcon, in Owerij area near the Southern district of Doura.
In a presentation by the regional committee to combat disasters in Jendouba, in the presence of the Prime Minister on Sunday, it was reported that all blocked roads have been reopened to traffic, including Souk Jemaa, Ain Soltane, Ain Draham, Balta-Bou Aouane and the roads connecting the localities of Chemtou and Doura to Oued Meliz, because of the flood of Oued Rghay.
Bilal Qasmi, a spokesperson for the ASWJ, said that IsmAail Darwesh was going home in Akhundabad from Doura Chowk when motorcyclists opened fire on him and his police guard.
Mohammad Fadi al-Resheini, aged 2, died Monday in a fire that broke out in his father's home in the Doura neighborhood in Hermel.
In related news, the soldiers invaded Doura town, southwest of the southern West Bank city of Hebron, and the nearby towns of Ethna and Yatta, and installed roadblocks on roads leading to Sa'ir and Halhoul towns, in addition to the southern entrance of Hebron city, before stopping and searching dozens of cars, and interrogated many Palestinians while inspecting their ID cards.
Iraqi Colonel Mohammad Ahmad told Petra's correspondent in the Iraqi capital, that a bomb went off near shops in Al Doura district south of Baghdad, killing two people and injuring 7 others.
NNA - Prime Minister Tammam Salam met on Tuesday at the Grand Serail with a a delegation of the Union of Oil Importing Companies in Doura region, who raised with the Premier the issue of garbage landfill project intended for the area and its impact on their companies.
A similar explosion also resulted in Mahdia Doura area south of Baghdad, killing one person and wounding five others were injured.
Il s'agit du jeune Dia al-Talameh, 21 ans, qui a ete tue dans la nuit de lundi a mardi par des tirs israeliens, ont indique des forces de securite palestiniennes, alors que les forces d' occupation affirmaient qu'il manipulait un engin explosif qu'il comptait lancer sur un vehicule de soldats israeliens, dans le village de Doura. La deuxieme victime a ete blessee dans la matinee par des tirs israeliens a un check-point proche du centre d'al Khalil, poudriere ou 500 colons vivent parmi les Palestiniens, derriere des miradors et des barbeles, ont rapporte des temoins.
The other hit a bus garage in Doura in the south of the capital, killing three people.