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

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 Churchill, Winston

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 Van Dyke, Henry

As I turned, far off in Cairo I saw the first lights glittering across the fields of doura, silvery white, like diamonds.

From The Spell of Egypt by Hichens, Robert Smythe

And the silence, broken only by the faint rustle of the doura, was startling, was almost dreadful.

From Bella Donna A Novel by Hichens, Robert Smythe

Here are observed some vineyards, and a few patches of doura.

From Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by Russell, Michael