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Dera
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'''Dera''', '''Dero''', '''Daro''', '''Dhoro''', '''Dahar''' or '''Dehra''' ({{lang-ur|ڈیرہ }}) is a [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Kutchi language|Kutchi]], [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] and, [[Dogri language|Dogri]]-language word meaning ''[[Campsite|camp]]'', mound or settlement. In [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], it is usually used as a place where men meet and socialize in the village.

Towns in [[Pakistan]] with '''Dera''' in their names.
* [[Dera Allah Yar]]
* [[Dera Bugti District]]
* [[Dera Bugti]]
* [[Dera Dildar]]
* [[Dera Ghazi Khan]]
* [[Dera Ismail Khan]]
* [[Dera Murad Jamali]]
* [[FR Dera Ismael Khan]]
* [[Saddar Dera Bugti]]
* [[Ratodero]], [[Larkana District]], Sindh
Towns in [[India]] with '''Dera''' in their names.
* [[Dera Bassi]], [[Sahibzada Ajit Singh Nagar district|Mohali district]], Punjab
* [[Dera Baba Nanak]], [[Gurdaspur district]], Punjab 
* [[Radha Soami Satsang Beas|Dera Baba Jaimal Singh,Beas,India]], [[Amritsar district]], Punjab
* [[Dera Sach Khand]], [[Jalandhar district]], Punjab
* [[Kanjli Wetland|Dera Kanjli]], [[Kapurthala district]], Punjab
* [[Dera Gopipur]], [[Kangra district]], Himachal Pradesh
* [[Dehra, Himachal]], [[Kangra district]], Himachal Pradesh
* [[Dera Sacha Sauda]], [[Sirsa district]], Haryana
* [[Dehradun]], capital of Uttarakhand
* [[Derasar]] a term for a Jain temple

Places in [[Iran]] named Dera or Dehra.
* [[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

Religious sects:
* [[Dera Sacha Sauda]], a sect at Sirsa, Haryana, India
* [[Dera Sach Khand]], [[Jalandhar]], Punjab⏎
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== See also ==
* [[-abad]]
* [[-stan]]
* [[-land]]
* [[Khurd and Kalan]]
* [[Pur_(Vedic)#Pur_and_Pura|Pur and Pura]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

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