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Dera
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'''Dera''', '''Dero''', '''Daro''', '''Dhoro''', '''Dahar''' or '''Dehra''' is a [[Pashto]], [[Balochi language|Balochi]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[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.

==Geography==
===India===
* [[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
* [[Gola Dhoro]], [[Kutch district]], Gujarat
* [[Kerala-no-dhoro]], [[Saurashtra region|Saurashtra]], Gujarat
(contracted; show full)* [[Mohenjo-daro]], [[Larkana District]], Sindh
* [[Dhoro Naro railway station|Dhoro Naro]], Sindh
* [[Sobho Dero]], [[Khairpur District]], Sindh
* [[Mohabat Dero Jatoi]], [[Naushahro Feroze District]], Sindh
* [[Naudero]], [[Larkana District]], Sindh
* [[Dera Alampur Gondlan]], [[Gujrat District]], Punjab

==
  Organizations  ==

A '''[[dera (organization)|dera]]''' is a socio-religious organization in northern India:

* [[Dera Beas]]
* [[Dera Sacha Sauda]]
* [[Dera Sach Khand]]

==  See also  ==
* [[-abad]]
* [[-stan]]
* [[-land]]
* [[Khurd and Kalan]]
* [[Pur (Vedic)#Pur and Pura|Pur and Pura]]

==  References  ==
{{Reflist}}

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