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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 (organization)]], term for socio-religious organizations in [[Northern India]]
* [[Dera, Himachal Pradesh]]⏎
* [[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]], [[KapurthalaBaba Vadbhag Singh]], [[Una district]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Dera Doon]], capital of [[Uttarakhand]]
* [[Dera Sach Khand]], [[Jalandhar district]], [[Punjab]]
* [[Dera GopipurSacha Sauda]], [[KangrSirsa district]], Himachal Pradesh
* [[[[Haryana]]
* [[Derasar|Dera Sar]], term for Jain temples in [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]] 
* [[Kanjli Wetland|Dehra, Himachal Kanjli]], [[Kapurthala district]], [[Punjab]]
* [[Dera Gopipur]], [[Kangra district]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Gola Dhoro]], [[Kutch district]], [[Gujarat]]
* [[Kerala-no-dhoro]], [[Saurashtra region|Saurashtra]], [[Gujarat]]
* [[Savli|Damajino Dero]], [[Vadodara district]], [[Gujarat⏎
* [[Dehradun]], interim capital of [[Uttarakhand]]
* [[Derasar]] a term for a [[Jain temple]]

===Iran===
* [[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

===Pakistan===
* [[Dera Allah Yar]], [[Jaffarabad District]], Balochistan
* [[Dera Bugti]], [[Dera Bugti District]], Balochistan
* [[Dera Dildar]], [[Bahawalpur]], Punjab
* [[Dera Ghazi Khan]], [[Dera Ghazi Khan District]], Punjab
* [[Dera Ismail Khan]], [[Dera Ismail Khan District]], Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa
* [[Frontier Region Dera Ismail Khan]] (FR DI Khan), Federally Administered Tribal Areas
* [[Dera Murad Jamali]], [[Nasirabad District]], Balochistan
* [[Saddar Dera Bugti]], [[Dera Bugti District]], Balochistan
* [[Ratodero]], [[Larkana District]], Sindh
* [[Chanhudaro]], [[Shaheed Benazirabad District|Nawabshah District]], Sindh
* [[Lakhueen-jo-daro]], [[Sukkur District]], Sindh
* [[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

==See also==
* [[-abad]]
* [[-stan]]
* [[-land]]
* [[Khurd and Kalan]]
* [[Pur (Vedic)#Pur and Pura|Pur and Pura]]
* [[Deira]], a suburb of Dubai

==References==
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