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Dera
{{About|the placename}}
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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]]
* [[Dera Baba Jaimal Singh]], [[Amritsar district]], [[Punjab]]
* [[Dera Baba Vadbhag Singh]], [[Una district]], [[Himachal Pradesh]]
* [[Dera Doon]], capital of [[Uttarakhand]]
* [[Dera Sach Khand]], [[Jalandhar district]], [[Punjab]]
* [[Dera Sacha Sauda]], [[Sirsa district]], [[Haryana]]
* [[Derasar|Dera Sar]], term for [[Jain temples]] in [[Gujarat]] and [[Rajasthan]] 
* [[Kanjli Wetland|Dera 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]]

===Iran===
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