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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]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] 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
* [[Dera Sacha Sauda]], [[Sirsa district]], Haryana
* [[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 
* [[Dera Murad Jamali]], [[Nasirabad District]], Balochistan
* [[FR Dera Ismael Khan]], [[Dera Ismail Khan District]], Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa 
* [[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 ==
*Dera, short for [[Dera Sacha Sauda]]
* [[-abad]]
* [[-stan]]
* [[-land]]
* [[Khurd and Kalan]]
* [[Pur_(Vedic)#Pur_and_Pura|Pur and Pura]]

== References ==
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