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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Dura \Du"ra\, n. Short form for {Dura mater}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dura n : the outermost (and toughest) of the 3 meninges [syn: {dura mater}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Dura the circle, the plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, mentioned in Dan. 3:1. The place still retains its ancient name On one of its many mounds the pedestal of what must have been a colossal statue has been found It has been supposed to be that of the golden image. From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: Dura, same as Dor
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