Daira

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Daira \Da"["i]*ra\ (d[aum]"[-e]*r[aum]), n. [Turk. daire
     circuit, department, fr. Ar. da["i]rah circle.]
     Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or
     his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh
     (s[aum]"n[i^]*[e^]), or Da"i*ra Sa"ni*yeh, and the Da"i*ra
     Khas"sa, administered by the khedive's European bondholders,


     and known collectively as the Daira, or the Daira estates.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]