Sura

2 definitions found

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

  Sura \Su"ra\, n. [Ar., a step, a degree.]
     One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one
     hundred and fourteen in number.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  sura
       n 1: one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; "the Quran
            is divided in 114 suras"
       2: the muscular back part of the shank [syn: {calf}]