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Dura

Hebrew: דּוּרָא —transliteration: Duwra' —derived from the Akkadian word dûru, meaning “wall” or “circuit,” a name that suggests this place was enclosed or fortified

This is the name of a plain near Babylon in which Nebuchadnezzar set up a golden image, reported by Daniel.

This place is mentioned only once in Scripture.

Nebuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold, the height of which was sixty cubits and its width six cubits; he set it up on the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon. —Daniel 3:1

Dûru is the name of several places in Babylonia, including:

• the extensive ruins of ancient Dura-Europos on the Euphrates river, in modern Syria
• the modern neighborhood of Dora (aka al-Dura or ad-Durah), in Baghdad, Iraq