Bible Dictionaries
Daira

Webster's Dictionary

(n.) Any of several valuable estates of the Egyptian khedive or his family. The most important are the Da"i*ra Sa"ni*eh (/), or 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Daira'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​d/daira.html. 1828.