durra

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Arabic ذُرَة (ḏura).

The creek and valley of the Durra stream are very beautiful, and the church especially interesting. — The Cornwall Coast, Arthur L. (Arthur Leslie) Salmon
They get little else, when they are with the Arabs; a handful of durra, occasionally, when they are at work; but at other times they only get what they can pick up. — With Kitchener in the Soudan: A Story of Atbara and Omdurman, G. A. (George Alfred) Henty

doura, dourah, Egyptian corn, Indian millet, Guinea corn

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