Lexicographical Neighbors of Dhourra
Literary usage of Dhourra
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Nubia and Abyssinia: Comprehending Their Civil History, Antiquities, Arts by Michael Russell (1833)
"... Wansey— Ensete — Doum-tree— dhourra—Teff— Papyrus. FEW materials have been
contributed by travellers towards a flora of Nubia and Abyssinia. ..."
2. The Modern Voyager & Traveller Through Europe, Asia, Africa, & America by M.A. William Adams (1828)
"The roofs of these low mud buildings, are generally covered with dhourra stalks,
which last till they are devoured by the cattle, then palm-leaves are made ..."
3. Travels in Nubia; by John Lewis Burckhardt (1819)
"If a considerable quantity of dhourra is to be measured out, the contents of a
wooden bowl, ... Besides the dhourra, another substitute for currency is the ..."
4. Narrative of the Operations and Recent Discoveries Within the Pyramids by Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1820)
"I said, the money may be sent to Assouan, and there dhourra could be ... But,"
replied Daoud, " if we do so, they keep the money, and send us no dhourra. ..."
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