Definition of Dowar

1. duar [n -S] - See also: duar

Lexicographical Neighbors of Dowar

dovier
doviest
doving
dovish
dovishness
dovishnesses
dow
dowable
dowager
dowager's hump
dowager's humps
dowagerism
dowagerlike
dowagers
dowagers' humps
dowar (current term)
dowars
dowd
dowdier
dowdies
dowdiest
dowdified
dowdifies
dowdify
dowdifying
dowdily
dowdiness
dowdinesses
dowds

Literary usage of Dowar

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Egyptian Campaigns, 1882 to 1885: And the Events which Led to Them by Charles Royle (1886)
"SURRENDER OF KAFR dowar. Events in Alexandria—General ... The surrender of the Egyptian Army at Kafr dowar was an event of sufficient importance to justify ..."

2. Egypt After the War: Being the Narrative of a Tour of Inspection (undertaken by Henry Windsor Villiers Stuart, Villiers Stuart (1883)
"... the Condor—The Bombardment—Mahmoud Sami and his master Arabi—The Conflagration—Bankrupt Poultry—The Donkeys' Dressing-room—Kafr dowar —Aspect of Cairo. ..."

3. Narrative of the Surveying Voyage of H.M.S. Fly, Commanded by Captain F.P by Joseph Beete Jukes (1847)
"... (distinguishing it from the Murray Island dowar by saying ... and pointing to the north, then pointing south, and saying " dowar ..."

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