Duras
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Places
- Obsolete FrenchFrench languageFrench is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
spelling of the AlbaniaAlbaniaAlbania , officially known as the Republic of Albania , is a country in Southeastern Europe, in the Balkans region. It is bordered by Montenegro to the northwest, Kosovo to the northeast, the Republic of Macedonia to the east and Greece to the south and southeast. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea...
n city of DurrësDurrësDurrës is the second largest city of Albania located on the central Albanian coast, about west of the capital Tirana. It is one of the most ancient and economically important cities of Albania. Durres is situated at one of the narrower points of the Adriatic Sea, opposite the Italian ports of Bari... - Duras, Lot-et-GaronneDuras, Lot-et-GaronneDuras is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department in south-western France.The town is traversed by the Dropt river.-Notable people:*David Hume of Godscroft , Scottish historian and philosopher, was the pastor in Duras 1604-1614....
, a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne département in France - Duras, Belgium, a constituent village of the commune of Sint-TruidenSint-TruidenSint-Truiden is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, near the towns of Hasselt and Tongeren. The municipality includes the old communes of Aalst, Brustem, Duras, Engelmanshoven, Gelinden, Gorsem, Groot-Gelmen, Halmaal, Kerkom-bij-Sint-Truiden,...
in the Belgian province of Limburg
People
- Duras (Dacian king)Duras (Dacian king)Duras, 1st century AD was a Dacian king.Preceded by the Great King Burebista and followed by Decebalus The Great...
, a Dacian king - Marguerite DurasMarguerite DurasMarguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.-Background:...
(1914–1996), pseudonym (after the town) of Marguerite Donnadieu, a French writer and film director - Madame de Duras, an 18th century French writer
- Oldřich DurasOldrich DurasOldřich Duras was a leading Czech chess master of the early 20th century...
(1882–1957), Czech chess International Grandmaster
Other
- Duras (grape)Duras (grape)Duras is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is mostly grown around the Tarn River, northeast of Toulouse. It is usually blended with other traditional varieties, but production has been declining in recent years....
, a red wine grape from Tarn in France - House of Duras, in Star Trek, a formerly important House in the Klingon Empire