Daira \Da"["i]*ra\, n. [Turk. daire circuit department, fr. Ar. da["i]rah circle.]

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)