Duras may refer to:
Places
* Albanian city of
Durrës
Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the second most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is located on a flat plain along the Albanian Adriatic Sea Coast between the mouths of ...
(obsolete French spelling)
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Duras, Lot-et-Garonne
Duras (; oc, Duràs) 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 (1558-1629), Scottish historian and philosopher, was the pastor in Dur ...
, a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne ''département'' in France
* , a constituent village of the commune of
Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden (; french: link=no, Saint-Trond ; li, Sintruin ) is a city and municipality located in the province of Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium, and has over 41,500 inhabitants, which makes it one of the largest cities in Limburg. The muni ...
in the Belgian province of Limburg
People
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County of Duras The County of Duras was a medieval county with its seat at the castle of Duras. The 18th century version of this castle still stands and is a part of modern Sint-Truiden in the province of Belgian Limburg. The county was one of several counties in ...
, a noble family in the 11th and 12th centuries whose seat was Duras, Belgium
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Duras (Dacian king)
Duras (ruled c.69–87), also known as Duras-Diurpaneus, was king of the Dacians between the years AD 69 and 87, during the time that Domitian ruled the Roman Empire. He was one of a series of rulers following the Great King Burebista. Duras' i ...
(ruled c.69-87), king of Dacia who attacked the Roman empire
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Marguerite Duras
Marguerite Germaine Marie Donnadieu (, 4 April 1914 – 3 March 1996), known as Marguerite Duras (), was a French novelist, playwright, screenwriter, essayist, and experimental filmmaker. Her script for the film ''Hiroshima mon amour'' (1959) ea ...
(1914–1996), pseudonym of Marguerite Donnadieu, a French writer and film director
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Claire de Duras
Claire, Duchess of Duras (née de Kersaint; 1777–1828) was a French writer best known for her 1823 novel called '' Ourika'', which examines issues of racial and sexual equality, and which inspired the 1969 John Fowles novel ''The French Lieutena ...
(1777–1828), a French writer
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Oldřich Duras
Oldřich Duras (also Důras; 30 October 1882, Pchery, Bohemia, then Austria-Hungary – 5 January 1957, Prague, then Czechoslovakia) was a leading Czech chess master of the early 20th century. FIDE awarded him the title of International Gran ...
or Důras (1882–1957), Czech chess International Grandmaster
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Důras, Czech surname
Other
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Duras (grape)
Duras is a traditional French variety of red wine grape that is mostly grown around the river Tarn, northeast of Toulouse. It is usually blended with other traditional varieties, but production has been declining in recent years.
Despite the na ...
, a red wine grape from Tarn in France
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House of Duras
A house is a single-unit residential building. It may range in complexity from a rudimentary hut to a complex structure of wood, masonry, concrete or other material, outfitted with plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air condi ...
, in ''Star Trek'', a house in the Klingon Empire
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