Duras may refer to:
Places
* Albanian city of
Durrës
Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the List of cities and towns in Albania#List, second most populous city of the Albania, Republic of Albania and county seat, seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest ...
(obsolete French spelling)
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Duras, Lot-et-Garonne, a commune of the Lot-et-Garonne ''département'' in France
* , a constituent village of the commune of
Sint-Truiden
Sint-Truiden (; ; ) is a City status in Belgium, city and Municipalities in Belgium, municipality located in the Provinces of Belgium, province of Limburg (Belgium), Limburg, Flemish Region, Belgium. With more than 41,500 inhabitants, it is on ...
in the Belgian province of Limburg
People
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County of Duras
The County of Duras was a 12th-century county in the Holy Roman Empire, with its seat at the castle of Duras, in an area where the Prince bishops of Liège contested for power with the counts of Leuven. The 18th century version of this castle sti ...
, 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 maybe AD 69 and 87, during the time that Domitian ruled the Roman Empire. Duras' immediate successor was Decebalus.
Duras and Diurpaneus
Duras is mentioned ...
(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 (pronounced "Dura", née de Kersaint; 23 March 1777 – 16 January 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 19 ...
(1777–1828), a French writer
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Oldřich Duras
Oldřich Duras (born Důras; 30 October 1882 – 5 January 1957) was a Czech chess master. He was among the leading chess masters of the early 20th century.
Biography
Duras was born on 30 October 1882 in Pchery, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. He cam ...
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, in ''Star Trek'', a house in the Klingon Empire
See also
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