Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.