Dera or DERA may refer to:

Businesses and organisations

Defence Evaluation and Research Agency The Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) was a part of the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) between 1995 and 2 July 2001. At the time it was the United Kingdom's largest science and technology organisation. It was regarded by its official h ...

, part of the UK Ministry of Defence 1995–2001 *

Downtown Eastside Residents Association The Downtown Eastside Residents Association (DERA) was a non-profit society in the Downtown Eastside area of Vancouver, operating from 1973 until 2010. The association was founded by Bruce Eriksen, Libby Davies, Jean Swanson, University of Victoria ...

in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 1973–2010 *

Dera (organization) A ''dera'' is a type of socio-religious organization in northern India. Jacob Copeman defines the ''deras'' as "monasteries or the extended residential sites of religious leaders; frequently just glossed as sect". Several ''deras'' started out as ...

, a socio-religious organization in northern India * Deutsche Rohstoffagentur (German Natural Resources Agency), section of

Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources (Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe, or BGR) is a German agency within the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. It acts as a central geoscience consulting insti ...

Places

Ethiopia

Dera, Ethiopia Dera (or Dheeraa) is a town in southeastern Ethiopia. Located in the Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region, this town has a latitude and longitude of . It is the administrative center of Dodotana Sire woreda. By the late 1960s, Dera was provided with ...

Dera, Amhara (woreda) Dera (Amharic: ደራ) is one of the woredas in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. Part of the Debub Gondar Zone, Dera is bordered on the south and west by the Bahir Dar, Zenzelma subcity located in Semien Gojjam zone, on the west by Lake Tana, on the ...

Dera, Oromia Dera (Oromo: ''Deeraa,'' Amharic: ደራ) is a woreda in Oromia Region, Ethiopia. Part of the Kaba Shewa Zone, Dera is bordered on the south by the Jamma River which separates it from Hidabu Abote and Wara Jarso, on the west, north and east by ...

India

Dera Gopipur Dehra Gopipur is a town, a Municipal Council, and a Tehsil headquarter in Kangra district in the state of Himachal Pradesh, India. The River Beas divides the town into Dera (or Dehra) & Gopipur. One can reach Dera by train up to Una (UHL) t ...

, Himachal Pradesh, known during the British Raj as Dera

Iran

Dera, Iran Dera (, also Romanized as Derā) is a village in Qaleh Ganj Rural District, in the Central District of Qaleh Ganj County, Kerman Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a countr ...

, in Kerman Province *

Dera, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Do Rah-e Bahram Beygi (, also Romanized as Do Rāh-e Bahrām Beygī; also known as Derā, Do Rāh, and Dorrā) is a village in Pataveh Rural District, Pataveh District, Dana County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran Iran, offi ...

Other uses

* ''dera'', a component of some placenames in South Asia *

Dera language Dera (Dra, Dla) Mangguar and Kamberataro (Komberatoro) is a Senagi language of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia. In Papua New Guinea, it is primarily spoken in Kamberataro village (), Amanab Rural LLG, Sandaun Province. Dialects There are two ...

, a Senagi language of Papua New Guinea and Indonesia *

Kanakuru language Dera, or Kanakuru, is a West Chadic language of Nigeria. References West Chadic languages Languages of Nigeria {{WChadic-lang-stub ...

, or Dera, in Nigeria *

Charles Dera Charles Dera (born December 21, 1978) is a former Marine, an American adult entertainer, actor, mixed martial artist and former exotic dancer. Dera has received several adult industry awards, including the NightMoves Award for Male Performer of t ...

(born 1978), American pornographic actor * Defense-Independent ERA, a baseball statistic *

Diesel Emissions Reduction Act The Diesel Emissions Reduction ActPub.L. 111-364, or DERA (as it will be referred to for the remainder of this article), is a part of the Energy Policy Act of 2005Pub.L. 109-58. The law appropriated funds to federal and state loan programs to eith ...