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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran;
- Example: "the Quran is divided in 114 suras"

2. the muscular back part of the shank;
[syn: calf, sura]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sura \Su"ra\, n. [Ar., a step, a degree.] One of the sections or chapters of the Koran, which are one hundred and fourteen in number. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sura n 1: one of the sections (or chapters) in the Koran; "the Quran is divided in 114 suras" 2: the muscular back part of the shank [syn: calf, sura]