אַקְרָא, (dialect. for חַקְרָא in Yer. dial. q. v.; cmp. var. lect. bel.) fort, designation of various, mostly Babyl. places. Meg. 6ᵃ א׳ דתולבקני (Ms. Oxf., L., F. עקרא; v. Rabb. D. S. a. l. note); Kidd. 71ᵇ, v. תולבקני. [Rashi: fortified ford.] B. Bath. 127ᵃ, Kidd. 72ᵃ, v. אַגְמָא. B. Mets. 86ᵃ מא׳ לאגמא from Fort (Agma) to Agma (Var. lect. v. Rabb. D. S. a. l.). B. Bath. 73ᵇ, v. הגרוניא. Macc. 10ᵃ, v. סְלִיקוֹס; a. fr. [The Gr. ἄκρα, orig. summit, is a phonetic coincidence.]