סוּרָא II pr. n. pl. Sura, 1) a town in Southern Babylonia between the canals, seat of the college founded by Rab. Erub. 8ᵃ. B. Mets. 67ᵇ, a. e. משכנתא דס׳, v. מַשְׁכַּנְתָּא. B. Bath. 89ᵃ רב יהודה מס׳; a. fr. —2) ס׳ דפרת Sura on the Euphrates (Soura-Soura, mod. Surie). M. Kat. 24ᵇ (v. Neub. Géogr. p. 343, sq.).—[Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᵈ בסורא, read: כסוּרְיָא.—Midr. Till. to Ps. XII למזבן … מס׳ ed. Bub. (oth. ed. מסורתא), prob. to be read: מסוּרְיָא.]