Kura or Koura (Arabic: كورة) was a term used by Muslims to describe the political administrative units of Egypt, equivalent to the nomes of pre-Islamic times. These administrative units are smaller than the modern governorates of Egypt.[1]
^Muhammad Ramzi: القاموس الجغرافي للبلاد المصرية من عهد قدماء المصريين حتى سنة 1945, first section, البلاد المندرسة, Egyptian General Book Authority, 1994, p. 28